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"Bunbury" final show of Diversionary's 2006-2007 Season Diversionary Theatre will present Tom Jacobson's new play Bunbury, a serious play for trivial people, as the sixth and final show of their 2006-2007 season. When he finds out that he is only a fictitious character who never appears in The Importance of Being Earnest, Bunbury uses his double anonymity to infiltrate and alter classic literature, starting by accidentally giving Romeo and Juliet a happy ending. The resulting transformation of such classics as The Three Sisters, A Streetcar Named Desire, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Waiting for Godot, and even Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven spawns a new sub-discipline in literary criticism and may even change the world. A comedy that proves everyone's life means something--even if they don't exist!The play will feature David McBean in the title role, and will run May 18-June 17. The Los Angeles Times said this of the October 2005 Los Angeles premiere: "In Bunbury, playwright Tom Jacobson fashions a character for Oscar Wilde's unseen plot device from The Importance of Being Earnest and sends him into giddy collision with various coevals from classic plays. Merely that aspect of this ingenious fantasia 'A serious play for trivial people' - will seduce theater buffs..." LAist.com said Bunbury was "poignant...A rambunctious, big-hearted play-about-plays. The writing is funny, poignant, and provocative. The concept of this play is clever enough for even Wilde to be amused. It argues that the most important characters in any piece are the ones off stage, and the most important people in our lives the ones we ignore. Jacobson wants us to look more closely at the people and things in our lives that are swept under the carpet." Tom Jacobson is a playwright who has had more than 50 productions in Los Angeles and around the country, including The Beloved Disciple, Cyberqueer, and Degenerate Art. Recent adaptations of Sperm at Circle X and The Orange Grove at Playwrights Arena were Critic's Choice in the Los Angeles Times. He is a co-literary manager of The Theatre @ Boston Court, a founding member of Playwrights Ink, and a board member of Cornerstone Theater Company. He teaches playwriting and related courses for UCLA Extension. In the fall of 2005 he collaborated with The Road Theatre Company on a sold-out, extended run of Bunbury following their 1998 production of Tainted Blood (winner of seven Valley Theatre League Awards) and their 2004 production of Ouroboros (Garland Award for playwriting, LA Weekly Awards for playwriting and Production of the Year). Diversionary's production will be directed by Esther Emery. The cast features David McBean playing the title character, Diane Addis, Chris Buess, Melissa Fernandes, Aaron Marcotte, John Rosen, Wendy Wadell and Tom Zohar. The design team is Nick Fouche (scenic), Christian DeAngelis (lights), Jennifer Brawn Gittings (costumes), Kristal Ip (sound) and Amy Chini (props). Diversionary Theatre was started in 1986. The mission of the theatre is to produce plays with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender themes that portray characters in their complexity and diversity both historically and contemporarily. Bunbury will preview on Friday, May 18 and open on Saturday, May 19 and run through Sunday, June 17. Performance times are: Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00 and 7:00pm, and a Monday, June 4 performance at 7:30pm. Tickets are $29 for Friday and Saturday performances, and $27 for other nights, with a $4 discount for students/seniors 60+/military. Tickets for opening night are $39 and includes a post-show cast party. Sales to groups of 10 or more as well as single tickets are now on sale. For tickets or information, call the Diversionary box office at 619.220.0097 or log on to www.diversionary.org. The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture provides major support for Diversionary Theatre. CALENDAR LISTING: Bunbury Diversionary Theatre will present Tom Jacobson's new play Bunbury, a serious play for trivial people, as the sixth and final show of their 2006-2007 season. When he finds out that he is only a fictitious character who never appears in The Importance of Being Earnest, Bunbury uses his double anonymity to infiltrate and alter classic literature, starting by accidentally giving Romeo and Juliet a happy ending. The resulting transformation of such classics as The Three Sisters, A Streetcar Named Desire, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and even Waiting for Godot. A comedy that proves everyone's life means something--even if they don't exist! The play will feature David McBean in the title role, and will run May 18-June 17. WHAT: Bunbury By Tom Jacobson Directed by Esther Emery Featuring David McBean, with Diane Addis, Chris Buess, Melissa Fernandes, Aaron Marcotte, John Rosen, Wendy Wadell and Tom Zohar WHEN: May 18-June 17, 2007 Preview: Friday, May 18 at 8:00pm Opening night Saturday, May 19 at 8:00pm Thursday at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at 8pm Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm Monday, June 4 at 7:30pm WHERE: Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92116 TICKETS: Friday and Saturday performances: $29; other performances $27. Student/senior 60+/military: $4 off. Student rush: $9 (with ID/starting one hour prior to curtain) Box Office: 619-220-0097 and on line at www.diversionary.org Group rates available.
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