SJREAL Friday Night Series

Description

REAL Risks. REAL Challenges. SJREAL. Explore theatre from the ground floor as brave, local artists redefine how we experience humanity’s, lusts, hopes, and fears. The San Jose Rep’s Emerging Artist Lab will engage you with intimate performances of innovation and risk.

Showing on May 11th:
Charlie: An Adventure
story by Cj Hayes
adapted for the stage and directed by Gina Marie Hayes
Charlie: An Adventure is based on a semi-autobiographical short story by Cj Hayes. In the vein of “The Phantom Tollbooth” or “Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland,” Charlie is the tale of a boy whose eldest brother has died in a motorcycle accident: Charlie is sleeping in his bed when he is suddenly awoken by George, a talking kitten, who leads him on an excursion inside Charlie’s own mind; he must then outsmart a number of foes before confronting God – who is not at all what he expected. Featuring projections and puppetry, Charlie is an adventure not to be missed!


Showing on May 18th:
Star Gazing
by Heather Robinson
directed by Ana-Catrina Buchser
A boy and a girl grow up together, and look at the stars and make big dreams together. And maybe they fall in love. Or not.

An Understudy Play
by Scott Munson
directed by Ana-Catrina Buchser
Dan and Linda, two disgruntled theatre goers, have just experienced San Jose Rep’s performance of “The Understudy.” As they discuss their interpretations of what they’ve just seen, differences emerge, secrets are revealed, and marital tensions heighten. Oh, why, oh, why, didn’t they just stay home and watch Sports Center on ESPN?


Showing on May 25th:
The Cruel Continuous Cycle of Male/Female Relationships in Six Scenes
by Jeffrey Lo
directed by Cara Phipps
Friends, Sex, Delicious.


Showing on June 1st:
Query
by Bennet Fisher
directed by Lauren Doyle
In Query, a young woman goes to the Department of People Who Help Other People With Their Personal Problems to discuss a troubling issue with a civil servant. What transpires is an alternatively comic and menacing conversation about art, living comfortably, and banjos.

Promises Kept
By Lauren Doyle
directed by Emily Brouwer and Liz Marsden
After years of unconditional commitment, a man prepares to leave his terminally ill wife to start a new life with his young mistress, who is about to have his child.

Performances will be Fridays, 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. from May 11 to June 1 after performances of The Understudy. Tickets are pay-what-you-will at the door, and cash only.