JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2005
The Orange Grove
by TOM JACOBSON
directed by JESSICA KUBZANSKY

"CRITIC'S PICK!...sweetly simple yet richly complex...the work of this remarkable cast is a testament to fine ensemble playing... extraordinary."
    --Travis Michael Holder, Backstage West

"Chekhov devotees will find much to savor in Jacobson's deft character composites and references.  The most Chekhovian thing about "The Orange Grove," though, is the sense of real-time rapport captured so beautifully by Kubzansky and the company. We may leave despairing the future of church-bound faith but not the enduring power of theatrical communion.
    --Rob Kendt, Los Angeles Times

"...the use director Jessica Kubzansky has made of the small church is fluid, dramatic and stingingly alive...Jacobson has a Chekhovian way with characters,giving them unexpected depths and facets"
    --Laura Hitchcock, CurtainUp.com

"CRITIC'S PICK OF THE WEEK!...Director Jessica Kubzansky's theatrical staging and vision is most effective...creating environmental theater at its
very best."
    -- Geri Gardner, American Radio Network


Set/ Costume Design: Barbara Lempel
Lighting Design: Kathi O'Donohue
Sound Design: Veronika Vorel
Stage Manager: Allison Smith
Asst. Director: Cynthia Flowers
Casting : Raul Clayton Staggs

Featuring:
Tom Beyer
Joshua Wolf Coleman
Kevin Crowley
Bonita Friedericy
Emily Kosloski
Rebecca Metz
Patricia Place
Don Oscar Smith
Peter James Smith

and at some performances
John Berg
Mary Cobb
Paula Christensen
Jim Kieffer
Julia Silverman

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