"Death of a Salesman" Coming to The Pear Avenue Theatre, February 25th

Jackie O'Keefe (Linda), Jeff Clarke (Biff), Jeffrey Adams (Happy), and Don DeMico (Willy) Star in "Death of a Salesman"

I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to direct what some believe to be the greatest American play ever written. Years ago, I had the chance to play the role of Biff in a local production. Now I have the chance to help an entire cast perform Miller's take on family and The American Dream.

The show opens on February 26th at The Pear Avenue Theatre in Mountain View, CA.

For tickets and more information go to www.thepear.org.

The Pear Avenue Theatre - The Illusion - Opens March 19th, 2010

The Pear Avenue Theatre - The Illusion - Opens March 19th, 2010

 

directed by

Michael Champlin

 

cast (click on Name for Bio and Picture)

Isaac Benelli
Bill Davidovich
Monique Hafen
Jim Johnson
Drew Ledbetter
Sepideh Moafi
Ray Renati*
Patricia Tyler

*Member, Actors Equity

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Artistic Staff

Director	Michael Champlin
Set Designer	Ron Gasparinetti
Stage Manager	Shannon Wass
Lighting Designer	Michael Sokolsky
Costume Designer	Rebecca Ennals
Sound Designer	Valerie Clear

The Play

The Illusion is a play by Tony Kushner, adapted from Pierre Corneille's seventeenth-century comedy, L'Illusion Comique. It follows a contrite father, Pridamant, seeking news of his prodigal son from the sorcerer Alcandre. The magician conjures three episodes from the young man's life. Inexplicably, each scene finds the boy in a slightly different world where names change and allegiances shift. Pridamant watches, but only as the strange tale reaches its conclusion does he learn the ultimate truth about his son.
The Illusion has a lighter mood than Kushner's most famous play, Angels in America, but the two plays share a love of poetic dialogue and theatricality.

Box Office Information

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Plow is Finally Here

Well, we open tonight. What a great time this has been for me. It's so rewarding when you have the chance to work with a group of actors that are all focused on simply making the show the best it can be. We had our preview last night and it went very well. It's interesting to watch the audience respond to "Speed-the-Plow". Much of the dialogue is shocking to our 2010 politically correct ears. Wait, let me rephrase that. In public, people put on their politically correct faces. At home watching t.v. or a movie there is plenty of non-p.c. stuff out there. And at home, in the privacy of our living rooms we laugh. Look at all the popular shows: Jersey Shore, Cops, etc.. But in public, people never want to show that they might find cynical, obscenity filled ideas amusing or entertaining. Thus, many cower, in public. That's one of the reasons I've been so pleased to be able to bring this show to our audience. I like to shake people up and help them get off their self-imposed pedestals. There is often nothing more freeing. Always having to censor our reactions to humorous vulgarity or cynical irony is tiresome. Mamet gives us a chance for an hour or two to be free of that burden.

Come and see the show!



Get your tickets early, as this show is sure to sell out!
Visit our on-line box office or call 1-800-838-3006 for tickets.

Directed by Ray Renati
Starring: Paul Loomis, Jake Vincent, & Sarah Griner

Opens January 8th
runs through
January 24th
Learn more

Paul Loomis as Bobby Gould	Jake Vincent as Charlie Fox	Sarah Griner as Karen

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The Story

Hollywood mid-level producers Bobby Gould and Charlie Fox engage in a verbal boxing match centered on the eternal debate of art versus money. Should Gould recommend to his unseen boss another bad action would-be blockbuster? Or should he put himself on the line for a film adaptation of a spiritual, uplifting, and apocalyptic novel? The office's temp acts as catalyst in this debate. Gould has her read the novel in order to report on it to him later at his apartment. Things get very heated, but we don't want to spoil it for you. So come see the show!

Continue reading more about the play on our web site.

Pick Up Ax: Performance | KQED Public Media for Northern CA

Oh no! Not more self promotion! Yes it is. My show, "Pick Up Ax", is loved by the critics and audiences alike. We had our "talk back" after the performance on Sunday and all but about two people stayed. I've never seen that happen before. I am so proud of the actors and the production gang. Here are a couple of reviews.

If you want to go tickets are available. Just go to www.thepear.org

Pick Up Ax: Performance | KQED Public Media for Northern CA

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Come See the play - Pick Up Ax - At The Pear Avenue Theatre, Down the Road From Google

Nothing like a little harmless self-promotion! I'm directing this play by Anthony Clarvoe. It's about a couple of computer nerds in the image of Jobs and Wozniak back around 1980. Their company is going downhill (Apple maybe?) and an outsider (John Sculley maybe?) from "heavy industry" comes in to save the day. From there the tension mounts and the antics ensue.

Lots of fun, lots of AC-DC. Lots of Stones. Lots of Hendrix. Stop by but please leave your stash in the car.

Pick Up Ax
by Anthony Clarvoe
Feb. 27 through March 15, 2009
Thursdays - Sundays

Pear Avenue Theatre
1220 Pear Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
650-327-7071
info@thepear.org
www.thepear.org
tickets

San Francisco Theater Festival

Last year I had the opportunity to perform in a short piece at the San Francisco Theater Festival. This thing is a blast! I highly recommend that you go and check it out!

This year I get to do it again with The Pear.

There will be everything you can imagine there and it's all free.

Featured at the 2008 festival:

-AfroSolo presents Angela Dean-Baham as Black Patti
-Amiri Baraka’s provocative plays of black experience, including his new play, “Sisyphus Syndrome”
-Lamplighters Music Theatre’s “The Mikado”
-Best of Playground’s one act plays
-Aleshia Brevard & Gina Grahame's transsexual production of "One Damn Man!"
-Oh My Godmother, gay Cinderella
-Best of the Buddy Club, 16 great children’s shows
-Improv Groups: Blue Blanket, BATS, SPF7, Big City & Stagebridge's Over-50 Improv
- The Pear Avenue Theatre performs two short pieces