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Theater 2014-15: Five premieres shape season as Victory Gardens observes 40th year

Aug 27, 2014 – 10:54 am
'Rest,' by Samuel D. Hunter, received its world premiere in March 2014 at South Coast Repertory. Feature Image No. 2

Ninth in a series of season previews: Two world premieres anchor the 40th-anniversary season at Victory Gardens Theater, which opens with the Midwest premiere of “Rest,” company ensemble member Samuel D. Hunter’s story of senior citizens and their youthful attendants at a retirement home trapped by a blizzard and forced to confront the chasm between their generations. A second Midwest premiere follows with Colm Tóibín’s one-woman show “The Testament of Mary,” a re-imagined narrative by Mary on the last days of Jesus.

‘Death and the Maiden’ at Victory Gardens: Seeking peace and Schubert in web of horror

Jun 25, 2014 – 11:35 pm
Paulina (Sandra Oh) threatens the man (John Judd) she believes once tortured and raped her in 'Death and the Maiden.' (Michael Courier)

Review: The premise, like the title, is intriguing, but Ariel Dorfman’s play “Death and the Maiden” is a problematic work that isn’t helped by an uneven production at Victory Gardens Theatre. Yet Sandra Oh, perhaps best known as Dr. Cristina Yang on the television series “Grey’s Anatomy” and for the film “Sideways,” is magical as Paulina Salas, a woman who survived unjust imprisonment, torture and rape under the old regime of a South American republic – only to sense her former tormentor in the affable fellow suddenly before her in her living room. ★★★

Theater 2013-14: Victory Gardens, predictably unpredictable, gets rolling with two premieres

Nov 15, 2013 – 12:16 pm
'Appropriate,' by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, opens Victory Gardens 2013-14 season

17th in a series of season previews: Victory Gardens is a theater company built on new plays, says artistic director Chay Yew: “Our audiences comes expecting to see the unexpected.” Thus the 2013-14 season opens Nov. 15 with the “co-world premiere” of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Appropriate,” about three adult siblings circling – and colliding – over the division of their deceased father’s estate. And that’s followed by the world premiere of Marcus Gardley’s “The Gospel of Lovingkindness.”

To beat of song and dance, ‘Ameriville’ sounds cautionary tales of life on the short end

Feb 9, 2012 – 12:56 am
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Stompin’ at Victory Gardens. 3 stars