Directed by Brian Kulick

Drawn from the
Wakefield and York Cycles
and texts by Mikhail Bulghakov,
Dario Fo, Tony Harrison,
and Borislav Pekic

With Bill Buell, Mario Campanaro, Michael Potts, Carmen Roman, Jennifer Roszell,
John Rothman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sam Tsoutsouvas, and Chandler Williams

Nine actors take you from the creation of the world to the end of time in just under two hours. The Mysteries tells the epic stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Isaac, Noah's Flood and Christ's Passion as seen by writers from the 12th through the 21st Centuries, including such noted authors as Nobel-prize winner Dario Fo, Russian novelist Mikhail Bulgakov, and Yugoslavian dissident writer Borislav Pekic.

First staged in Los Angeles in Summer 2003 at The Actors' Gang, The Los Angeles Times called it "wildly inventive with memorable theatricality." Come and re-experience these stories that remain the cornerstones of our collective imagination.

Mark Wendland - Set Design
Mattie Ulrich - Costume Design
Kevin Adams - Lighting Design
Darron L West - Sound Design
James Calleri, C.S.A., Alaine Alldaffer - Casting
Gillian Duncan - Production Stage Manager
B.D. White - Production Manager
The Publicity Office - Press Representative

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

January 8 - February 15, 2004

Tuesday-Friday @ 8pm
Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm
Sunday @ 3pm

Special Sunday earlybird performance on January 11 @ 7pm
No matinees on Sat 1/8, Sun 1/18, Sat 2/7, and Sat 2/14

Student Matinees on Wednesdays 2/4 and 2/11*

SATURDAY SYMPOSIA
Join us immediately after the matinee performance for brief lectures and discussions with the following scholars:
January 24 - Arnold Aronson, Former Chair of the Theater Division at Columbia University, will speak on "When Towns Became Theaters- the Staging of Medieval Mystery Plays."
January 31 - James Leverett, Professor of Dramaturgy for the Theater Division at Yale University will speak on "From the Old Testament to Medieval Mystery Play; The Development of Medieval Mystery Plays."

TUESDAY TALKBACKS
On Tuesdays 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, and 2/10, join us for a post-performance discussion with the actors and creative team of THE MYSTERIES.