The 39th anniversary season at the California company's Geary Theater will also with feature a new A Christmas Carol adaptation written by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff and Paul Walsh and directed by Perloff. The new take (Nov. 26-Dec. 24) on the Charles Dickens' tale will feature scenic designs from Broadway designer Thomas Lynch (A Raisin in the Sun, The Music Man), original music from composer Karl Fredrik Lundeberg and costume designs from Beaver Bauer (A.C.T.'s The Gamester).
A seventh addition to the season will be announced at a later date.
The 2005-2006 A.C.T. season (subject to change) is as follows:
CanStage's production of the work, which Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling adapted from Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat and Diary of a Madman, and features music by Dmitri Shostakovich. Featuring a 22-person cast, 85 costumes, and a two story set, the work plays at A.C.T. following sold-out European and Canadian tours.
A fiftieth anniversary production of the Tennessee Williams drama about the former football hero drowning in his grief after losing his best friend, while his lustful wife longs to produce an heir to inherit the family fortune. A.C.T. core acting company member René Augesen stars as Maggie.
David Mamet's tale of sex, love and the struggle to keep a relationship alive in a world of extramarital affairs.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of love and deception with the famously misspoken Mrs. Malaprop. The Rivals tells of a rich captain who pretends to be a poor naval officer to court a lady who does not care about wealth.
Caryl Churchill's one-act makes its west coast premiere under the direction of Anna Shapiro. The work follows what happens after a son discovers that he is one of a number of clones produced by his father.
