Preview Jan 7th, 8pm, Opening Jan 8-10 8pm, Jan 11 2pm, Jan 16-17 8pm, Jan 18 2pm, Jan 23-24 8pm, Jan 25 2pm
Virago Theatre Company presents the Los Angeles Premiere of William Bivins's "Ransom, Texas," directed by Jon Tracy, at Theatre Asylum Lab, Hollywood, January 8-25th, 2015
In a West Texas town, a routine business deal erupts into a primal battle between father and son in San Francisco playwright William Bivins's twisted dark comedy, "Ransom, Texas," opening January 8th at Theatre Asylum Lab in Hollywood. Directed by Jon Tracy and designed by Nina Ball, "Ransom" comes to Hollywood directly following a highly successful run in San Francisco at Tides Theatre. Virago Theatre Company's commitment to bringing new Bay Area plays to larger audiences is turning heads on both coasts on the heels of their New York run of "AROUSAL" and "The Lover" at the Flea in summer, 2014.
Ransom, Texas is a "twisting game of one-upmanship" (SF Gate) that grabs hold and never lets go. Set in a small West Texas town, a father and son locked in the office of a factory battle for power using whatever they've got: manipulation, mind-games, and and brute force. Keeping us off-guard with twists and reveals, this emotionally compelling dark comedy is "tense, terse and unremitting. The acting is brilliant, the staging perfect." (The Writer's Block) "Ransom, Texas" stars Dixon Phillips as Vern, "a man of deep truth, violent, tender" and Damien Seperi as Bruce, "violent, perceptive...treacherous." (The Writer's Block). Ransom is directed by Bay Area visionary Jon Tracy, known for his masterful work in the Bay Area and beyond.
Bivins's produced full length plays include "The Education of a Rake" (Central Works), "The Apotheosis of Pig Husbandry"(SF Playhouse), "The Position" (Off-Market Theater in SF and Theatre Asylum in LA), "The Afterlife of the Mind" (Virago at the Ashby Stage and Out North Theatre in Anchorage, AK), and "Pulp Scripture" (San Francisco Fringe and Off-Market Theaters).
Opens Jan 8th, 2015. Performances are Fridays & Saturdays 8 pm, Sundays 2pm
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