Christina Anderson's Pen/Man/Ship at Magic Theatre, June 4, 2014

Christina Anderson's Pen/Man/Ship
2014-06-04
Magic Theatre
Fort Mason Center, Building D, 3rd Floor, Marina Blvd at Buchanan, San Francisco, CA
8:00 PM, Wednesday, June 4, 2014

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[8:m PM lights down, announcements]
[act ends 9:m PM]

[9:m PM lights down]
[show ends 10:12 PM]

• Eddie Ray Jackson: Jacob, the adult son of Charles;
• Tangela Large: Ruby, an opinionated young woman;
• Adrian Roberts: Charles, land surveyer, preacher and drinker;
• Tyee Tilghman: Cecil, an accordion-playing seaman.

• Christina Anderson: playwright;
• Ryan Guzzo Purcell: director.

What I appreciated most about tonight's play was that it was substantively different from the past 9 or 12 offerings we've attended at Magic Theatre. Certainly it shared dramatic elements with the others, but tonight's play seemed to me to really revel in setting a bleak, dark, scene as the drama unfolds, with layers of the story slowly revealing themselves as the cast recites their lines. While I agree with the reviewers that the overall presentation could be improved, I think this was a fine effort for wrapping up the current season, and it's got me sold on returning for another season in the fall.

• Karen D'Souza for the San Jose Mercury News
• Jean Schiffman for the Examiner
• Dave Wiegand for SFGate

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