THE STORYTELLER
Written by
Sara Jean Accuardi
Directed by
William Thomas Berk
SUMMARY
Seventeen-year-old Randi has always lived with her dad, off-grid on a rotting old houseboat, and she's sick of it. Every time she asks him how they got there or what happened to her mother, he weaves a magical tale of mermaids or stars. Why can’t he tell the truth? And whose story is this? Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Prospero’s misguided attempts to protect his daughter, The Storyteller explores the magic and danger of our narratives.
TICKETS $28+fees ($30.20)
RUNTIME ESTIMATED AT 2 HOURS + ONE 15-minute intermission
PLAYWRIGHT
Sara Jean Accuardi is an award-winning playwright based in the Pacific Northwest. She is the recipient of the Oregon Book Award and the International Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Award for THE STORYTELLER (Artists Repertory Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company), the Drammy Award for THE DELAYS (Theatre Vertigo), the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation Spark Award, and a Literary Arts Fellowship for Drama. Her other plays include CHICK FIGHT! (Shaking the Tree Theatre, Artemis Theatre Project), PORTRAIT OF THE WIDOW KINSKI (Vivid Stage), < 3 (Seven Devils Playwrights Conference), BREAK (Valdez Theatre Conference), and PULL (Theatre 33). She is the Dramatist Guild Regional Representative for Oregon and a proud member of LineStorm Playwrights. MFA: Northwestern University. www.sarajeanaccuardi.com