Beckett In Ventura

[Keith McMullen]

from venturacountystar.com


A month with Beckett

  September 2, 2004

The Rubicon Theatre Company, in association with the Manitoba Theatre 
Centre, presents the first major West Coast festival devoted to author 
Samuel Beckett, Sept. 18 through Oct. 3 at various locations in 
Ventura, with pre-festival events beginning Sept. 2.

  The festival will feature all 19 of Beckett's plays presented live or 
on film; stage adaptations of his poetry and prose; and panel 
discussions and lectures with scholars, filmmakers, actors and 
directors.

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  The following schedule includes festival highlights. For a complete 
schedule, visit the theater, 1006 E. Main St. in Ventura, or call 
667-2900. Festival brochures will also be available at "Waiting for 
Godot" performances.

Special events

	• 	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the First West Coast BeckettFest, 
Wednesdays through Sundays Sept. 2-17 at the Rubicon Theatre. 
Fifteen-minute preview of the festival after performances of "Waiting 
for Godot." Free.

	• 	Rubicon Theatre West Coast BeckettFest Gala, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21, 
Rubicon Theatre. Michael Colgan, artistic director of the Gate Theatre 
in Dublin, directs Barry McGovern, Bill Irwin, Frances McDormand and 
Bruce Weitz in readings of excerpts from Beckett's works. Meet the 
artists afterward during a dinner at Nona's. $75 for reading; $175 for 
reading and dinner. Reservations required.

On stage and screen

	• 	"The Beckett Trilogy" (stage), 7 p.m. Sept. 20 and 4 p.m. Sept. 24 
at Rubicon Theatre. American premiere of the stage adaption of 
Beckett's "Molloy," "Malone Dies" and "The Unnamable." $35 general, $15 
students.

	• 	"Play" and "Krapp's Last Tape," (film), 10:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 24 and 
30 at Ventura Century Downtown Theatres, 555 E. Main St. Anthony 
Minghella directs Alan Rickman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Juliet 
Stevenson in "Play"; Atom Egoyan directs John Hurt in "Krapp's Last 
Tape." $10.

Brown-bag discussions

A series of 30- to 45-minute Beckett-related interviews, lectures and 
panel discussions will take place during lunchtime. $10 suggested 
donation; free for students.

  Highlights include "Beckett First-Person," featuring an interview with 
"Waiting for Godot" director Walter Asmus, noon Sept. 18 at Rubicon 
Theatre; and "Directing Beckett on Film," noon Sept. 22 at Ventura City 
Hall, 501 E. Poli St.; and "Acting Beckett on Stage," with actors Susan 
Clark, Robin Gammell, Linda Purl, Conor Lovett, Robin Pearson Rose, Joe 
Spano and Rudolph Willrich, 1 p.m. Sept. 27 at City Hall.