Bonjour,
“Betrayal” must close this weekend, so if you haven’t yet seen it, this is your last chance to see the show both that audiences and critics are raving about. Houses have been packed. We’re sure to sell out this weekend so make your reservations today! Don’t miss it!
TOP TEN! RECOMMENDED!
“an outstanding cast whose work rings true … [r]eflective of Michel and Duncombe’s uncompromising theatrical standards, City Garage’s production is a welcome opportunity to experience a masterly play that, despite its inverted structure, is arguably Pinter at his most accessible.”
— F. Kathleen Foley, Stage Raw
WOW!
“…you’ll see why Pinter is a playwright whose writing is best appreciated performed as is being done now on the City Garage stage. … Director Frédérique Michel elicits sharp performances from three longtime company members. Dunn gives Jerry a Jeremy Irons-like edge and finesse, one that contrasts nicely with Frank’s pony-tailed, considerably more laid-back Robert, and the always captivating Beyer once again proves herself City Garage’s go-to leading lady in a performance that combines British reserve with continental sensuality.”
— Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
“… sometimes scorching, sometimes hilarious, always intriguing exploration of human relations…what really grabs our attention and hearts are the performances.”
— Zahir Blue, Night Tinted Glasses
“To succeed in performing specific playwrights, talent is not enough, a mastery of style is not merely required, it is essential….Fortunately, the cast at City Garage is up for the challenge. David E. Frank manages to smolder a muted rage in the face of a false friend and deceiving love. Angela Beyer brings an interesting new hue in her portrait of the unfaithful Emma; the subtler shadowing of desperation that inevitably dooms her desires to disappointment. Every production has its lynch pin and here it is Troy Dunn. His solid and sure noted presentation as Jerry, is a performance one wishes could be preserved in amber. And kudos, too, for Gifford Irvine, for fulfilling the smallest and generally most thankless role in the whole body of Pinter’s works, that of the waiter in the Italian restaurant where Robert and Jerry lunch….Directed by Frédérique Michel with her usual aplomb and with a firm foundation provided by Producer Charles A. Duncombe, City Garage, offers the opportunity to see a masterful staging of Betrayal, one that would win the acknowledgement of even the notorious scornful playwright as perfectly Pinteresque.” — Earnest Kearney, The TVolution
Betrayal by Harold Pinter, February 9th through March 17th
Fridays, Saturdays 8:00pm; Sundays at 4:00
One of Nobel prize-winner Harold Pinter’s most critically acclaimed works, Betrayal tells the story of a long-running affair and the punishing effect of the lies and complex jealousies of the three people involved: Emma, Jerry, and Emma’s husband, Robert. Emma and Jerry, attracted to each other since the night of her wedding to Robert, begin an affair. It goes on for seven years. Emma reveals that she confessed the truth to Robert. Jerry, confused, goes to Robert to explain himself. To his surprise, Robert tells him that he has known about the affair for years, a fascinating game of sexual manipulation between the three of them. Told in reverse chronology, Pinter underlines both the emotional complexity and the painful price of desire, of truth and lies, and what we conceal from each other and from ourselves.
“There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.” — Harold Pinter
The Writers Workshop at City Garage
Are you working on a play, a one-person show, a screenplay, or a piece of fiction and want help pushing it forward? Develop it in the Writers Workshop at City Garage. Get guidance, feedback, story analysis, and support in our weekly sessions. The number of places is limited. Click here for more information.
A letter from the President-Elect of Belarus
We recently received a letter of thanks from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the courageous woman who is leading the fight for democracy in Belarus and whom most international authorities recognize as the legitimate President of the country. It made us very proud to play a small role in their struggle. You can read it here.
Matching Campaign
Many thanks to all of you who gave so generously to help us toward our year-end fundraising goal. But we’re not there yet—and it’s not too late to give.
We need to reach $30,000 in order to match grants from the state of California and the City of Santa Monica. Thanks to the people below, we’ve raised $26,280. Can you help us make it the rest of the way? Any amount is welcome!
Ruth Flinkman and Ben Marandy
Curt and Michele Wittig
Roger Marheine
Anonymous
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David Burton
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Emyr Gravell
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Ravi Narashiman
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Strawn Bovee
Anna Pond
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Jaime Arze
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Mr. & Mrs. Greenberg
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Amanda Stokes
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Joel Altshuler
Ann Bronston
Ernest Tam
Elizabeth Oakes & Samuel Goldstein
Barbara Kellir
Sharon Gardner
Roger Director
Susan Dickinson & David E. Frank
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Lisa & Bill Gray
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Stephen Greenberg
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Mr. Lawrence Goldstein, Mrs. Rosa Goldstein
Lisa & Bill Gray
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If you like what we do and want us to continue, please do it! Follow this link and donate now!
It’s not too much to say that we can’t go on without you. And wouldn’t want to.
Merci! ❤️
Frederique 👠👠, Charles, and everyone at City Garage
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