a National New Play Network
Rolling World Premiere by Stephen Sachs
directed by Jeff Zinn
Jiyoun Chang, scenic designer
Anne Miggins, costume designer
John Malinowski, lighting designer
Nathan Leigh, sound designer
Joseph Travers, fight director
Nick Dorr and Mary Fritz,
properties designers
Phill Madore*, stage manager
featuring Ken Cheeseman* and
Paula Langton*
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Ken Cheeseman*, Lionel Percy
Paula Langton*, Maude Gutman
a co-production with
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
View the W.H.A.T. production page HERE!
Bakersfield Mist
in the Black Box Theater
February 26, 2012 – March 18, 2012
Opening Night Monday, February 27 @ 7:30pm
Maude Gutman has bought the ugliest thrift store painting she could get her hands on as a gag gift. After the painting is rejected, Maude tries to offload it at a yard sale where she learns it might be much more than junk—it just might be the “find of the century,” an undiscovered Jackson Pollock painting. When Lionel Percy, a renowned art expert, arrives at Maude’s trailer to investigate the painting’s potential, the two embark on a fiery debate over class, truth, and what we personally perceive as valuable. Inspired by true events, this National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Stephen Sachs asks, what makes a work of art truly authentic?
It’s exhilarating in the extreme when a world premiere play strikes rich on every conceivable level. Such is the case with Stephen Sachs Bakersfield Mist.
LOS ANGELES TIMES
See what the press has to say!
Click the headlines below to read about its appearance at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater:
BAKERSFIELD MIST Extends for the Third Time, Now Through 12/18
BROADWAY WORLD
A question of authenticity in 'Bakersfield Mist'
THE BOSTON GLOBE
'Bakersfield Mist' clever portrait of class differences
CAPE COD TIMES
SEASON SPONSOR:
*member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Performance Schedule:
Shows that are highlighted BLUE are SOLD OUT.
Tickets:
$35 General Admission
Discounts:
Tickets for subscribers and subscribers' guests: $5 off
Seniors (60 and over): $5 off
Student reservations (full-time students with valid ID): $15
WGBH, WBUR members, and Mass. Teachers' Association members: $3 off
Circle of Friends Card: Buy 1, Get 1 Free
Pay What You Can: $15 in advance. $7 minimum day of show, in person, cash only. (Subject to availability.)
Student Rush (full-time students with valid ID): $11 tickets, cash only, available for purchase 30 minutes before curtain time in person at the Box Office (subject to availability).
All tickets are subject to fees. No retro-active or double discounts.
