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A Number
Sacramento Premiere!
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Stephanie Gularte
May 10 - June 22, 2008
“Churchill's magnificent new play only lasts an hour but contains more drama, and more ideas, than most writers manage in a dozen full-length works.”
-Daily Telegraph
”One of the most spell-binding theatrical events of the year..."
- The London Daily Telegraph |
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Why we love this play:
Tony Kushner has called Caryl Churchill "the greatest living English language playwright." A Number is yet another astonishing and unexpected turn from this living legend. As I read it, I began to realize that this was much more than a topical sci-fi riff. In an amazingly compact space of words, Churchill manages to layer penetrating and often quite funny observations about humanity. |
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