Genesis West is funded in part by the Organizational Development Grant Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara Arts Commission.

Genesis West presents

ENDGAME
by Samuel Beckett

October 12-27, 2012
at McDermott-Crocket Mortuary
2020 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

The iconic absurdist masterpiece

“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”

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“It is his remarkable ability to mix beauty, imagination, vitality and wry humor that transforms Beckett from a mere dispenser of meaningless gloom into a dramatic poet.” New York Post

“Endgame is as grim as any classic of the modern theatre- and yet it is monstrously funny. “- Frank Rich NY Times

With:

Tom Hinshaw
Brian Harwell
David M. Brainard
Julie Anne Ruggieri

costumes by Ellen Sheppard
set and lights by Ted Dolas
directed by Maurie Lord.

Performance dates October 12,13, 18,19,20 and 25,26,27
All shows 8:00 (no late seating)

Tickets can be purchased at www.genesiswest.org or at the door.
Tickets are $25 general and $20 student (with ID)

Founded in March 1998 by writer-director Michael Smith and director Maurice Lord, Genesis West is a Santa Barbara theatre company devoted to the work of contemporary playwrights. To date, Genesis West has presented fourteen plays in Santa Barbara: “The Pillowman” by Martin McDonagh, Sam Shepard’s “The God of Hell” and “Buried Child”; Edward Albee’s “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?”; “Blue Heart” and “Far Away” by Caryl Churchill, Michael Smith’s “Trouble,” “Dogs Bark All Night,” and “Turnip Family Secrets”; Canadian playwright George F. Walker’s “Criminal Genius,” “Featuring Loretta,” and “Escape from Happiness”; and two plays by Maria Irene Fornes, “Mud” and “The Danube.” Productions have been seen at both Center Stage Theater and the Lobero Theatre. Numerous Indie awards have celebrated the work of the company. Genesis West, today a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation, continues its tradition of presenting stimulating plays by contemporary writers.

Mission Statement

The mission of Genesis West is to present transgressive plays by contemporary noted playwrights in order to make Santa Barbara a more artistically vibrant community. Our thought-provoking work is often audacious, experimental, avant-garde, and even farcical, but it always has a greater purpose—to enlighten audiences emotionally, psychologically, and socially.

Independent Theatre Awards