Troupe Vets Reunite in:
COUNTER ATTACK
Written by Joan Holden, directed by Sharon Lockwood, starring Joan Mankin. With Arthur Holden in supporting roles, Bruce Barthol on guitar & bass and Dan Chumley designing the set, this Stagebridge production runs February 3 - March 4 at Ashby Stage in Berkeley.
In 1970, Mankin played the ingénue and Lockwood the feminist "villain" (read heroine) in Holden's first original script, THE INDEPENDENT FEMALE, OR A MAN HAS HIS PRIDE, a comic/ironic melodrama about a young woman's fight to have a career.
In 2012, Mankin plays the heroine and Lockwood directs Holden's 40th play, COUNTER ATTACK--a comedy with tragic overtones about an old woman's fight to keep her job.
Like the book that inspired it: COUNTER CULTURE by Candacy Taylor, the play pays homage to an undervalued profession: career diner waitress. Taylor interviewed dozens of self-styled "lifers" to learn how women in their 60's and 70's can keep slinging hash--and found that most love their work, make good livings and dread retirement. Mankin brings years as a clown and juggler, Lockwood brings years of performing farce, and Holden brings a year's experience as an inept waitress to the story of 70-something Marlene's triumph over 20-something Courtney, who wants her job.
"At last, a cast of thousands!" says Holden, reveling in the chance to fill restaurant scenes with dozens of distinct characters thanks to a 15-member ensemble: half professionals, half seasoned members of Stagebridge, an Oakland community theater for seniors.
When: February 3rd - March 4th, Wednesdays-Sundays
Where: Ashby Stage, across from Ashby BART, Berkeley.
Tickets: $18-$25 at www.brownpapertickets.com
Phone: (510)444-4755 x114
Website: www.Stagebridge.org
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