Nov 13-14, 8 pm to 10pm, Nov 15, 2pm to 4 pm, Nov 20-21, 8pm to 10pm, Nov 22, 2pm to 4pm, Nov 23-24 8pm to 10 pm, Nov 25, 2pm to 4pm, Nov 29, 8pm to10 pm

Actor's Workshop of Sacramento presents "The Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters, Friday November 13 through Sunday November 29, 2009. Performances are 8pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays at Wilkerson Theatre, 25th & R Streets in Sacramento, Ca. The production is directed by Ed Claudio.

The play is a dramatic adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters' 1915 anthology of poems about life in the fictional small town of Spoon River. The book features over 200 characters reflecting from beyond the grave about their lives, and the play uses 60 of those epitaphs as the foundation for monologues and original songs.

The Actor's Workshop was founded in 1989 by Edward Claudio and Michelle Barnett as a place for actors of all levels of experience to develop their craft.

The Actor's Workshop Theatre has staged more than 200 plays, including plays by Shakespeare (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream), Henrik Ibsen (Hedda Gabler - "Four Stars" from the Sacramento Bee), Anton Chekhov (Three Sisters, The Seagull), Edward Albee (The Zoo Story, A Delicate Balance, Finding the Sun), Tennessee Williams (Sun and Smoke, I Can't Imagine Tomorrow), Eugene O'Neill (Long Day's Journey Into Night, Hughie), Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman), and John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men). In addition to the classics, the theater stages modern plays, including productions of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, Michael Weller's Loose Ends, and Athol Fugard's Valley Song ("Four Stars" from the Sacramento Bee), and has given full-scale productions to more than a dozen new works by local playwrights. For more than a decade, the Actor's Workshop Theater has also produced annual one-act play festivals, teen shows, and children's shows.

Tickets are General Admission and can be purchased for $15 at the door or can be reserved by calling the box office at (916) 456-7066. A $2 per ticket discount coupon is available at http://actinsac.com/

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