Renegade Theatre Experiment presents the West Coast Premiere of Brian Park's Goner

Renegade Theatre Experiment - San José-based theatre company with all-local cast. Cast: Sarah Almazol, Bill Ereneta, Evangeline Maynard, Brian Murphy, Gabriel A. Ross, Lauri Smith, Chris Tann. Directed by Peter Canavese. WHAT: A frenetic black comedy that combines political intrigue, hospital drama, and screwball humor. WHY: American satire at its sick, twisted best." What more could you ask for? WHEN: June 10 (Pay-What-You-Can Preview) June 11-13, 17-20, 24-26. Thursday thru Saturday performances will begin at 8:00 PM. Sunday matinee performances will begin at 2pm. WHERE: Benson Theatre, at Bellarmine College Preparatory. 895 Emory Avenue, San José, CA 95126. General Seating.

San José, CA (PRWEB) June 2, 2004 --- On the heels of multiple sold-out performances of Macbeth, Renegade Theatre Experiment (RTE) proudly presents the West Coast Premiere of Brian Parks Goner, a frenetic black comedy that combines political intrigue, hospital drama, and screwball humor.

Goner previews on June 10, and runs June 11-13, 17-20, 24-25, and closes on June 26. Thursday through Saturday performances begin at 8:00pm, and Sunday matinees at 2pm at Benson Theatre, on the Bellarmine College Preparatory campus.

The Guardian (August 8, 2002) describes Goner as American satire at its sick, twisted best. It is set in a hospital, where the US President has been taken after an assassination attempt. Watching it is like vomiting acid in the wind and finding it comes back to hit you full in the face".

Director Peter Canavese explains, When I saw Goner at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I knew instantly that I wanted to bring it to Renegade. Its a particularly delicious choice for an election year with its dressing-down of a worst-case-scenario, rampantly patriarchal presidency."

Tickets for Goner are $15.00 General Admission (Thursdays and Sundays) and $18.00 General Admission (Fridays and Saturdays). Students and teachers, seniors, and Theatre Bay Area members qualify for discount tickets ($10/$12) with valid ID.

The Renegade Theatre Experiment (RTE) was founded in 2001 to bring edgy and entertaining new shows to the San José theatre community.

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An Invitation to the Media

Renegade Theatre Experiment proudly invites you to attend our preview performance of The West Coast Premier of Goner.

Goner, by Brian Parks

June 10, 2004

Benson Theatre

895 Emory Avenue

(corner of Elm St. and Emory Ave.)

San José, CA 95126.

8:00 PM

This is a public preview with a paying audience

Media Response to RTE, Eat the Runt, and Macbeth

Renegade Theatre Experiment:

It's already obvious from its résumé that Renegade Theatre Experiment is living up to its name, and to its mission of presenting unique works away from the mainstream." - [Heather Zimmerman, Rose Garden Resident; June 5, 2003

These self-professed renegades bring a new toy to town with some very serious talent in the wings." - [W. Fred Crow, Milpitas Post; June 4, 2003

...the Renegade Theatre Experiment is attempting to bring to San José edgy material that would be overlooked by other local stage groups." - (Jim Aquino, Silicon Valley Newspapers; August 14, 2002

Eat the Runt by Avery Crozier (Producer: RTE):

The Renegade Theatre Experiment's company of actors lived up to their name..." - [Marianne Messina, San José Metro; June 19, 2003

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare (Produced in partnership with City Lights Theatre Company):

...gave the audience an eye appealing and provocative banquet from which to feast..." - [W. Fred Crow, Milpitas Post, April 22, 2004

[Macbeth offers a rare theatre moment in the form of one hair-raising cross slice that makes you wonder, 'Is he OK? Thats good action" - [Marianne Messina, San José Metro, April 28, 2004

Renegade History

Committed to forward-thinking performance, Renegade Theatre Experiment builds creative partnerships with aspiring and established artists to bring unique, outstanding theatre to the Bay Area. Founded in 2001, when a group of alumni from Santa Clara University joined together to develop as actors, RTE continues to explore the human experience through established and fresh performance works which break with convention.

RTEs artistic and critical successes have included Hear me Roar: Women's Images of Self - an exploration of women's body image and self-worth in American culture, Avery Crozier's Eat the Runt, and Wendy MacLeods Sin. Renegade produced the first North American production of the critically acclaimed show, The Dice House by Paul Lucas.

RTE continued in its tradition of brining exceptional, avant-garde productions to the South Bay by kicking off its 2004 season with William Shakespeares darkest and edgiest piece, Macbeth. Obsession, betrayal, witchcraft, and murder drive this blood soaked tale of ambition.

This is followed by the West Coast Premiere of Goner by Brian Parks, a frenetic black comedy that combines political intrigue, hospital drama, and screwball comedy resulting in a piece that The Guardian (August 8, 2002) describes as "American satire at its sick, twisted best. It is set in a hospital, where the US president has been taken after an assassination attempt. Watching it is like vomiting acid in the wind and finding it comes back to hit you full in the face."

The season finishes strongly with the World Premiere of Tom Jacobsons Conserving Melissa, a seriocomic piece about a conservator's obsession with the Egyptian mummy she's restoring threatens her impending marriage in this funny romance cursed with confusion. You never really know someone till they're dead....

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