Tennessee Wms' 'Out Cry': Theatrical Fun & Games

Two actors, a brother and sister, find themselves trapped on tour in a "state theater in an unknown state," abandoned by cast and crew, with the audience expecting a show. They decide to improvise the Southern Gothic-style 'Two Character Play'--or have they been doing it all along? Tennessee Williams' late 60s reaction to the "Theatre of the Absurd," directed by Oleg Liptsin (who Bay Area theatergoers will remember for his version of Beckett's 'Happy Days' at the Shelton Theatre & the Berkeley City Club and 'A Propos of the Wet Snow,' (Dostoyevsky's 'Notes from Underground') at the Phoenix & the Willard Metalshop Theater. Liptsin and Felecia Faulkner (a cousin of the novelist, who started out with Southern Gothic--Williams encouraged her to perform 'Out Cry' "when you're a little bit older") follow the playwright's Ariadne's Thread through the labrynth of waking dreams and gamey memories with wild emotional swings and great humor, while Martin David
impersonates the gentle Tennessee, framing the show, which opens with a recording of Williams reading a poem. Final weekend Fri at 8, Sat at 2 & 8, at The Next Stage (Trinity Episcopal Church), Gough at Bush in San Francisco tix $15-25. (415) 333-6389 or TicketWeb. info: internationaltheatreensemble.com