Theatre Rhinoceros
John Fisher, Executive Director
| 2010-11 Season The Picture of Dorian Gray Theatre Rhino Mainstage Secedes |
Announcing our 2010-2011 Season!We’re on the road again! We enjoyed our theatre roaming in 09-10 so much we’re doing it again. So hop on board for another season of adventure. We begin the “On the Road Again” season at the lovely Eureka Theatre for our World Premiere stage version of Oscar Wilde’s scintillating The Picture of Dorian Gray. Then we ring in the New Year in the traditional Rhino way with The Marga Gomez New Year’s Eve Spectacular, at our old friend the Victoria Theatre. 2011 kicks off with the SF Premiere of Stephen (Sweeney Todd) Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little back at the Eureka. Then we have some spring madness with Suzanne Westenhoefer: The Totally Inappropriate Tour at the Victoria. And we wrap up the season with Executive Director John Fisher's own adventure-comedy Fighting Mac! at the Thick House Theatre on Potrero Hill. Click on a photo for a full-size version suitable for print
Marga Gomez
John Fisher
Suzanne Westenhoefer
Stephen Sondheim, author of "Marry Me a Little" |
Oscar Wilde’s
The Picture of Dorian GrayAdapted for the Stage by John Fisher Previews: August 26 – August 28 @ 8 pm and Sunday August 29 @ 3 pm Tickets available now at
 Oscar Wilde’s electrifying novel comes to the stage in this dynamic World Premiere adaptation. Using words, movement, and music this new performance keeps Wilde’s story in its own time but highlights the relevance of his fable to our own. Creative Team: Stephen Chun, John Fisher, Aaron Martinsen, Celia Maurice, Gloria McDonald, Lia Metz, Anthony Powers, Adam Simpson, Christine U'Ren, Jef Valentine, and Maryssa Wanlass. Click on an image below for a larger version Photos by Kent Taylor
Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray;
Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray; Jef Valentine as Basil Hallward in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray;
John Fisher as Lord Harry Wotton; Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray; Jef Valentine as Basil Hallward in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of
Dorian Gray;
John Fisher as Lord Harry Wotton ; Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray; Jef Valentine as Basil Hallward in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray;
Jef Valentine as Basil Hallward in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray; a Theatre Rhinoceros production at the Eureka Theatre;
Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray; a Theatre Rhinoceros production at the Eureka Theatre;
Jef Valentine as Basil Hallward; Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray;
Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray; John Fisher as Lord Harry Wotton; Jef Valentine as Basil Hallward in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray;
Aaron Martinsen as Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray; Click on an image below for a larger version
Oscar Wilde, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Proclamation:For thirty-one years our Mainstage has been a space of hallowed ground for Same-sex couples and it cannot continue as such if it does not recognize Same-sex Marriage. In recognition of the thousands of queer lives portrayed on our stage and the thousands upon thousands of queer people who have inspired, witnessed and been inspired by those lives, our Mainstage must secede from the State of California. The Board of Theatre Rhinoceros and I therefore declare our Mainstage seceded ground and proclaim our theatre an extraterritorial state that recognizes, encourages and condones Same-sex marriage. A “plaque of secession and proclamation” will be unveiled on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 1000 PM, immediately following the performance of 100 Years of Queer Theatre. Come and raise a glass in recognition of this event and the eventual triumph of same-sex marriage over the forces of repression, exclusion and intolerance. Admission is free and open to the public. — John Fisher |
