from Manbites Dog Other Voices

The Open Eye Crew presents

Songs & Scenes from SAM/SARA
a showcase premiere
with songs by Tom Maxwell & story by John Justice
A tuneful, fun-filled meditation on human appetite, suffering, and kindness

July 7, 8, 9, 2005

The story is simple and blunt. It’s set in a mountain wilderness right after the turn of the 20th century. Sara plays a reckless joke on her lover Sam. He responds with a cruel joke of his own. As a consequence, Sara must do penance to be released from her suffering, and Sam is driven to searching long years for Sara while he practices kindness and sings in a wilderness dive. Enslaved strippers, murderous inn-keepers, cursed farms, and suicidal rustics complicate things.

The 80-minute Showcase at Manbites Dog is constructed around a brilliant group of songs by Tom Maxwell: “The Will of Heaven,” “Four Mountains,” “You Always Get What’s Coming,” “Samsara.” Maxwell, from Pittsboro, is a former member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, for whom he wrote the hits “Hell” and “Put a Lid on It.”

SAM/SARA is directed by David Beckmann, who directed PIPPIN and other works for Durham’s Hoof and Horn. The book is by Chapel Hill’s John Justice (TWO SAMS for Shakespeare & Originals, and adaptations of Clyde Edgerton’s RANEY and WALKING ACROSS EGYPT.)

Presented as part of Manbites Dog Theater's Other Voices Series

PERFORMANCES:
Thursday-Saturday July 7, 8, 9, 2005
Shows at 8:15

TICKETS:
$12 for all shows
Manbites Dog Season Vouchers accepted for all performances
Seating is limited. Advance online purchase or phone reservations recommended.

LOCATION: Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street in Durham.
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Manbites Dog Theater’s 2004-2005 season is made possible in part through gifts to the Durham Arts Council United Arts Fund; support from the City of Durham, and by grants from the NC Arts Council, an agency supported by the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts. Manbites Dog has also received funding from an anonymous foundation.

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