Event

A Place with the Pigs, by Athol Fugard

Spare Stage presents a series of staged readings to reintroduce us to our audiences and get your pulse for what inspires you. Get a taste of Spare Stage's vision for possible future productions through this series of works by internationally known playwrights and new plays by up and coming playwrights.

In the first of our EXPLORATIONS FOR A SPARE STAGE series we present the first of two Athol Fugard one-act plays

Athol Fugard has been working in the theatre as a playwright, director and actor since the mid-50s in South Africa, England, and the United States. His plays have been produced on Broadway as well as at major theatres around the world. He is best known for Master Harold and the Boys and The Road to Mecca.

A PLACE WITH THE PIGS
by Athol Fugard

directed by Laylah Muran de Assereto

with
Genevieve Perdue as Praskovya
Karl Schackne as Pavel
Jason Jeremy reading Stage Directions

Based on an absurd but true story, this poignant and sometimes hilarious tale is about a Russian soldier who deserted during World War II and spent ten years hiding in his pigsty. As the play begins, Pavel Ivanovitch is preparing to rejoin the world and throw himself on the mercy of his countrymen, but his wife has used his old uniform for rags and refuses to wear the suit she has pressed. Instead, she goes alone to the ceremony to unveil a monument to the war dead and returns reporting that the townspeople wept at the mention of him and his martyr's death fighting fascism. Also, a local bigwig proposed to her now that she is officially a widow. What should she do? Will Pavel Ivanovitch ever be able to leave the pigsty, or is it his only safe haven?

6pm Stage Werx
446 Valencia Street btw 15th & 16th Streets
San Francisco