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The Crazed; a new play by Sally Dawidoff based on the acclaimed novel by Ha Jin

Central Works at the Berkeley City Club
Berkeley, CA

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A Central Works world premiere based on the novel by Ha Jin (winner of the National Book Award and two PEN/Faulkner awards) about a young scholar coming of age in Communist China on the eve of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

When the venerable Professor Yang suffers a stroke his student Jian Wan is assigned to care for him. But when the professor begins to rave like a madman, Jian Wan is thrown into a quandary: are these the outpourings of a crazed mind, or is Yang speaking the truth about his past, about art, about how to live a meaningful life?

"A work of enormous intelligence. Piercing, critical, but leavened by Jin's understated prose, The Crazed is a substantial addition to the corpus of a great author." San Francisco Chronicle

Written by Sally Dawidoff
Based on the novel by Ha Jin
Directed by Gary Graves

Featuring: Perry Aliado, Jeannie Barroga, Will Dao, Wes Gabrillo, Randall Nakano (member AEA), Carina Salazar, Louel Senores. Production: Tammy Berlin, Alandra Hileman, Vanessa Ramos, Gregory Scharpen

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, call 510.558.1381 or email us at info@centralworks.org.

May 17 - June 22 (preview May 16)
Thurday-Saturday at 8pm
Sunday, June 1 at 2pm; all other Sundays at 5pm
The show runs 110 minutes with a 10 min intermission
Post-show Talk-backs on Sun, 5/18 and 6/8

Ticket Prices:
Preview, May 16: $20
General Admission: $28

Sliding scale admission is available at the theater 30 minutes prior to performance - cash or checks only.

Sorry, no late seating; please arrive early!