ON CLOVER ROAD
A THRILLER
a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere
Written by Steven Dietz
Note: All performances of On Clover Road will be held at The Rueff, upstairs at The Strand, 1127 Market St.
“A fascinating production! Bottom line: You are in for a roller coaster ride with this thriller.”
– Talkin’ Broadway
“Exactly the kind of play that deserves to see the light of day”
– Stark Insider
“A spectacular success! Four Stars for a strong performance.”
– SF Theater Blog
PLAY DETAILS
An abandoned motel. A distraught mother. A cruel private investigator. Will mother and daughter be reunited? How far can you push the bonds of family—and how far will you go to bring them back? In this smart, harrowing, edge-of-your-seat thriller, the answers are shocking. On Clover Road is a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Read the Press Release.
San Francisco Playhouse’s production of On Clover Road is made possible by Season Executive Producer Rowland Weinstein, Season Producers Robert & Jan Ginsberg, Producer Rowland Weinstein, and Associate Producers David Anderson & Nancy Kaible and Mike Smith.
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Kate Hunter (Sally Dana) arrives at the motel in search of her long-lost daughter.
The Girl (Nancy Kimball) refuses to leave the cult.
The Girl (Rachel Goldberg) is interrogated by the private investigator Stine (Michael Storm).
The Girl (Rachel Goldberg) is interrogated by the private investigator Stine (Michael Storm).
Kate Hunter (Sally Dana) tries to jog The Girl (Rachel Goldberg)’s memory with a game of cat’s cradle.
The Girl (Rachel Goldberg) implores Kate (Sally Dana) for her help.
Kate (Sally Dana), tied up by cult leader Harris McLain (Adam Elder) begs The Girl (Nancy Kimball) for help.
The Girl (Nancy Kimball) and Stine (Michael Storm) survey the abandoned motel.
PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Kate (Sally Dana) meets The Girl (Nancy Kimball) for the first time.
Kate (Sally Dana) meets The Girl (Nancy Kimball) for the first time.
The Girl (Nancy Kimball) challenges Kate (Sally Dana) as Stine (Michael Storm) looks on.
Kate (Sally Dana), The Girl (Rachel Goldberg), and Stine (Michael Storm) struggle.
Kate (Sally Dana) tries to connect with The Girl (Rachel Goldberg) as Stine (Michael Storm) looks on.
The Girl (Rachel Goldberg) threatens Harris (Adam Elder)
Stine (Michael Storm) issues an ultimatum, as The Girl (Rachel Goldberg) looks on.
THE CAST
THE PLAYWRIGHT
STEVEN DIETZ‘s thirty-plus plays and adaptations have been produced in regional theatres and internationally have been seen in England, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Russia, Slovenia, Argentina, Peru, Greece, Singapore, South Korea and South Africa. He received the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award for Fiction—produced Off-Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company; the PEN USA West Award in Drama for Lonely Planet; the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play for Sherlock Holmes; The Final Adventure; and the Yomiuri Shimbun Award (the Japanese “Tony”) for his adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel, Silence. Other widely produced plays include the Pulitzer-nominated Last of the Boys, Inventing Van Gogh, Private Eyes, God’s Country, Halcyon Days, and The Nina Variations which premiered at CATF in 1996. CATF produced the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Yankee Tavern in 2008, and his Rancho Mirage premiered through the same NNPN program in 2013.