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Ideation

By Aaron Loeb
Directed by Josh Costello

Aaron Loeb brings a dark comic edge to this psychological suspense thriller, in which group of corporate consultants work together on a mysterious and ethically ambiguous project. As the lines between right and wrong are blurred, these characters must navigate the cognitive dissonances and moral dilemmas to decide for themselves if everything is as it really seems.

Location: Tides Theater, 533 Sutter St @ Powell. Read the Press Release

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Photos by Jordan Puckett. *Member of AEA

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Pre-Production Photos:

Photos by Lauren English. *Member of AEA

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Aaron Loeb (Playwright) is a Bay Area playwright whose work has been performed around the country. His full-length plays include The Proud, Alcestis (Doesn’t Live Here Anymore), Brown, First Person Shooter (which had its world premiere at SF Playhouse), Blastosphere (with Geetha Reddy), What Your Parents Don’t Want You to Know… (an opera by Kurt Erickson for which Loeb wrote the libretto) and Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party, which had its world premiere at SF Playhouse and went on to premiere Off-Broadway in 2010. Among the honors Loeb has received are: two Bay Area Theater Critic Circle Awards for Best New Play (First Person Shooter in ’07, ALBGDP in ’08), Outstanding Play from the New York International Fringe Festival (ALBGDP ’09), GLAAD Media Award Nominee (ALBGDP ’09), and seven “Emerging Playwright Awards” from PlayGround. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Inc and a PlayGround resident playwright. By day, he works in video games at Electronic Arts, where he makes mobile games.

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Ben Euphrat

Ben Euphrat (Scooter) is an actor, director, musician, and producer based in San Francisco and marks Ideation as his SF Playhouse debut. Recent credits include Good People at Marin Theatre Company, Learns a Lesson with Killing My Lobster, Status Update at Center REP, and direction for Assistance with OpenTab Productions, where he is co-founder/Artistic Director. Upcoming work: HIR at the Magic Theatre, and Twelfth Night with Shotgun Players. Ben has studied improv with the Groundlings and IO West, trained to be a corporeal mime, and has worked extensively in film and commercial. Follow him at beneuphrat.com.

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Michael Ray Wisely

Michael Ray Wisely*(Ted) joins San Francisco Playhouse having just completed a summer as Macbeth for the SF Shakespeare festival and Schmitz in The Arsonists at the Aurora Theatre Co. Well known to bay area theatre audiences, recent productions also include: Theatre Works (Carlson in Of Mice and Men) , Center REPertory Co. (Petkoff in Arms and the Man, Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol) . Other Notable productions: Marin Theatre Co. (Shamrayev in Seagull). Aurora Theatre Co. (Bill in Trouble in Mind, McCann in The Birthday Party), San Jose Stage Co. (Moss in Glengarry Glen Ross), Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Randall in Heartbreak House), as well as many appearances with Magic Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, American Musical Theatre of San Jose, Marin Shakespeare Co., Shotgun Players, Alter Theater and others. Michael Ray has starred and guest-starred in television movies and series (including hosting a series on the DIY Network). In addition to his work as an actor, he shares the helm of a bay area independent production company. www.3andahalfegos.com Michael Ray is a proud member of Actors Equity Assoc. celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Jason Kapoor

Jason Kapoor (Sandeep is making his debut with San Francisco Playhouse. His recent productions of Antony and Cleopatra (Antony) and The Changeling (Deflores) were among his productions at The London Academy of Dramatic Art, where he trained this past year. Before his MA degree at LAMDA, Mr. Kapoor attended San Jose State University appearing in Proof (Robert) and Emma (Mr. Knightley) receiving awards for excellence in acting. Other credits include Of Mice and Men (Lennie) for San Jose Repertory’s Theatre On Tour, Twelfth Night (Orsino) at SJSU,Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio) and The Merchant of Venice (Morocco) with Shady Shakespeare Company.

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Carrie Paff

Carrie Paff* (Hannah) is pleased to make her San Francisco Playhouse debut with this show. Her credits include A Delicate Balance and This Is How It Goes at Aurora; The Other Place at Magic Theatre; Tiny Alice and It’s a Wonderful Life at Marin Theatre Company; Bill W. & Dr. Bob and A Picasso at San Jose Rep; Double Indemnity at A.C.T. in Seattle and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde at Arizona Theatre Company. Internationally, she appeared in Joan Rivers: A Work In Progress at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in London. Film work includes Quitters, Love & Taxes and This is Hamlet. She holds a master’s degree in educational theater from New York University and is the cofounder of StageWrite, Building Literacy through Theatre. www.carriepaff.com

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Mark Anderson Phillips

Mark Anderson Phillips*(Brock) is stoked to be back at SF Playhouse, where he was last seen in Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party, also by Aaron Loeb. Recently, he appeared in Good People and Waiting for Godot at Marin Theatre Company; The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and Double Indemnity at San Jose Rep, and Clybourne Park at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. His other work includes roles with Magic Theatre, Berkeley Rep, TheatreWorks, Aurora, Arizona Theatre Company, Seattle’s ACT, Center REP, and California Shakespeare Theatre. Phillips has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Joan Rivers- A Work in Progress) and the New York International Fringe Festival (Abraham LIncoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party, which won Best of Fringe). Directing credits include The 39 Steps, at Center Repertory Theatre. www.markandersonphillips.com

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Josh

Josh Costello (Director) is a Bay Area stage director. Recent projects include his adaptation of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother for Custom Made Theatre Company, Reborning by Zayd Dohrn for San Francisco Playhouse, and Toil & Trouble by Lauren Gunderson for Impact Theatre, all world premieres. He directed My Children! My Africa! and the Bay Area premiere of Lovers & Executioners for Marin Theatre Company. Other directing work includes House of Lucky at Magic Theatre, Romeo and Juliet: A Fire Ballet at The Crucible in Oakland, Hamlet at Shakespeare-by-the-Sea in LA, and his adaptation of The Rover for The Chance Theater in Orange County and for a live television broadcast on LA and Orange County’s PBS affiliate. Josh was the founder and first Artistic Director of Impact Theatre. He was the Artistic Director of Expanded Programs at Marin Theatre Company and the Education Director at the Marin Shakespeare Company, and has taught at ACT, Cal Shakes, SF Shakes, UC Riverside, Cal State Long Beach, South Coast Rep, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood. Josh holds a BFA in Theatre from Boston University, and an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington, Seattle. Josh is the Literary Manager at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley.

Caitlin Price (Stage Manager) is excited to be back stage managing for the SF Playhouse’s Sanbox Series. She stage managed Inevitable back in February, and over the summer stage managed Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Boxcar Theatre. Caitlin is a bay area native and holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

 

Michelle Mal (Costume Design) is a recent graduate from San Francisco State University. She is thrilled to work on the San Francisco Playhouse Sandbox Series for the first time. Recent costume design work includes Push Dance Company’s Something Leftover From the Last, 99 Stock Productions’ Hitcher, and Do it Live!’s The Golden Dragon. Michelle was also the assistant costume designer for Shotgun Player’s Bonnie and Clyde.

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Zaque Eyn (Sound Designer) is a producer, sound engineer, technical director, and event manager of over 13 years, his accomplishments and projects range from; Neverland (M.J.), Henson Recording Studios, Pomplamoose, Lauren Mayhew, George Lucas, to Anita Baker and OK GO. Looking to expand on his unique boutique style, in new and exciting ways, he views the world of plays as the new medium with no limits on his creativity.

What the critics are saying about Ideation:

Paff, Phillips and Wisely create a hilarious maelstrom of doubt, teamwork, fear, conniving, suspicion, reassurance and dread.San Francisco Chronicle

I’ve never seen anything like this Stage Play. Its Scope and Grandeur is amazing and magnificent. I’m still thinking about it.  Once in a decade an audience gets raw challenges. They sure do it here. The director absolutely knows how to create emotion. This cat-and-mouse -bare-knuckle play keeps you on the edge of your seat. IT’S ELECTRIFYING!For All Events

Ideation is thoughtful, funny, snappy and ironic comedy of exactly the stripe you want in a small theater settingEdge San Francisco

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Opens: Saturday, November 16th

Closes: December 7th, 2013

Run time: 90 minutes

Show Times:

Weds & Thurs at 7pm

Fri & Sat at 8pm

No performances November 28th, December 4th

Added 3pm matinees November 30th and December 7th


Tickets: $10 – $20