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Sept. 14-15 and 21-22, William B. Scott Facility ONCE IN A while, Muni gets it right. For the next two weekends, a choreographer (Jo Kreiter), a painter (Josef Norris), a set designer (Lalo Cervantes), and a musician (Pamela Z) will collaborate on a mural-installation-performance, all because Muni – which is supplying the wall around which the event takes place – gave them the go-ahead. Mission Wall Dances is subtitled with a Robert Frost quote, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." This is slightly misleading, since these artists do love the three-story wall; it will become a stage, a canvas, and a living testimony to the people of the neighborhood. Thanks to the dot-com boom and bust, the last few years have wreaked havoc with the lives of many Mission District residents, many of whom have been displaced and are struggling to survive. With her new work, Kreiter won't let us forget that the Mission is more than real estate. Frost's wall may separate, but Kreiter's commemorates. She will be joined by her six fearless aerialist dancers, all performing on apparatus designed by Cervantes. 2 and 4 p.m., William B. Scott Facility, 1849 Harrison, S.F. Free. (415) 626-3311. (Rita Felciano) 'The Winter's Tale' The summer's Shakespeare season has offered an interesting, if potentially tedious, exercise in compare and contrast, as a number of West Coast companies have produced the same plays. The Winter's Tale opened Oregon Shakespeare Festival's outdoor season and was the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's summer offering. And here comes a third, as the California Shakespeare Festival offers a Lisa Peterson-directed production to close its season. The play – about the fatal price of jealousy and the grace of forgiveness – revolves around Leontes (Andy Murray), king of Sicilia, who comes to believe, incorrectly, that his queen, Hermione (Stephanie Roth Haberle), is having an affair with his best friend, Polixenes (Peter Callendar). His jealously leads to heartbreak, murder, and flight – a chain of events that isn't resolved for 16 years. Peterson, who is currently the resident director at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, apparently will use not just the amphitheater stage but, when the action shifts to the fantastical Bohemia, will also move things beyond into the theater lobby area. Bohemia tends to bring out the best in people – onstage and off. One hopes that Cal Shakes's production provides a fitting climax to a strong 2002 season. Previews Wed/11-Fri/13, 8 p.m. Opens Sat/14, 8 p.m. Runs Tues.-Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m. (also Sat., 2 p.m.); Sun., 4 p.m. Through Oct. 6. Gateway Boulevard exit off Highway 24, Orinda. $13-$46. (510) 548-9666, www.calshakes.org. (J.H. Tompkins) |
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