Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet is a double-bill of short plays featuring "Keep Your Pantheon" (a world premiere stage production) and his earlier piece, "The Duck Variations." Both are directed by Neil Pepe. In Mamet's new farce, "Keep Your Pantheon," an impoverished acting company on the edge of eviction is offered a lucrative engagement and life is finally on the upswing.
But through a series of riotous mishaps, the troupe finds its problems have actually multiplied, and that they are about to learn a new meaning for the term 'dying on stage.' "The Duck Variations" is Mamet's sly meditation on the meaning of life that depicts conversations between two elderly men who are sitting on a park bench and watching ducks.
Their observations about the ducks, whether factual or incorrect, create a beautiful fugue on the human condition – on family and friendship, the possibility of happiness, and on death.
Performances will take place from May 18 at 4 pm to June 8, 2008. -- www.centertheatregroup.org
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