Event

A Walk on the Wild Side

Arclight is proud to inaugurate its first "Sparklight Original One Act Festival" as part of its mission to produce imaginative, entertaining classical and original plays. All of the playwrights, actors and directors live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area.

"The Overcoat" by Richard Medugno
Directed by Jenny Hollingworth

Gogol's famous story vividly portrays the perpetual struggle of the "little guy" against a harshly unfair and uncivilized world in this brutal comedy.

"The Restoration" by Tim Bauer
Directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes

Max from Maurice Sendak's beloved children's story, Where the Wild Things Are is all grown up and struggling for creative inspiration in an oppressive corporate job. Can the "wild things" provide him with the spark he needs?

"No Roof Access" by Rob Dario
Directed by Bryan Ringstead

Jack, an unemployed actor encounters Rachel an attractive, health conscious radical in the stairwell of a downtown office building. Jack finds himself put dangerously "on the spot" in an absurd battle of wills with potentially life-altering consequences.

"In the End" by Ross Peter Nelson
Directed by Jenny Hollingworth

Two characters and - a man-eating chair? A witty, challenging and ultimately absurd take on the insanity of life!