What’s up with Theresa Rebeck?
San Francisco’s Magic Theatre presents the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s “What We’re Up Against” through March 6. Cincinnati native Rebeck’s latest is described as a laugh-out-loud comedy about men, women, and survival in the workplace.
According to the press release, Magic’s collaboration with Rebeck began after its 2009 production of her “Mauritius.” (Produced locally by Ensemble Theatre.) Rebeck offered to hold an evening of readings of her short work to benefit the theater.
“During the reading of an eight-page play produced by Naked Angels in New York in 1992, the audience laughed themselves out of their seats. Everyone, staff and audience alike, believed they were hearing a finished work from Theresa’s past, but they were wrong.
“The day she returned home, she began to think about a full-length play with Magic’s audience and actors in mind. That play is “What We’re Up Against.”
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