August 7 through September 7

Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Kennedy White
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize

It's rare that we are able to obtain the production rights to a Pulitzer Prize-winning play so soon after the award is granted. Rabbit Hole on the 2007 award for best drama for author David Lindsay-Abaire, considered one of the truly great members of a new generation of American playwrights. The Broadway production also won a Tony Award for Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the City") in the leading role of Becca.

Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want until a life changing event turns their marriage inside out. Rabbit Hole is the poignant and often amusing story of their fumbling attempts at creating a new equilibrium in their marital life, made all the more exasperating by interjections from Becca's plain-talking mom, Nat, and zany sister, Izzy. The results are, in no particular order, absurd, ridiculous, pathetic and profound. Rabbit Hole promises to be an evening of unparalleled entertainment; witty, insightful and wry in it's depiction of a family's efforts to adjust to the unwelcomed reality of unforeseen and inalterable change.

Directed by Kennedy White, Rabbit Hole features the talents of local favorites Beth Richmond as Becca, Michael Rossetti as Howie, Cindy Triplett as Izzy, Lorry LePaule as Nat and Connor Barnard as Jason; with set design by Nicole Allan, lighting by Dave Gealey and costumes designed by Susan Collins.

"…a drama that's not just a departure but a revelation—[an] examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty." —Variety

Photos by Larry Wagner

For tickets and reservations call the MTC box office at 937-4477 or click here.

The Mendocino Theatre Company's Helen Schoeni Theatre is located at 45200 Little Lake Street in Mendocino. Ticket prices are $15, $20 on Saturday.