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The Sunset Limited, by Cormac McCarthy, Pulls into The Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre (CV REP) But when the train leaves the station, whose soul will go with it? One man’s journey spurs another man’s outlook on faith…it’s never just black and white!
“This is mind expanding theatre at it’s best…” Tom Williams, Chicagocritic.com
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Rancho Mirage, CDA –Feb. 1, 2013 - The Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre (CV REP) is announcing its third in-house production of their 2012-13 season, The Sunset Limited, by Cormac McCarthy, scheduled for a three week run at the CV REP theatre in Rancho Mirage from March 20-April 7, 2013.
Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, Cormac McCarthy, (The Road, No Country for Old Men), and directed by CV REP Artistic Director, Ron Celona, The Sunset Limited is an edge-of-your seat drama about “White” a Caucasian, atheistic professor, and “Black” an Afro-American ex-convict/evangelical Christian who are brought together by desperate circumstances on a New York City subway platform. The play begins soon after “Black” brings “White” back to his Harlem apartment where they lock horns in a high-stakes, electrifying faith-versus-reason debate.
“There are some Playwright’s words that have to be experienced in person….an actor’s dream to share, and an audience’s moment to be a part of the collaboration of thoughtful words and the human spirit. Cormac McCarthy’s writing does just that!, “ says CV Repertory ‘s Artistic Director, Ron Celona.
First performed at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and then New York City in 2006 and faithfully adapted for a 2011 HBO movie starring Samuel Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones, The Sunset Limited is a stirring play that offers two opposing viewpoints of life and death, faith, and the future of mankind - a psychological cat and mouse game with a compelling climax sure to provide audiences with a riveting, theatrical experience.
Critics applauded the 2006 Steppenwolf Theatre pre-Broadway premiere of The Sunset Limited. Critical comments included “...The ideas presented offer so much ‘food-for- thought’ that you’ll be discussing them long after seeing The Sunset Limited. Only good can come from that. This is mind expanding theatre at its best...." Tom Williams, Chicagocritic.com
The Sunset Limited will be performed from March 20th- April 7th at the CV Repertory Theatre located in The Atrium at 69-930 Highway 111 Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. Tickets are $40.00 and can be purchased online at www.cvrep.org or at the box office: 760-296-2966. Group seats are available.
CV Rep is an educational and dramatic theatre organization that presents thought- provoking theatre of substance and children’s outreach programs designed to enrich the quality of life for Coachella Valley residents and visitors. For more information call 760- 296-2966 or visit www.cvrep.org.