The Eccentricities of a Nightingale at Pacific Resident Theatre

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

Pacific Resident Theatre
703 Venice Blvd. Venice

Poetry of the heart ignites powerful desires that can no longer be ignored by Alma. The preacher's daughter boldly seizes on a chance to follow her heart's inclinations when John Buchanan returns from medical school to live in their small town where, too often, dreams die quickly. Tennessee Williams's subtly seductive play centers on the passionately complex and sometimes cruel relationships to which love becomes vulnerable, when we are strong enough to allow it.

Thru - Aug 14, 2016

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm

Price: $25-$34

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 310-822-8392

www.pacificresidenttheatre.com

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The Eccentricities of a Nightingale Reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Highly Recommended

"...This richly atmospheric, emotionally rewarding revival holds our rapt attention. Williams devotees and newcomers alike should flock."

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- David C. Nichols

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...Celebrating their 30th season, Pacific Resident Theatre is presenting THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE by Tennessee Williams. Dana Jackson directs a cast that features Ginna Carter, Andrew Dits, Brad Greenquist, Mary Jo Deschanel, and Rita Obermeyer as the Winemiller and Buchanan family members. As in most of Williams' plays, the setting is the deep south where the steamy weather and repressed mores of the early 20th Century come face-to-face with a romance as hot as the weather which never seems to work out on the best of terms due to a parent's expectations for their child."

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- Shari Barrett

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Ginna Carter gives quite possibly the year's most brilliant dramatic performance as Alma Winemiller in Pacific Resident Theatre's absolutely superb revival of Tennessee Williams' The Eccentricities Of A Nightingale, impeccably directed by Dana Jackson."

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- Steven Stanley

ReviewPlays.com - Highly Recommended

"...As I watched this most intriguing performance by Ginna Carter, I couldn't help but feel that she was so immersed in her character, that she truly became the woman she was personifying. The entire cast, that also included Mary Jo Deschanel (Mrs. Winemiller), Paul Anderson (Roger), Joan Chodorow (Mrs. Bassett), Choppy Guillotte (Vernon), Amy Huntington (Rosemary), and Derek Chariton (Salesman). made this production come to life."

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- Carol Kaufman Segal

Total Theater - Highly Recommended

"...Director Dana Jackson deserves high praise for having put together this well-acted, handsome-looking production of Williams's bitter-sweet but strong and compassionate rewrite of Summer and Smoke."

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- Willard Manus

Santa Monica Daily Press - Recommended

"...The portrait of a passionate woman with awkward mannerisms brings to mind other of Williams' classic females. Like Blanche DuBois in "Streetcar Named Desire" or Laura Wingfield in "Glass Menagerie," Alma Winemiller is one of a kind. More outgoing than these other women, she strives to make a place for herself in her southern community by giving voice lessons and singing at every public event and private party, even though the activity inevitably leaves her nervous and twitching."

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- Cynthia Citron

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...Eccentricities of a Nightingale was Tennessee Williams' 1951 rewrite of his earlier Summer and Smoke. It was supposedly his preferred version of the story, and one can see why. The main character of Alma is more clearly delineated, and the drama springs more from her choices than from fate. The current production at Pacific Resident Theater benefits from Dana Jackson's sensitive direction and a knockout lead performance."

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- Terry Morgan