Sphinx and Strawman & Murder Hope of Womankind


David Austin Groen, Kris Wasley, and Gabriel Diamond in Hamletmachine by Heiner Müller

German Expressionist Texts
by Toller and Kokoschka
Directed by Adriana Baer
April 4

The German Expressionists were the bridge between the Realistic dramas of Henrik Ibsen, and the powerful, modern dramas of Bertolt Brecht. From Frank Wedekind to Ernst Toller, Oskar Kokoschka, and Carl Sternheim, the world was forever changed with these strange, intriguing masterpieces of language and images. A challenge for audience, actor, and director, these are puzzles to be pondered, torn apart, and examined, just as the playwrights tore apart and examined humanity.

The Cutting Ball Theater’s 2015-16 season is made possible in part by Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Fleishhacker Foundation, Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mental Insight Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, The RHE Charitable Foundation, The San Francisco Arts Commission, The San Francisco Foundation, and The Zellerbach Family Foundation, and Season Producers John and Paula Gambs, Ken Melrose, and Velia Melrose.