The Public

Jessa Santes, James S. Craft, Danielle O’Hare, and
Ryan Oden in The Sandalwood Box by Mac Wellman

by Federico Garcia Lorca
in a new adaptation by Caridad Svich
Directed by William O. Selig
November 7

Lorca called The Public “the best thing I’ve written for the theater,” and acknowledged, “this is for the theater years from now.” Using surrealistic techniques worthy of his good friend Salvador Dalì, Lorca tests the limits of theater in this exciting and challenging play.

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.