Doctor Faustus

Garth Petal in Macbeth
by Christopher Marlowe
directed by Rob Melrose
January 15

Before Goethe’s Faust, before Damn Yankees and countless other tales of a man selling his soul to the devil, Christopher Marlowe wrote his astonishing play. This is the original tale told in some of the most bold and exciting passages in the English language. Upon seeing Helen of Troy, Dr. Faustus says, “Is this the face that launched a thousand ships / and burnt the topless towers of Illium.”

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.