Pelléas and Mélisande

James Craft and Danielle O’Hare in Helen of Troy
by Maurice Maeterlinck
in a new translation by Rob Melrose
June 10

In this mysterious, fairytale-like play, a beautiful young woman is found in the woods by a hunter who also happens to be a prince. He takes her to his castle and marries her. Soon after, she falls in love with his younger brother. When the love triangle explodes, she wants to return to her own world, but can she?

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.