North Coast Rep Presents ACID TEST, 2/28 2011/01/28
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents ACID TEST, based on the true
story of Ram Dass, spiritual seeker, as he explores his life from the
time of being Richard Alpert, a tenured Harvard psychology professor
from a wealthy Jewish family, to meeting Timothy Leary and embarking on
377 LSD trips. He shares his adventures of traveling to India to meet
his guru, Maharajji, to becoming an international lecturer on
'enlightenment' to his writing a book on conscious aging and having a
stroke that paralyzes his right side. With humor and humility he
illuminates his search for inner peace and lasting truth and sheds light
on a new understanding of aging and death. Join him as he journeys from
'be here now' to 'still here' to 'be love'.
Lynne Kaufman (Playwright) Lynne Kaufmanhas written twenty full-length
pays which have won numerous awards and been premiered at the Magic,
TheatreWorks, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Fountain Theatre, Florida
StudioTheatre, and the Abingdon Theatre. Prizes and awards include the
Will Glickman Award for Best New Play in San Francisco, Theatreworks
Award for Best New Play in California, NEA Fund for New American Plays,
Dramalog, Best plays by Women Playwrights and the Otis Guernsey New
Voices in Playwriting Award from The William Inge Theatre Festival. Her
plays have been published by Smith and Krauss, Dramatists Play Service
and Dramatic Publishing. She also has three published novels to her
credit. Lynne teaches writing at OLLI U.C. Berkeley and California
Institute of Integral Studies.
Simon Levy (Director) Simon Levyis an award-winning director and
playwright who is the Producing Director/Dramaturg with The Fountain
Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2010 he directed OPUS at the Fountain
(nominated for Best Production OVATION Awards 2010) and last year's
PHOTOGRAPH 51 (nominated Best Production OVATION Awards 2009). His
directing credits at the Fountain include: MASTER CLASS (winner of the
2004 Ovation Award for Best Production); DAISY IN THE DREAMTIME; GOING
TO ST. IVES, which went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; THE NIGHT OF
THE IGUANA; SUMMER & SMOKE (winner of the Ovation Award for Best
Production); THE LAST TYCOON, which he wrote and directed (5 Back Stage
West awards, including Best Adaptation and Direction); and ORPHEUS
DESCENDING, (6 Drama-Logue awards, including Best Production and
Direction), among many others. Prior to moving to L.A., he was Artistic
Director for the One Act Theatre Company in San Francisco, a resident
director at the Magic Theatre of San Francisco, and General Manager of
Beach Blanket Babylon. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the
Society of Directors and Choreographers, and Literary Managers and
Dramaturgs of the Americas.
Jonathan McMurtry (Baba Ram Dass) Jonathanhas a fifty year affiliation
at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre where he is an associate artist, with
over 200 productions as an actor to his credit. He also teaches
Shakespeare for The Old Globe MFA program. He has performed in all of
Shakespeare's 37 plays. He is honored with the 2008 Craig Noel Lifetime
Achievement in the Theatre award for his service in San Diego and
outlying communities. He has appeared at major regional theatres across
the U.S.A. and Canada. Films include, Beautiful Joe with Sharon Stone,
Best Laid Plans with Reese Witherspoon, Little Nikita with Sydney
Poitier and Point Blank with Lee Marvin (to name a few). TV credits
include, guest-starring roles on Cheers, Frazier, Almost Perfect and
most recently Eli Stone. William Inge plays include, BUS STOP, PICNIC,
and DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. McMurtry is a proud graduate of
England's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He lives in Vista, CA with his
wife, Terri and their daughter, Coral.
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