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CASSIDY BROWN* - Bracken
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KATE BOYD - Set Designer CALLIE FLOOR+ - Costume Designer CHRIS HOUSTON - Sound Designer & Composer JON TRACY - Light Designer SAMANTHA VISBAL - Props CHRIS WATERS - Stage Manager |
Safe House
By Keith Josef Adkins | Directed By L. Peter Callender
Set in Kentucky in 1843, Safe House examines the lives of one free family of color and the tensions that arise between two brothers with conflicting aspirations. While one brother dreams of opening his own business, the other risks everything in an effort to help fugitive slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. Based on true events in the lives of his ancestors, Adkins tells a gripping story of love, freedom, and survival against impossible odds.
"Adkins is as hard-hitting as he is poetic as he rejects the simplsitic notion of a world painted in black and white, either racially or morally." - Cincinnati.com
RUN TIME: APPROXIMATELY 2:10 WITH ONE 10 MINUTE INTERMISSION
A courageous and meaningful drama.
Berkeleyside
ARTISTS
CASSIDY BROWN* Cassidy is pleased to return to Aurora Theatre, where he has previously appeared as Scooper in Bosoms and Neglect. He most recently appeared as Iago in Othello at Marin Shakespeare Company, in The Totalitarians at Capital Stage, and ART at Center Rep, Other credits include Theatreworks in Doubt, Distracted, The Loudest Man on Earth, Fallen Angels, and The 39 Steps, Pacific Repertory in The 39 Steps, A Winter's Tale, Troilus and Cressida, and God of Carnage, San Jose Rep in Game On, San Jose Stage in The 39 Steps, and SF Playhouse in In a Word. Cassidy is also an event host and storyteller running a monthly storytelling show called The Shout.
DAVID EVERETT MOORE* David is thrilled to be making his Aurora Theatre debut. He was most recently seen as Polixenes in The Winter's Tale for San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Recent credits include Eli in Gem of the Ocean(Marin Theatre Company) and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet(SF Shakes). Other local and regional credits include We Are Proud to Present… (Just Theater), Topdog/Underdog (Actors’ Theatre), Good Goods (Crowded Fire Theater), and Taming of the Shrew, Our Town, and Much Ado About Nothing at Colorado Shakespeare Festival. David is a proud graduate of UC Berkeley's Theater and Performance Studies program.
DAWN L. TROUPE* is a professional actor, director, and theatre arts educator. Dawn's most recent acting credits; she’s appeared as Mary Black in Marcus Gardley’s Gospel of Lovingkindness at Ubuntu Theater, as Shug Avery in Color Purple at Hillbarn Theater which won the TBA Outstanding Ensemble award and others. Dawn has also appeared as Blues Speak Woman in Spunk directed by Patricia MacGregor at CalShakes. She most recently directed Ragtime at Ohlone/Stage 1, To Kill A Mockingbird, Cinderella at Hillbarn and Dreamgirls at Stage 1. Dawn’s regional credits include many Bay Area companies such as Berkeley Reps (The Ground Floor), TheaterWorks, Marin Theater Company, and many more.
DEZI SOLèY Dezi is a prizmatic artist co-creating embodiments of the Divine through explorations in images, spoken word & movement. Since earning her BA in Cultural Studies, Minor in Dance from Prescott College ('13), Solèy has trained and performed with Bay Area traditional Haitian & South African dance theatre companies as well as starred in numerous projects like Brother (directed by Alrik Bursell). Her most recent work includes starring in Baby Steps (directed by Jennifer Vo Le), an original solo performance for Conjuring Roots (National Queer Arts Festival) and the premiere of FMMTPN (from her co-curated collective, Femmetopian @fmmtpn) at SOMArts’ The Black Woman is God/Night Light exhibition. Solèy is currently represented by Stars The Agency. www.dezisoley.com
JAMELLA CROSS Jamella is an artist that loves working in the theatrical community. Creating with others is something she is very passionate about and she believes unity and togetherness is what makes a piece of art grow stronger. She has worked with theatre companies such as the Magic Theatre (Sojourners), Bay Area Children's Theatre (Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site, The Day the Crayons Quit, andBad Kitty), TheatreFirst (Stop Kiss), Berkeley Playhouse (Hairspray), Free Theatre (Henry IV), Virago Theatre Company (Crooked), Ubuntu Theatre Project (Dance of the Holy Ghost), and 3Girls Company (Girl Talk) which are all located throughout the Bay Area. This is her first debut at the Aurora Theatre and she is beyond excited to be a part of this phenomenal production of Safe House and hopes you will enjoy it!
LANCE GARDNER* Lance is a Bay Area Native who has performed in numerous stage productions over the last 10 years. Safe House is his first show at Aurora. He recently completed a stint at CalShakes where he was seen in Much Ado About Nothing (as Don Pedro/Ursula), Fences (as Lyons), You Never Can Tell (as Philip), and Othello (as Cassio). He lives in the mountains and sings in the shower.
Sponsors
Kathleen Garrison & David Wood
Associate Sponsors
Judith & Alex Glass,
Carolyn Weinberger,
Helen Marcus & David Williamson
