The 20% Theater Company Presents: Boston Marriage by David Mamet Thurs-Sat March 27-29 at 8pm Thurs April 3 at 8pm & Sat April 5th at 7pm Thurs - Sat April 10-12 and 17-19, 2008 at 8pm
Directed by Shannon "Max" MacMillan Featuring Julie Baber Monica Hammond and Claire Mannle Scenic Design by Leslie Delavan Lighting Design by Tom Leger
>	One of America's most revered and provocative dramatists, David Mamet conquers new territory with this droll comedy of errors set in a Victorian drawing room. Anna and Claire are two bantering, scheming "women of fashion" who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society.
Anna has just become the mistress of a wealthy man, from whom she has received an enormous emerald and an income to match. Claire, meanwhile, is infatuated with a respectable young lady and wants to enlist the jealous Anna's help for an assignation.
As the two women exchange barbs and take turns taunting Anna's hapless Scottish parlor maid, Claire's young inamorata suddenly appears, setting off a crisis that puts both the valuable emerald and the women's futures at risk. To this wickedly funny comedy, Mamet brings his trademark tart dialogue and impeccable plotting, spiced with Wildean wit.
	The The 20% Theater Company is dedicated to reversing the percentages of working women in the theatre. A rough estimate states that only 20% of working actors today are women, and there are even less working female directors, producers, designers and technicians. The 20% Company aims to reverse these percentages to properly reflect the female majority in the theatre through women-heavy casts, innovative cross-gender casting, and focusing on the voices of female playwrights while simultaneously tapping into the grossly under-represented population of female directors, producers, technicians, and designers. The 20% Company also welcomes and supports transgendered, transsexual, and gender-queer theatre artists, and includes self-identified women in their push for women's voices in the theatre. 20%Co recognizes that men in the theatre are one of our greatest allies and resources in helping to achieve our goals of reversing the female minority, and we welcome them in our work.
It's been a great run for 20% Theatre Company over the last five years, but there is a large chance that this will be our last show. At least until 2011. Won't you send us off with either your presence, or your help in making this show our finest hour with a tax-deductable donation? Please visit https://www.fracturedatlas.org/donate/934 to make an online donation in whatever amount. Even 5 or 10 dollars goes a long way.
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