Wakey Wakey at Geary Theater, January 28, 2020

American Conservatory Theater presents Wakey Wakey featuring WWCast A.C.T.'s Geary Theater 415 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102-1222 USA 7:30 PM, Thursday, January 28, 2020

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[7:36 PM lights down, let's go!]

[7:37 PM] Tonight's entertainment starts out with a previously unannounced 'appetizer': a very short play by Will Eno, featuring Kathryn Smith-McGlynn as Ms. Forester: a substitute teacher facing a class of somewhat cynical and disinterested college students (Dinah Berkeley, LeRoy S. Graham III, Emma Van Lare, and Jeff Wittekiend). It's witty and absurd … and a good way of setting the scene for the mania of Wakey Wakey.

[7:49 PM] the Substitution ends; house lights stay down, and a few seconds later, we've moved on to the main event.

• Dinah Berkeley: Jennifer;
• LeRoy S. Graham III: Bobby;
• Kathryn Smith-McGlynn: Ms. Forester: a substitute teacher;
• Emma Van Lare: Marisol;
• Jeff Wittekiend: Jimmy.

[7:49 PM] House lights come up on Tony Hale as Guy in his wheelchair, wondering what's going on.

[8:48 PM] all done! What a show… A word storm … a mind's journey … a real trip!

WWCast

• Tony Hale: Guy: male, 40s-60s, youthful looking but might suddenly look gaunt or unwell, in the wrong (right) lighting. He's in a wheelchair;
• Kathryn Smith-McGlynn: Lisa: female 30s-50s. A warm and caring person, but not inclined toward any kind of sentimentality. Loving, and, matter-of-fact, in equal amounts.

WWProductionCredits

• Russell H. Champa: lighting designer;
• Will Eno: playwright;
• Leah Gelpe: sound designer and projections designer;
• Joe Goode: choreographer;
• Anne Kauffman: director;
• Kimie Nishikawa: scenic designer and costume designer.
  
• Scripts and other info posted by Concord Theatricals

I really enjoyed tonight's play(s) … both operated on clever word-play and a willingness to open up to the ideas being shared rather than watching some sort of activity and wondering how the story being told was going to play out. Well done!

Program Notes or program notes

Big thanks to the larch for today's stage photo!

stage view before the show

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