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POST PRODUCTION:
THE CHINESE ART OF PLACEMENT
by Stanley Rutherford

ALLEY THEATRE WORKSHOP
Nov 11 - 27, 2004

The Chinese Art of Placement presents Sparky Litman, an ex-poet, ex-intelligence operative who has chosen to live his life according to Feng Shui. Sparky has an obsession with Tina Turner, a problem with ants and an ongoing dilemma about how to deal with women. This one-man hit play is sure to provoke conversation, laughs and ??.

Winner of the San Francicso Weekly's “Black Box” award for “Best Play,” nominated for the Bay Area Theater Critic’s Circle Award for “Best Original Script,” and selected “Best Bet,” Washington Post and “Critic’s Choice,” Chicago Reader. It has subsequently been produced by theaters in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Dallas. Bridge Productions in association with Stephen Najera present The Chinese Art of Placement through a special arrangement with Stanley Rutherford.

READ THE REVIEWS:
NOW Magazine | EYE Weekly
The Globe and Mail | Toronto Star

The Chinese Art of Placement was originally produced at the Phoenix Theater in San Francisco in February 1998, produced by Linda Ayers-Frederick.

Pictured: Stephen Najera as Sparky Litman
Photo by Rusty Owen

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Pictured: upstage left view from down stage right

Stanley Rutherford is the author of fifteen plays including Red Tulips, Bad Gums, and Garden of Blue Chairs. His play Billy Nobody was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play. Mr. Rutherford is a graduate of Stanford University and lives in Sonoma County, CA. He is delighted that Alley Theatre Workshop has selected The Chinese Art of Placement as its inaugural production, and hopes that Alley Theatre Workshop will have a long, highly successful, and dramatically fulfilling life.
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