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Taking Sides

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Name: Taking Sides
Date: October 26, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
Event Description:
Rubicon Theatre launches the company’s 20th Anniversary Season with Taking Sides, a provocative and gripping drama based on the true story of German conductor and composer (and accused Nazi sympathizer) Wilhelm Furtwängler. Written by Academy Award-winner SIR RONALD HARWOOD (“The Pianist”) and directed by Ovation Award-winner STEPHANIE COLTRIN, the play explores the terrible collision between art, power, politics and personal responsibility. Harwood’s dramatization of the investigation into Furtwängler (PETER VAN NORDEN) is set in 1946 in the American Zone of occupied Berlin. Major Steve Arnold (PATRICK VEST) interrogates Furtwängler following the war in preparation for his de-Nazification tribunal. Why did Furtwängler remain in Germany while many of his colleagues fled out of protest or because of persecution. Did he naively believe that art was above politics? Did he allow himself to be manipulated by the Nazi propaganda machine? Or was he, in fact, a collaborator?
 
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Location:
Rubicon Theatre Company
Ventura's Downtown Cultural District
1006 E. Main St. Ventura, CA 93001
Date/Time Information:
Dates:
October 25-November 12, 2017

Previews
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 at 7 p.m. ($30)
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 at 8 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at 8 p.m. ($35)


Opening Night
Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 at 7 p.m. ($100)
Contact Information:
805.667.2900
Fees/Admission:
Regular tickets for TAKING SIDES range from $30 to $55 (plus a $4 processing fee). Opening night is $100, including the pre-and post-show reception. Tickets for students with ID for regular performances are $25; Equity members and military are $30. There is a $5 discount for seniors 65 and older. Discounts of 10% to 20% are available for groups of 10 or more, depending on the size of the group. 
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