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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?
Thursday Nov 9, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PST
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)
Rubicon Theatre Company
Ventura's Downtown Cultural District
1006 E. Main St. Ventura, CA 93001
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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The amount of growth both professionally and personally that we have had this year, we owe, in part, to our involvement in the chamber of commerce. We are so blessed by this “little” but MIGHTY community of Ventura and all the good...
The Ventura Chamber of Commerce is the heartbeat of the business community and a mainline artery to City Hall. The Chamber assists members with the sometimes difficult task of maneuvering through complicated City matters. I beli...