Ongoing: Hunter Gatherers by Peter Nachtrieb, Capital T Theatre at Hyde Park Theatre, October 14 - November 6

UPDATE: unsigned review at DO512.com, October 16

UPDATE: Review by Claire Canavan for the Statesman's Austin360 "Seeing Things" blog, October 24

UPDATE: Review by Ryan E. Johnson for examiner.com, October 25

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Warning: A Sacrifice, Primal Violence, and Adult Situations.

Capital T presents

Directed by Mark Pickell

Sound Design by Adam Hilton

Costume Design by Cheryl Painter

October 14th – November 6th 2010

Thursday-Saturday at 8pm

Hyde Park Theatre 511 W 43rd St

“Outrageously libidinous knockabout farce meets penetrating social satire in Peter Nachtrieb’s hilariously revelatory comedy, an almost two-hour laugh riot.”—San Francisco Chronicle

"Like a mash-up of the most brutal episode of Wild Kingdom and any episode of South Park" —San Francisco Bay Guardian

Pam and Richard are hosting their best friends, Wendy and Tom, for their annual dinner get-together. An animal sacrifice kicks off the evening, followed by a little more sex, violence, deception, revelations, wrestling and dancing than previous years. A darkly comic evening where the line between civilized and primal man is blurred, and where not everyone will survive long enough to enjoy the brownies for dessert.

The show features an all star cast including B Iden Payne and Austin Critics Table nominees and winners Kenneth Wayne Bradley (KILLER JOE, BUG), Rebecca Robinson (SICK), and Liz Fisher (DYING CITY) and introduces recent award winning actor and LA transplant Brad Price to Austin. The show will be directed by Mark Pickell who won both the B Iden Payne award and Austin Critics Table award for the last dark comedy he directed...

"There are some tigers who like the woods, and others who prefer cages, magic shows and having their meat served in a bowl"

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb – Playwright
is a San Francisco-based playwright whose works include boom (TCG’s most-produced play 2009-10), T.I.C. (Trenchcoat In Common), Hunter Gatherers (2007 ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award, 2007 Will Glickman Prize), Colorado,and Multiplex. His work has been seen Off-Broadway and at theaters across the country including at Ars Nova, SPF, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Seattle Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Public Theatre, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep, Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, Dad’s Garage, and in the Bay Area at Encore Theatre, Killing My Lobster, Marin Theatre Company, Impact Theatre, and The Bay Area Playwrights Festival. He is under commission from South Coast Repertory and American Conservatory Theater, and is a Resident Playwright at the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco. He holds a degree in Theater and Biology from Brown and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He likes to promote himself online at www.peternachtrieb.com.