Final week of Magic Theatre's 2006 HotHouse festival of new plays April 5, 2006

There are only 5 days remaining for Magic Theatre?s 2006 HotHouse platform for new plays

Steven Sater?s
NERO (Another Golden Rome)
music by Duncan Sheik / a world premiere production directed by Beth Milles Northside Theatre

The indulgent, political and personal world of Emperor Nero comes to life in this feast of language, imagery and music. Acclaimed playwright Steven Sater and Grammy-nominated Duncan Sheik create an experimental landscape to portray the dangerous excesses of this controversial boy-emperor.

Courtney Baron?s
MORBIDITY & MORTALITY
a world premiere production directed by Loretta Greco
Northside Theatre

A husband, a wife and a doctor take a crash course in the workings of the human heart. Touching and surprisingly humorous, Morbidity and Mortality is a portrait of one woman's profound loss ? and her obsession with the doctor whose mistake irreversibly changed her life. In association with Women's Project (NYC).

David Rambo?s
The Ice-Breaker
a world premiere production directed by Art Manke
Sam Shepard Theatre

A young PhD student on the verge of a momentous discovery seeks ? an ally in a disgraced genius. Cold science gives way to warm emotion, leading them to reveal the passions and demons that drive their quests. A presentation of The Magic Theatre / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Initiative.

Nero
Thursday, April 6 ? 8pm
Friday, April 7 -- 8pm
Saturday, April 8 ? 8pm

Morbidity and Mortality
Wednesday, April 5 ? 8pm
Sunday, April 9 ? 2:30pm

Ice Breaker
Wednesday, April 5 ? 8:30pm
Thursday, April 6 ? 8:30pm
Friday, April 7 -- 8:30pm
Saturday, April 8 ? 8:30pm
Sunday, April 9 ? 3pm

All performances will be held at San Francisco's Magic Theatre (Fort Mason Center, Building D, Laguna at Marina Blvd.).

Single tickets ($20-$40) are available by calling (415) 441-8822 or online at www.magictheatre.org.

Official Website: http://www.magictheatre.org