A Compelling Play that Explores What Happens When Art and Politics Collide. Featuring Peter Van Norden, Patrick Vest, Adrian Sparks, Cylan Brown, Tara Donovan and Vivien Latham.
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?
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)
Regular Performance Times and Prices
Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ($50) (Talkbacks follow all Wednesday evening shows except the Sept. 13 previews)
Thursdays at 8 p.m. ($55)
Fridays at 8 p.m. ($50)
Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. ($55)
Sundays at 2 p.m. ($55)
Phone: 805-667-2900
Email: boxoffice@rubicontheatre.org
2017/10/25 - 2017/11/12
Additional time info:
Champagne and chocolate reception at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby on opening night, Saturday, Oct. 28.
Talkbacks follow all Wednesday evening shows except the Sept. 13 previews
Rubicon Theatre
1006 E. Main St. , Ventura, CA 93001