About this Event
The San Francisco Interfaith Council and Marin Interfaith Council invite you to attend a special reception and performance of the west coast premiere of Sarah Ruhl's "The Oldest Boy" at Marin Theatre Company. On Saturday, September 26 at 6:00 pm, please join us for a wine and cheese reception, as well as special guest speakers including Marin Theatre Company artistic director Jasson Minadakis. A performance of the play follows at 7:30 pm.
Use code INTERFAITH and save $10 off tickets to the 9/26 evening performance at tickets.marintheatre.org, over the phone at (415)388-5208 or in-person at the Marin Theatre Company box office at 397 Miller Avenue in Mill Valley.
About "The Oldest Boy"
An American woman and her Tibetan husband make a life together with their three-year-old son. When a monk announces that the couple’s son is the reincarnation of his deceased teacher, a series of heart wrenching events lead the family from the comfort of their lives in the US to the mountains of Dharmsala. At its core, The Oldest Boy is the story of a mother’s struggle to come to terms with her son’s special nature, and how she comes to let him go. Ultimately, this gentle meditation on faith and love speaks to anyone who has been a mother, or a mother’s child.
Interspersed with Tibetan Buddhist ritual and dance and featuring renowned Berkeley-based Tibetan artist Tsering Dorjee Bawa, Marin Theatre Company’s production of The Oldest Boy is the west coast premiere of two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient Sarah Ruhl’s latest and perhaps most personal contribution to the American theatre.
“extremely imaginative and hypnotically beautiful… a soothing mystical vision beyond all human understanding.”
–Variety