Director • Actor
Paige Rogers
Features:
Real-Life Father and Son Play Father and Son in Life Is a Dream
Emily Wilson, SF Weekly
Cutting Ball dreams a classic ‘Dream’
Robert Hurwitt, The San Francisco Chronicle
Photos by Fiona McDougall
Life is a dream - The cutting Ball Theater
"Life is a Dream gains a degree of added resonance through the casting of Cutting Ball veteran David Sinaiko as Basilio and his son, Marin Academy junior Asher Sinaiko as Segismundo. The depth of connection, both affectionate and competitive, between king and prince is readily apparent."
– Robert Hurwitt,
San Francisco Chronicle
"Director Paige Rogers uses playful staging and a whimsical cast to infuse this traditionally dense and multi-motiffed play with energy, movement and (gasp) fun!
The surprises keep coming as the action unfolds. If you’ve come to expect brilliance with every role David Sinaiko plays, wait until you see him alongside his show stealing sixteen year old son, Asher. The younger Sinaiko gives a physical yet nuanced performance…definitely look forward to seeing him again. The rest of the cast is similarly spot-on as they cavort through this joyful romp of a play with claps, kazoos and all sorts of found rhythms.
Draw your own conclusions about the show’s central themes of predestiny vs. free will as well as the transformative power of dreams, both real and imagined. Whatever your interpretation, you’ll leave smiling and remembering why you fell in love with live theater in the first place.
– Rhonda Shrader
DogMom's Dish
LIFE IS A DREAM
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
in a new translation by Andrew Saito
The Cutting Ball Theater
Rob Melrose, Artistic Director
October 2 - November 1, 2015
Directed by Paige Rogers
Set Design by Michael Locher
Costume Design by Courtney Flores
Lighting Design by Hamilton Guillén
Sound Design by Josie Felt
Dramaturgy by Carissa Ibert
Stage Managed by Josie Felt
Cast
Segismundo - Asher Sinaiko
Basilio - David Sinaiko
Clotaldo - Peter Warden
Rosaura - Sango Tajma
Estrella - Grace Ng
Clarin - Michael Turner
Astolfo - Matthew Hannon
Guard - Samantha Behr
Guard / Percussionist - Barry Despenza
Rob Melrose © 2013