In the West Coast premiere of this stunning new comedy by Craig Wright, Recent Tragic Events places the enormity of world tragedy in context – a dazzling, delirious context of uncanny blind dates, drinking games, and Joyce Carol Oates. Craig Wright frames 9/11 in a splendidly cracked rear view mirror, becoming a catalyst for examination of who or what is running our lives. Do we really have a choice, or are we mere puppets espousing freedom?

A joint production of CoHo Productions and Third Rail Repertory Theatre

February 4 – March 12, 2005 at CoHo Theatre
Thursday – Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm

John Patrick Shanley’s Dirty Story is a play about home (Is it a utopia or a prison?), about passion (Is it a positive force or an instrument for destruction?), about story (Is it a useless fiction or a terrifying reality?) and about vision (Is it a path to enlightenment or a journey to disaster?). It’s the perfect play for Third Rail at this time: it’s unnervingly topical, unreasonably challenging, and unbelievably funny.

September 9 – October 8, 2005 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
Thursday – Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm

Third Rail’s third production moves from the absurd/global to the naturalistic/domestic – but don’t count on things being any more peaceful as a result. With Sam Shepard’s True West, Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple and J.M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World as points of reference, The Lonesome West is a surprising and very funny look at the darker side of family.

May 19 – June 17, 2006 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
Thursday – Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm