"This show is darkly comic; it will make you laugh, but it also made many in the audience cry through frustration, sorrow and not a few through anger and hatred. Like the complicated stories of peoples' lives, this show will tangle your emotions into a twisted skein that you will be untangling the whole rest of the evening - I suggest walking to the show and walking home afterwards in the company of somebody you can talk with. I highly recommend everybody see this show. "-- Ravings of a Random Mind"While there are a few laugh lines in the show, it's not really funny. It's an emotional punch in the gut that ended with few dry eyes in the sold-out house. Elephant's Graveyard is an amazing tale examining questions of justice, commerce, spectacle, race, gender, and revenge. Balagan's production is not to be missed. " -- West Seattle Weisenheimer
"The show is performed as direct audience address, with all the different characters telling their story directly and rarely interacting with one another. It's a device that works well and lets Brant display a wide cross-section of the people involved....There's not much to fault the Balagan's production for, which has the audience in stitches at the open and in tears at the close."--TheSunBreak http://thesunbreak.com/2009/09/08/george-brants-dead-elephant
"Thanks for a gorgeous show!!! Sigh..Thank god for waterproof mascara..." Lisa Viertel
"What a wonderfully performed and directed show! Very powerful. My mind keeps going back to how you and your wonderful cast had me fully convinced that Mary, the huge, huge elephant, was actually in the room with us! The energy in the room changed drastically from the excitement of having the circus come to town, to the horror and sadness in the end when all was said and done. Not only did you transport me to that muddy town, but you also have given me food for thought about how I myself would have reacted had I been there. Thanks again!"-- Audience Member Jill Holliday
"Saw this yesterday with very little expectation and was incredibly surprised by a wonderful cast and a very powerful and moving story. Highly recommend this little gem of a show that took on a life of its own. can't say enough about this story and cast. Spread the word, beautifully done!"-- Audience Member Sandra Garcia-Pelayo
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SHOWS ARE THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY AT 8pm & SUNDAY AT 2pm
SEPTEMBER 3 thru SEPTEMBER 26
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