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IN A GARDEN
World Premiere
by Howard Korder
March 7 - 28, 2010
Julianne Argyros Stage

A summer house will adorn the garden of the Culture Minister of Aqaat, designed by American architect Andrew Hackett.  If he should live so long.  The Culture Minister takes a while to make up his mind and likes nothing better than to skirmish over the renderings—and his favorite Hollywood movies.  Will the house be built before the two men, like their countries, change loyalties and find themselves caught up in history?   In this cat and mouse game set against a global background, cultures clash and world views are turned upside down.  From the acclaimed writer for stage, screen and television—a new play for SCR audiences.

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Matt Letscher and Mark Harelik in Howard Korder's In a Garden. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.
     
Matt Letscher in Howard Korder's In a Garden. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

 
Matt Letscher and Mark Harelik in Howard Korder's In a Garden. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.
     
(l. to r.) Matt Letscher, Jarion Monroe, Mark Harelik and Phillip Vaden in Howard Korder's In a Garden. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

   
Mark Harelik in Howard Korder's In a Garden. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.
     
Howard Korder.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory. 
     
Matt Letscher stars in Howard Korder's In a Garden. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

 
Mark Harelik stars in Howard Korder's In a Garden. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.
     
Playwright Howard Korder and director David Warren.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory. 


Playwright Bio

Howard Korder’s play Boys’ Life was SCR’s first NewSCRipts public reading in 1985 and went on to be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.  His other plays include Search and Destroy (NewSCRipts 1989, Segerstrom Stage 1990), which has been widely produced and made into a feature film; The Lights (NewSCRipts 1992); The Hollow Lands (NewSCRipts 1998, PPF 1998, Segerstrom Stage 2000); and Sea of Tranquility (PPF 2003), subsequently produced in New York and across the country.  Howard Korder is currently a writer and producer on the upcoming HBO series “Boardwalk Empire.”