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The Merced College Theater Department ventures into the Theater of the Absurd this weekend with plays by Samuel Beckett and Sam Shepard.
Beckett’s “Endgame,” one of his most acclaimed plays, takes place in a post-apocalyptic interior as characters Hamm and Clov entertain and annoy one another while trying to determine their fate in this life. Shepard’s “Red Cross,” one of his earliest plays, was written after Shepard had read Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. “Red Cross,” which launched Shepard’s successful career in playwriting, is an Obie-winning short play telling the story of a couple of hypochondriacs, living in a facility of some kind in the forest, and their daily visit from the maid.
The two plays feature Merced College students Jordan Bremer, Jason Best, Amber Rain Fowler, Matthew Sanchez, Julian Bremer, Sarah Villareal, and Genifurr Ryan.
