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"It's a fine end to all my scheming ... " So says Josie Hogan—conflicted temptress, appointed by her father to seduce their drunken landlord, a man who she perhaps harbors other feelings for ...

Josie's words above are humorously quoted by director Ron Nash, reflecting on the directing project this play culminates, in his program notes for Marin Onstage's production of 'A Moon for the Misbegotten,' Eugene O'Neill's last play—later than 'Long Day's Journey into Night' and featuring once again the character of James Tyrone, based on O'Neill's tormented older brother.

With a small cast and crew, Marin Onstage and Nash finish out their "trilogy" of collaboration splendidly, which began last year with a remarkable staging of Ibsen's 'A Doll House,' followed by an exciting, gamey production of Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'—and now, from the American heir to that modernist theater tradition, the intended climax of 'Moon.' -more-

—Golden Thread, the Bay Area production company staging plays about the Middle East, presents The Fifth String, an original play for families, written and directed by founder Torange Yeghiazarian, May 2-4 and May 10 at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in downtown Oakland (an extraordinary historic building from 1911, originally a Masonic Temple, in Moorish Revival style). -more-