Cal State East Bay Professor Darryl V. Jones appears in the new drama 鈥淭he Call鈥�
- February 12, 2016
Cal State East Bay Theatre and Dance Professor Darryl V. Jones will playe the role of Alemu in the west coast premiere of “The Call,” a play by Tanya Barfield and produced by Theatre Rhinoceros at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco.
The new drama explores questions of race and responsibility in the maelstrom of a white woman’s decision to adopt a child from Africa. Jones' character, Alemu, is an Ethiopian immigrant to America with a troubling and mysterious past.
“The character I’m playing, Alemu, is warm and kind, but he internalizes the pain and tragedy of witnessing the ravages of ‘the slim’ (HIV/AIDS related deaths) on so many of his people in Africa,” Jones said. “When the woman has second thoughts about adopting the child because the one she wanted fell through and she is offered an older, ‘less desirable’ child he tells her, ‘You want a child from Africa, but you don’t want Africa.’ This statement raises an important thematic moral dilemma at the center of the play.”
The exclusive San Francisco production has a limited engagement of 17 performances from Feb. 20 – March 12.
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday-Saturday — 8 p.m. / Saturday matinees — 3 p.m.
Previews — Feb. 20 (3 p.m. and 8 p.m.)
Shows are at The Eureka Theatre on 215 Jackson St., between Front and Battery streets in San Francisco (Muni Bus Lines: All Market St. Lines; BART: Embarcadero)
Tickets are $15 - $35 or by calling 1-(800) 838-3006
(Previews are pay-what-you-wish.)