In
his lesser-known satiric masterwork, The
Doctor’s Dilemma, George Bernard Shaw savagely skewers the vanities and
vagaries of the medical profession—and this 1906 depiction of avaricious quacks
and unprincipled physicians still resonates with timely themes today. Classics
in the Park, which has been mounting summer performances of Shakespeare and
other classic works in Ventura and Los Angeles counties for many years,
presents this timeless work August 3 through 11, at the Hillcrest Center for
the Arts in Thousand Oaks.
Theplay concerns a newly knighted doctor who has developed a revolutionary cure for tuberculosis. When he is asked by a young woman to save her dying artist husband, the doctor must choose whether to expend his limited resources to save either this genius, if amoral, painter or an altruistic doctor friend. The decision is complicated when the doctor falls in love with the artist’s wife.
This verbal farce, directed by Theresa Secor, features Robert Weibezahl, Lori Merkle Ford, Patrick Beckstead, Dale Alpert, Michael Jordan, Jim Bukowski, Paul Carpenter, Holden Streetly, Susan Huff, and Katie Weibezahl.
The Doctor’s Dilemma will be performed Saturdays, August 3 and 10 at 8 pm, and Sundays, August 4 and 11 at 2 pm. Tickets are $15 and $12.50 for seniors and student, with a group rate of $10 available for ten or more, and are available at www.hillcrestarts.com, by calling 805/381-1246, or by visiting the box office. The Hillcrest Center for the Arts is at 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. The troupe will give a final performance of the play, Sunday, August 18, at 4 pm, at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills.
This verbal farce, directed by Theresa Secor, features Robert Weibezahl, Lori Merkle Ford, Patrick Beckstead, Dale Alpert, Michael Jordan, Jim Bukowski, Paul Carpenter, Holden Streetly, Susan Huff, and Katie Weibezahl.
The Doctor’s Dilemma will be performed Saturdays, August 3 and 10 at 8 pm, and Sundays, August 4 and 11 at 2 pm. Tickets are $15 and $12.50 for seniors and student, with a group rate of $10 available for ten or more, and are available at www.hillcrestarts.com, by calling 805/381-1246, or by visiting the box office. The Hillcrest Center for the Arts is at 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. The troupe will give a final performance of the play, Sunday, August 18, at 4 pm, at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills.