Taste

A new play by a local author. Taste brings together Astrid, a
radical young New York activist who has just inherited Chateau
Chevalier, a winery in the heart of California's richest wine
region, and Joe Holbrook, its passionate head winemaker. Desperate
to save his job and the Chateau from imminent bankruptcy,
2012-2013 Season Joe strives to transform Astrid into a
wine-savvy, media-friendly heiress in a short thirteen days.
Though she hates the industry's decadence, Astrid agrees, but the
two continually clash throughout the entire process.



Playwright Jody Gehrman grew up in Healdsburg and spent many
weekends with her father in a Berkeley commune filled with
anarchists and political activists. This is her attempt to play
with those influences within the framework of the familiar
Pygmalion story, to pit wine country hedonism against streety
political activism to see who wins. As it turns out, they both do.
Or rather, they fall in love, which is the next best thing.



Directed by Jacquelyn Wells, Taste should be a fast-paced, funny
and colorful production



DIRECTED BY: JACQUELYN WELLS

WRITTEN BY: JODY GEHRMAN



Show dates: January 10 11 12* 16 17 18 19*

8:00pm (*Sunday matinées at 2:00pm)

General Admission $15