Intimate l Tender l Evocative
Betty wants change. Kendra likes the status quo. On a small fishing boat on the Alabama Delta, a tranquil evening of playful banter takes a volatile turn as two lovers witness the weight of their unspoken words. Will Kendra and Betty move past affectations and pretense, or will pooled resentment cause their love to drift?
Winner of the 2018 Lammy for LGBTQ Drama
To Buy Tickets:
- Click a show date in the calendar to select your seats
- Become a subscriber for the best prices and perks
- For groups of 10+ people, contact the NCTC Box Office at 415.861.8972 or boxoffice@nctcsf.org
Show length is 90 minutes with no intermission.
Read the show program l West Coast Premiere in the Walker Theatre-in-the-round
Presented in Partnership with National Center for Lesbian Rights.
“A probing character study of an adroitly balanced couple” – San Francisco Chronicle Datebook Pick
“Brilliantly employs humor and wit to hold up a dark mirror for us. Hilarious, tragic, moving. The Gulf is a profound and luminous dramatic event.” – Theatrius
“Both actresses give powerful, multi-layered portrayals” – Stage and Cinema
- Full run: Oct 18 – Nov 24, 2024
- Previews: Oct 18 – 25
- Opening Night: Oct 26
- Enhanced Safety Performance: Oct 31
- Post-Show Discussion: Nov 3
- Pre-show chat: Nov 22, from 7:30-7:50pm with NCTC Founding Artistic Director Ed Decker and The Gulf Director Tracy Ward.
Playwright Audrey Cefaly (pronouns: she/her) is an alumna of the Playwrights’ Arena cohort at Arena Stage, a recipient of the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference, and a Dramatist Guild Foundation Travelling Master. She is published by Concord Theatricals, Smith & Kraus, and Applause Books. Cefaly’s plays have been produced by Cincinnati Playhouse, Florida Studio, Florida Rep, City Theatre, Penobscot Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Merrimack Rep, Signature Theatre, Barter Theatre, Vermont Stage, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, 16th Street Theater, Capital Stage, About Face, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Circle Theatre, Theatre Three, Aurora Theatre, Quotidian Theatre Company, and University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her play Alabaster received an 11-city Rolling World Premiere, the largest in National New Play Network history.
Tracy Ward: (Director, pronouns: she/her) is a Freelance Director based in the Bay Area. Recent works include: A Thousand Natural Shocks at PlayGround, Fun Home at 42nd St. Moon, Disbelief at PlayGround, and the World Premiere of The Lady Scribblers at CMT. Regional Premieres include: The Cake at NCTC, Actually at Aurora Theatre Company; When We Were Young and Unafraid at CMT SF; Bright Shining Sea at PlayGround; The Thrush and the Woodpecker at CMT, The Dragon Play and What Every Girl Should Know at Impact Theatre, Hunter/Gatherers at Thick House, – (Glickman Award for Best Premiere of a Play in the Bay Area, 2006.) She is a proud Company member of PlayGround, and an Associate Member of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Union. tracyward.org
Creative Team
Lighting Designer: Sophia Craven (pronouns: she/her)
Sound Designer: Alex Fakayode (pronouns: she/her)
Set & Props Designer: Jenna Forder (pronouns: she/her)
Stage Manager: Emma Gifford (pronouns: she/her)
Costume Designer: Nia Jacobs (pronouns: she/her)
Fight Choreographer: Kristen Matia (pronouns: she/her)
Dramaturg / Dialect Consultant: Carolyn Messina (pronouns: she/her)
Intimacy Choreographer: Jeunée Simon (pronouns: she/her)
Cast
Season Producers: Robert Holgate, Lowell Kimble, Ed Mireault (1941-2023), Ted Tucker
Producers: Ed Decker & Robert Leone, Deb Mosk & Debra Shapiro, Bev Scott & Courtney