A KNIFE IN THE HEART by Susan Yankowitz, directed by Kirsten Brandt , West Coast Premiere, Sledgehammer Theatre

Scenic Design by Michelle Ficcello.  Costume Design by Mary Larson. Lighting Design by David Lee Cuthbert.  Sound Design by Paul Peterson.   photo credit:  David Lee Cuthbert.  

Cast includes: Rosina Reynolds , David Stanbra, Wm. Todd Tressler, Laura Lee Juliano, Walter Murray, Matt Scott, and Anahid Shahrik

PRESS:

KPBS Patte Award for “Outstanding Direction” & San Diego Playbill Award for “Outstanding Direction”

.. beautiful does describe Sledge artistic director Kirsten Brandt’s startling andrestrained production of “A Knife in the Heart.” … this complex yet fluent staging is a breakthrough for Brandt. -CRITIC’S CHOICE San Diego Union-Tribune

This Sledgehammer Theatre production is a magnificent marriage of substance, style and form, melding Yankowitz’s scorching scenes and dialogue, Kirsten Brandt’s stark, sizzling direction… Every piece of theater should be like this ‘Knife in the Heart’ — a brilliant collaborative effort that forces us to examine who and what we are. – KPBS