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Welcome to Yuba City

Presented by Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe at Theater East at The Hub

September 2-September 19, 2009

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Artist: Pig Iron Theatre Company

Home of the Prune Festival and the bee-beard contest, Yuba City is an invisible gem tucked away in the desert. Rest here on your travels along that long unswerving snake we call the interstate, park your rig, unfold your legs, drain the main vein, and try our world-famous prairie dog "dog." Cowboys and aliens, curmudgeons and troubadours, bassoonists and balloonists, you're all welcome. So go ahead, play the piano with your feet, stitch an armadillo-skin purse, and build a cactus mailbox. A massive set recreates a mythical truck stop—parking lot included—where a wild cascade of characters explores the limits of human lunacy. Gaze in wonder as cowboys perform a clown ballet on asphalt! Watch a group of small town criminals make a citizen's arrest! See—if you can!—an invisible jackalope who dines all day on pie! Long hidden stories of the American West are revealed by clowning, dancing, live music played on tubas and spoons, cowboy philosophers, and a stunningly mean group of foulmouthed waitresses. Welcome to Yuba City promises a hilarious—and outrageous—evening of tall tales and tinfoil handicrafts that reminds us of the truly odd experience of living on this planet.

"Maybe the play depicts the battle between a cactus and a ficus." -Quinn Bauriedel, director of Welcome to Yuba City

Direction: Quinn Bauriedel
Text: Deborah Stein
Composed by: Michael Friedman
Set Design: Mimi Lien
Lighting Design: James Clotfelter
Costume Design: Maiko Matsushima
Choreography: Christina Zani
Artistic Advisor: Giovanni Fusetti
Performers: Hinako Arao, Charlotte Ford, Sarah Sanford, Geoff Sobelle, James Sugg, Alex Torra, Dito Van Reigersberg
Welcome to Yuba City was funded in part by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative. This project is also made possible with support from the William Penn Foundation.
Executive Producers: Al & Nancy Hirsig