Endgame & Play

Tony Award winner and A.C.T. favorite Bill Irwin stars in a thrilling theatrical event—two powerful and absurd dark comedies from master playwright Samuel Beckett. In Endgame, Irwin takes on the role of Hamm, who is trapped between life and death with his young servant, Clov. Together they engage in a chess match of wits in this vivid exploration of the end of life. This iconic work will be presented together with Beckett's rarely performed one-act Play, a comic tour de force about marriage and infidelity, featuring members of A.C.T.'s core acting company. Directed by A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff, Endgame and Play conjure a fiercely funny and emotionally gripping world that will haunt you long after you leave the theater.

"[Beckett is] the most influential artist of our time"
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Monstrously funny . . . [with] striking vision" —The New York Times

by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Carey Perloff