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Cal Shakes continues its 39th season with Noel Coward’s BLITHE SPIRIT

PHOTOS

Rebekah Brockman as Edith and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	René Augesen as Ruth Condomine and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman, René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, and Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman and Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, and Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman and Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
René Augesen as Ruth Condomine and Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman, Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, and Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman, Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, and Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine and Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine and in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
René Augesen as Ruth Condomine , Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, Rebekah Brockman as Edith and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web

(L to R) Anthony Fusco as Charles, Jessica Kitchens as Elvira, and René Augesen as Ruth in Cal Shakes’ production of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit, directed by Mark Rucker, playing at the Bruns Amphitheater Aug 8–Sep 2; photo by Kevin Berne.
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VIDEO & AUDIO

Listen to a podcast of a pre-performance Blithe Spirit Grove Talk, presented by Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly. Podcast produced by Will McCandless.
Listen to the podcast on the Cal Shakes blog

Listen to the Blithe Spirit theme composed by Will McCandless specially for our production.

COVERAGE
"The laughs flow freely...(a) hilarious haunting" —SF Chronicle

“Under the crisp direction of Mark Rucker, Blithe Spirit … has lost absolutely none of its ability to charm and convulse an audience with laughter.” —The Huffington Post

“Intoxicating … [Director Mark] Rucker succeeds in keeping the wit as dry as the martinis.” —Contra Costa Times

Noël Coward's Ghost Story Still Kills. —SF Weekly

Jessica Kitchens is a 'Blithe Spirit' —SF Chronicle

The State of Arts: Blithe Spirit —KDFC

PRESS KITS
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Rebekah Brockman as Edith and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	René Augesen as Ruth Condomine and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman, René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, and Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman and Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, and Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman and Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
René Augesen as Ruth Condomine and Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman, Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, and Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman, Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, and Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine and Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine and in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
René Augesen as Ruth Condomine , Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati and Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, Rebekah Brockman as Edith and René Augesen as Ruth Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web
Jessica Kitchens as Elvira Condomine, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web	Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati and Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine in Cal Shakes' production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne. Print \| Web