West Coast premieres by Tom Stoppard and Edward Albee open and close the 2008-09 American Conservatory Theater season to be announced today by Artistic Director Carey Perloff. Other highlights of the seven-play season, opening in September, include new works by José Rivera and Lillian Groag and featured performances by Broadway veteran Judy Kaye and noted stage and screen actors Laurie Metcalf, JoBeth Williams and Dennis Boutsikaris. "I'm so thrilled," Perloff says over the phone. "It's a very happy confluence that Tom Stoppard and Edward Albee have these remarkable new works and José Rivera...
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