Inaugural production of a new musical exploring how the four pairs of personality traits, based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Test®, affect one’s loves and life
At the Barn Theatre
Ross Alternative Works (RAW) presents a new play, Just My TYPE - The Musical, about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® Assessment, explores how the four pairs of personality traits affect one’s loves and life.
Four couples are chosen to illustrate what happens when opposites mate. The script is based on Type Talk (1988) and 16 Ways to Love Your Lover (1994) by Otto Krueger and Janet Thuesen.
As the show opens, psychologists Kate and Ben, a married couple, face a deadline in their project to write a popular level book on personality types. Kate and Ben learn something about themselves in the process. So will the audience.
Two of the four couples represented include an introvert who marries an extrovert and a thinker who weds a feeler. The couples’ attractions, conflicts, and resolutions (or not) are played out as scenes move between five settings from Puget Sound to Santa Monica to Big Stone Gap, to San Francisco, to Virginia.
Book by Michael Sally and Charlotte Jacobs
Music and Lyrics by Rita Abrams
Directed by Michael Sally and Michael Cohen
Cast (all 10 characters are played by two actors):
Anastasia Encarnacion (Female roles: Kate, Alana, Wilma Dean, Pamela, Arlene)
Michael Sally (Male roles: Ben, George, Earl, Jason, Sheldon)
20 Musical numbers backed by a 5-piece band:
Rita Abrams: Piano/Musical Director
Kurt Huget: Guitar
Jack Prendergast: Synthesizer
Jeff Sherman: Bass
Christopher Beller: Drums
April 12-29: Fridays (8:00pm), Saturdays (8:00pm,) & Sundays (2:00pm)
Preview: Thursday, April 12 (7:30 pm)
Additional Special Nights: Opening Night 4/13, Buzz At The Barn 4/14 (7:00 pm), Talkbacks 4/15-22-29, Closing Matinee 4/29
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: $25 General Admission
Preview Night - Thursday, April 12: $10 minimum donation suggested at the door
Phone: (415) 456-9555 ext. 1
Additional time info:
Special Nights:
Thursday, April 12 - Preview Night with pay-what-you-will tickets
Friday, April 13 - Opening Night - Critics and Season Subscriber’s reception
Saturday, April 14 - Buzz At The Barn - 7:00 pm pre-show cocktails hour with hors-d'oeuvres
Sundays, April 15, 22, 29 - Talkbacks - Discuss the show with playwrights, directors and actors immediately following the matinee performances.
Sunday, April 29 - Closing Matinee
2018/04/13 - 2018/04/29
Ross Valley Players' Barn Theater
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross, CA 94957