Friday, October 26: THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
by Douglas Carter Beane
Comedy
Cast: 2 men, 2 women: 4 total
Yes, we love the cinema for its great auteurs, its glorious faces and its daring images. But in this tabloid age where big stars go on Oprah and jump around like heartsick schoolboys, what we really love is all that dish! The players here include a hard-driving Hollywood agent, her budding screen idol client, a sexy young drifter, and the drifter’s naive, needy girlfriend. Will there be a happy ending as the final credits roll?
“Theatergoers have cause to rejoice. Devastatingly funny, with dizzy, irresistible writing that brings down the house.” —NY Times. “A fun evening, full of wit and wisdom.” —NY Post. “Big fun and an out-and-out delight…Don’t be surprised after seeing it that you giggle in your dreams.” —NY Daily News. “Audiences no doubt will be tickled by the satire’s risqué humor and hint of topicality…Clever and funny quick-witted dialogue.” —Variety. “A laugh-out-loud lampoon of Hollywood humbuggery…Tremendously funny.” —Star-Ledger.
Friday, November 9: THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
by Tennessee Williams
Drama
Cast: 8 men, 6 women: 14 total
Tony Award-winning play by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Tennessee Williams is a sensative exploration of human struggle and passion—full of drama, biting wit and romantic tension. Set in 1940 in Mexico, it's the story of an American widow who endeavors to keep both her tropical hotel and her love life intact.
". …an awesome and powerful new drama." —NY World Telegram & Sun. "…Williams' most mature work." —NY Daily News. "…the most fruitful and versatile exercise by our best living playwright." —NY Journal-American. "…Tennessee Williams at the top of his form" —NY Times.
Friday, November 23: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
by Christopher Hampton
Drama
Cast: 4 m, 6 f 10 total
A tale of seduction set in France among aristocrats before the revolution, this is a play for all times about sexual manners and manipulation. The Royal Shakespeare Company's stunning production met with acclaim in Stratford, London and on Broadway. The film, Dangerous Liaisons, won an Oscar.
"A compelling evening of malicious wit." N.Y. Times. "An evening of high comedy, high drama and surprising passion." N.Y. Post. "Perfect." N.Y. Daily News. "Bristles with tart, funny and exquisitely molded lines.... Contemporary playwriting at its very best." Financial Times.
Friday, December 14: RABBIT HOLE
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Drama
Cast: 2 men, 3 women: 5 total
Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. RABBIT HOLE charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.
“David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that’s not just a departure but a revelation—an in-tensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty.” —Variety. “Grade: A! A transcendent and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” —Entertainment Weekly.
Friday, December 28: PYGMALION
by George Bernard Shaw
Comedy
Cast: 6m, 6f 12 total
One of Shaw's finest, PYGMALION won acclaim in Gabriel Pascal's 1938 motion picture adaptation, and became a sensation with Lerner and Lowe's musical adaptation, My Fair Lady. In this seminal comedy of class distinctions, a fussy British phonetics professor, Henry Higgins wagers that he can transform guttersnipe cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle into a lady of breeding, voice and manners in London's Ascot society with surprising results.