2010-2011 Season 2010-2011 Season
An
Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls
a THRILLER
by J.B. Priestley
September 30th - October 9 2010
"A psychologically adept work and a most engaging
play!" - Variety
Though ostensibly a remarkably clear and effective
drama, an air of mystic unreality underlies An Inspector Calls. When a young
girl commits suicide in an English industrial city, an eminently respectable
British family is subjected to a routine inquiry in connection with the death.
An inspector calls to interrogate them. To some degree, all are implicated,
but what was a friendly, close-knit family at the beginning of the evening
is revealed as selfish, self-centred, and cowardly before the night is over.
And who was the "inspector"? Why was no suicide reported to the
police? How did he know?
Little
Women Little Women
a DRAMA
by John D. Ravold
from the novel by Louisa May Alcott
from the novel by Louisa May Alcott
November 18 - 27 2010
"A wonderful way to start the Holiday Season!" -
Artistic Director L. Garth Allen
A dramatization of Louisa M. Alcott's beloved novel,
Little Women. It is the classic story that has entertained and moved generations
with the travails of the March family and their loves and loyalties. From
Marmee to her wonderful girls Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy — who can forget
the stories of this very special family? The stage adaptation of this literary
masterpiece will be the must-see event of the holiday season!
Inherit
the Wind Inherit the Wind
a DRAMA
by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
January 13 - 22 2011
"A masterpiece! To see a play once, twice, three
times, and each time to leave the theatre as deeply moved, as enlightened,
as lifted up, as magnificently entertained—this is the test!" -
Columbus, Ohio, Citzen
This is the play that has as its genesis the
events of the famous Scopes trial and its controversial arguemnt as to the
origin of man! One of outstanding dramas of our time. The portrait it draws
of an explosive episode in American culture, vigorously written, remains
one of the most stirring plays in recent years, yet retains its folk flavour
and spiritual awareness.
'ART' 'ART'
a DRAMA
Yasmina Reza
translated by Christopher Hampton
translated by Christopher Hampton
March 10 - 19 2011
"...sounds like a marriage of Molière
and Woody Allen." - Newsweek
How much would you pay for a white painting?
Would it matter who the painter was? Would it be art? One of Marc's best
friends, Serge, has just purchased such a painting. To Marc, the painting
is a joke, but Serge insists that Marc doesn't have the proper standards
to judge the work. Another friend, Ivan, although burdened by his own problems,
likes the work. Lines are drawn and these old friends square off over the
canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly batter one another over various
failures. Arguments become more personal. Serge gives Marc a felt pen and
dares him: "Go on!" Friendship is finally tested but the aftermath
affirms the power of those bonds. Absolute hilarity!
The
Crucible The Crucible
a Drama
by Arthur Miller
May 5 - 14 2011
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"How may I live without my name?" - John
Proctor, The Crucible
Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for best play,
this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem,
Massachusetts, is both a gripping historical play, and a timely parable
of our contemporary society. The plays shows how small lies — children's
lies — build and build, until a whole town is aroused and nineteen
men and women go to the gallows for being possessed of the Devil. After
a servant girl maliciously accuses a farmer's young wife of witchcraft,
the farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie. The ensuing thrilling,
blood-curdling, and terrifying trial scene, with its depiction of bigotry
and deceit, hurtles the characters to a sad and ironic conclusion. Miller
wrote the play after he was hauled before the House Committee on Un-American
Activities on charges of being a Communist.