2009-2010 Season

Mainstage Series

A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
October 1-3 at 7:30PM
October 4 at 2:00PM

Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, A Streetcar Named Desire reveals to the very depths the character of BlancheDuBois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject - so far as possible the realities of life with which she is faced and which she consistently ignores. The pressure brought to bear upon her by her sister, with whom she goes to live in New Orleans, intensified by the earthly and extremely "normal" young husband of the latter leads to a revelation of her tragic self-delusion and in the end to madness.

Cloud Nine
by Caryl Churchill
November 19-21 at 7:30PM
November 22 at 2:00PM

Cloud Nine by British playwright Caryl Churchill was first staged in New York in 1981 and was a popular and critical success. Cloud Nine is set in the nineteenth century in an African country ruled by Britain, and Churchill satirizes the repressive nature of the Victorian family, the rigidity of narrowly prescribed gender roles, and the phenomenon whereby oppressed peoples in colonized countries take on the identity of the colonizers. Act II shows what could happen when the restrictions of both the genre of comedy and Victorian ideology are loosened in the more permissive society.

A Piece of My Heart
by Shirley Lauro
February 4-6 at 7:30PM
February 7 at 2:00PM

A Piece of My Heart tells the story of six women involved in the Vietnam War and how it profoundly affected their lives. The drama is based on Keith Walker's book, A Piece of My Heart, the Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam. The play combines stories and songs to tell the struggle of six women's lives during and after the war.

Crazy for You
by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin.
April 8-10 at 7:30PM
April 11 at 2:00PM

Crazy for You is the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930's playboy, whose dream in life is to dance. And despite the serious efforts of his mother and soon-to-be-ex-fiancee, Bobby achieves his dream! Memorable Gershwin tunes include I Can't Be Bothered Now, Bidin' My Time, I Got Rhythm, Naughty Baby, They Can't Take That Away from Me, But Not for Me, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Embraceable You and Someone to Watch Over Me. It's a high energy comedy which includes mistaken identity, plot twists, fabulous dance numbers and classic Gershwin music.

Family Series

Señora Tortuga
by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
September 10-12 at 7:30PM
September 12-13 at 2:00PM

In this enchanting bilingual play, young Pedro and his family make their home in a barn on the Mexican border. Pedro complains of having nothing and brings his mother many headaches. She invites a hungry woman to share the family dinner once, but this Señora returns time and again to eat and tell fantastical stories, filling Pedro's nights with heroic yet frightening dreams. Pedro's mother is suspicious of the Señora until it is revealed that she holds the thread that ties their past dreams to their future.

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
book and lyrics by Joan Cushing
January 21-23 at 7:30PM
January 23-24 at 2:00PM

Junie B. Jones is the star of the show! Kindergarten is where you go to not watch TV. Fixing the upstairs is a dream come true. Her new B-A-B-Y brother is a real, live baby monkey. Such is the world according to Junie B. Jones. A musical about a precocious kindergartner who just can't help shooting off her BIG FAT MOUTH!

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