The Clean House September 27 to October 21, 2007
Lane has been having a difficult time: her depressed maid doesn’t want to clean; she just wants to tell jokes – in Portugese. From one of America’s hottest new playwrights comes a twisted comedy about clean houses and messy lives, about love, loss, and dustballs. A touching and poignant play filled with quirky humor and a hint of Latin American magic realism. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Show closed.
“One of the finest and funniest new plays you’re likely to see … this season.” -- The New York Times
The Uneasy Chair November 29 to December 23, 2007
All is fair in love and war! Somewhere in the nineteenth century, Amelia Pickles, a prim and proper spinster of modest means, agrees to let out a room in her Victorian London establishment to a retired military man, Josiah Wickett. Through a series of misunderstandings, they find themselves married and ready for battle! Or perhaps they are meant to be together after all. With nods and winks to Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and Jane Austin, this hilarious modern take on mannered comedy is full of stiff upper lips and barrister wigs. Show closed.
“Mr. Smith is very much an original young playwright with a gift for language.” --Curtain Up
Thérèse Raquin January 31 to February 24, 2008
A haunting story of murder, lust, and psychological terror. A woman, trapped in an unhappy marriage with her sickly husband, living under the constant eye of her mother-in-law, is having a secret affair with her husband’s best friend. Consumed by passion and sexual desire, they are driven to an act of desperation, which hurls them into a world more oppressive than they had imagined. Causing a scandal when it first appeared in 1873, Zola’s classic drama is no less startling today. Single Tickets >>
“150 years after it was written, Emile Zola's Thérèse Raquin is as shocking as ever.” -- The Guardian
The Syringa Tree March 27 to April 20, 2008
24 characters … one actress … a tour de force! Spanning four generations, The Syringa Tree is a stunning tale of sweeping political upheaval as seen through the eyes of a 6-year old girl trying to make sense of the chaos of South Africa. The fates of two families – one black, one white – are eternally intertwined in this story of enduring love. Single Tickets >>
Old Wicked Songs May 29 to June 22, 2008
A passion for music, a passion for life. At the age of 25, piano prodigy Stephen Hoffman has lost both. In an attempt to reclaim his love of music, he travels to Vienna to study with a master, and comes face to face with the haunting specter of the Holocaust. Profound and profoundly moving, filled with humor, Old Wicked Songs is suffused throughout with the gorgeous music of Robert Schumann. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Single Tickets >>
“ [a] stirring mixture of joy and sorrow.” —The New York Times.
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