Our 2009 Summer Season
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 The Beauty Queen of Leenane
by Martin McDonagh
directed by Gil Lazier
June 25-July 12
Maureen Folan, a 40-year-old spinster, is the sole caregiver to her 70-year-old selfish, manipulative mother Mag. While her sisters have escaped into marriage and family life, Maureen, who has a history of mental illness, is trapped in a tiny cottage and a co-dependent, dysfunctional relationship with her mother. Maureen’s hopes are raised when the glimmer of a last-chance romance with a construction worker sparks up. Full of secrets, betrayals and surprises, this exciting blend of uproarious comedy, grand melodrama and bleak tragedy is a dramatic tour-de-force that will take audiences on an emotional rollercoaster.
2PM Shows
June 27 & 28*, July 1, 5*, 11, 12
8PM Shows
June 25, 26, 27; July 1, 2*, 3, 7, 8, 9*, 10, 11
Please note: No performances on July 4. |
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 Old Wicked Songs
by Jon Marans
directed by Jon Marans
July 16-August 2
Viennese Music Professor Josef Mashkan takes on a new student, the brash young American Stephen Hoffman. A piano prodigy whose concert career is suffering from severe burnout, Stephen thinks he will be addressing his performance problems with Professor Schiller and is dismayed to learn he must first study singing with Mashkan. His course of study is to be Schumann's magnificent Dichterliebe, 16 songs based on Heinrich Heine’s poems about love and loss. Mashkan’s denigration of Jewish culture further increases the tensions between the two men and they struggle to find common ground. As each man is forced to reveal his deepest secrets, a tale of loss and redemption unfolds, and the two generations begin to understand where life and fate have led them.
2PM Shows
July 18, 19*, 25, 26*; August 1 & 2
8PM Shows
July 16, 17, 18, 22, 23*, 24, 25, 29, 30*, 31; August 1 |
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 Fat Pig
by Neil LaBute
directed by Greg Leaming
August 6-August 23
Life is good for Tom. He’s successful at work, has some great friends, and a fantastic new girlfriend who is big and beautiful. He loves her, and that’s what counts. Isn’t it? When Tom’s office buddies and ex-girlfriend find out that he is seeing a “plus size” woman it’s not long before the whispers and mockery turn to relationship sabotage, leading Tom to question if size does matter after all. Neil LaBute’s hit comedy (don’t let the title fool you) is a biting story of love and friendship, and a profound examination of the cultural influences that define “attractive” in our society.
2PM Shows
August 8, 9*, 15, 16*, 22, 23
8PM Shows
August 6, 7, 8, 12, 13*, 14, 15, 19, 20*, 21, 22 |
*Join us for Play Talks, free informal discussions with the cast, following these shows. |
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