The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman
4 Jun 2015

The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman

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The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman is “a onewoman show about the greatest American actress of the nineteenth century” (Carolyn Gage). Cushman was a larger-than-life, charismatic, commanding figure, famed for her “breeches” roles, who was not shy about her sexuality, her life, or her death. Confronted with her own mortality as she battled breast cancer, Gage’s Cushman offers insights into her relationships and her work, quoting some of her most memorable roles, in a work that is “Electrifying…enormously entertaining, absorbing, and brutally honest” (The Sunday Mail, Adelaide, Australia).

Lost in Yonkers
3 Jun 2015

Lost in Yonkers

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Written by America’s great comic playwright, Neil Simon, this memory play is set in Yonkers in 1942. Bella is thirty-five years old, mentally challenged, and living at home with her mother, stern Grandma Kurnitz. As the play opens, ne’er-do-well son Eddie deposits his two young sons on the old lady’s doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers.

God of Carnage
6 Jun 2014

God of Carnage

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2013-2014 Season Described as “savagely funny” by the International Herald Tribune, this comedy follows two sets of parents who meet after a playground fight between their sons to discuss the incident in a rational manner. As the evening goes on, … Continued

Tuesdays with Morrie
4 Jun 2014

Tuesdays with Morrie

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2014-2015 Season The autobiography of Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learn that his … Continued

The Belle of Amherst
3 Jun 2014

The Belle of Amherst

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The Belle of Amherst is a one-woman play by William Luce. Based on the life of poet Emily Dickinson from 1830 to 1886, and set in her Amherst, Massachusetts home, the 1976 play makes use of her work, diaries, and letters to recollect her encounters with the significant people in her life – family, close friends, and acquaintances. It balances the agony of her seclusion with the brief bright moments when she was able to experience some joy.

The Crucible
7 Jun 2012

The Crucible

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Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, The Crucible is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that took place during 1692-1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory to McCarthyism, when the U.S. government blacklisted accused communists. … Continued

Prelude to a Kiss
7 Jun 2011

Prelude to a Kiss

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Prelude to a Kiss tells the story of a couple, Peter and Rita, who fall in love despite Rita’s pessimistic outlook on life. Shortly after their wedding, a supernatural event tests the strength of their love and commitment to each … Continued

Doubt
3 Jun 2011

Doubt

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Doubt, winner of a 2005 Pulitzer Prize, Drama Desk Award and Tony Award, tells the tale of a nun in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 who suspects a popular priest of inappropriate behavior with a student. Armed with nothing … Continued

Quake
7 Jun 2010

Quake

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Quake premiered in the 2001 Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. “Quake tells the story of Lucy, who traverses the continent in search of an elusive balance between independence and commitment, career and family, extraordinary achievement and ordinary … Continued