2011 – 2012 Season
TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Margulies
October 7 – 23 Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, have been together for years and share a passion for documenting the realities of war. When Sarah is almost killed in an attack in Iraq, James brings her home to New York and their circle of friends. Making the transition to a conventional life is tougher than healing from her wounds. Insightful writing, the work is smart, stylish, timely and layered with an intriguing seriousness that inspires discussion after the curtain comes down - a rarity these days.- Associated Press
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris
December 2 – 18 A brilliant evocation of what a slacker’s Christmas must feel like. Out of work, our slacker decides to become a Macy’s elf during the holiday crunch. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once the thousands of visitors start pouring through Santa’s workshop it clearly becomes a job from hell. Who else but David Sedaris could turn this misery into one of the funniest plays in American theatre? Priceless observations, both outrageous and subtle. Destined to hold a place in the annals of American humor writing.- The New York TimesPRIVATE EYES by Steven Dietz
January 27 – February 12 A comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Matthew’s wife, Lisa, is having an affair with Adrian, a British theatre director. Or perhaps the affair is part of the play being rehearsed. Or perhaps Matthew has imagined all of it simply to have something to report to his therapist. And finally, there is Cory - the mysterious woman who seems to shadow the others - who brings the story to its surprising conclusion. Or does she? The audience itself plays the role of detective in this hilarious “relationship thriller.” Dietz’s spiraling structure and breathless pacing provide enough of an oxygen rush to revive any moribund audience member...his mastery of playmaking is cause for kudos. - The Village VoiceRELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
March 30 – April 15 British playwright Alan Ayckbourn considers Relatively Speaking the best play he has written. The farcical plot involves Greg, a young man, who plans to marry Ginny. Greg visits, unexpectedly, the country home of a middle-aged couple, Sheila and Philip, whom he believes to be Ginny’s parents. Then Ginny shows up. Hilarious events ensue as characters grapple with a tangled web of mistaken identity and misinterpretation. The only people in the room who know what is happening is the audience, and the play unfolds hilariously from start to finish as an already tangled web gets more and more tangled. It’s a classic farce, played out as only Alan Ayckbourn can do!DUSK RINGS A BELL by Stephen Belber
May 4 – 20 Molly and Ray unexpectedly meet 25 years after an adolescent fling. She has a successful media career, he owns a small landscaping business. Both begin to romanticize their chance reunion, but a renewed connection is disrupted when details of the intervening years are disclosed. Their encounter reveals two vastly different paths taken and two lonely souls attempting to reclaim a moment of possibility when they were young and perhaps at their very best.Belber’s small, ravishing play unfolds like an eloquent short story. In nimble strokes, Belber captures the uncanny way a chance encounter can reverberate through time.- The New Yorker
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