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September 28 – October 22, 2011
Suddenly, Last Summer
by Tennessee Williams
Beautiful Catharine Holly has been confined to a mental hospital for insisting on telling the story of exactly what killed her shy, handsome cousin Sebastian so suddenly last summer when they were on vacation at the coastal town of Cabeza de Lobo. It is not, to put it mildly, a nice story, and Sebastian's possessive grande dame of a mother, Violet Venable wants an ambitious young doctor to silence her niece's compulsive chatter with a lobotomy. Set in the overpowering tropical conservatory of Mrs. Venable's mansion in the Garden District of New Orleans, Suddenly, Last Summer is a landmark work by one of America's greatest playwrights, and a battle of wills between two of Williams' most memorable female characters.
November 16 - December 17, 2011
The Holiday Stops
Book, Music and Lyrics by Eric Lane Barnes
Rose, Ginny and Euglena, the three unforgettable members of the National Ladies Organists League, played by the entire original RTP cast – Steve Boschen, Kirk Morton and Todd Minnich – return in a sequel to one of RTP's biggest hits! It seems our heroines have booked a hall to present their Christmas show, but a new fourth character, a somewhat cantankerous African-American Baptist deaconess, claims the room is hers. Ultimately embracing the spirit of the season, and displaying all the joy it contains, The Holiday Stops is already being talked about as one of the "must-sees" of RTP's season.
January 11 - February 4, 2012
2 Boys In A Bed On A Cold Winter's Night
by James Edwin Parker
It's 5 a.m. during the winter of 1987, in a threadbare apartment in Chelsea. Peter and Daryl met earlier that evening in a pick-up bar. They don't really know anything about each other, except that they share an attraction and that they just had some great sex. Peter, rugged and taciturn, wants to sleep, but Daryl is chatty. He wants to discuss relationships, jobs, and generally try to determine if he and Peter are compatible. Daryl is looking for a boyfriend; Peter is just looking for a good time. As the show plays out in real time, the men sexually, verbally and emotionally joust with each other in what becomes a poignant, frightening and intimate, yet frequently humorous encounter. Contains full nudity and strong sexual situations.
February 22 – March 17, 2012
Presented as part of the ACTS OF FAITH festival
Next Fall
by Geoffrey Nauffts
Taking place largely in a hospital waiting room where five people attend an accident victim now in a coma, Next Fall tells the story of the five-year relationship between Adam and Luke – one with fundamentalist views, the other not – and their thorny discussions about religion. This timely and compelling work – which takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love – forces us all to examine what it means to "believe" and what it might cost us not to.
The New York Times raved Next Fall is "artful, thoughtful and very moving … the kind of gently incisive, naturalistic play that rarely materializes anymore."
March 28 – April 21, 2012
presented as a part of
MINDS WIDE OPEN: A Celebration of Children and the Arts
Stupid Kids
by John C. Russell
In rapid, highly stylized, music-video-like scenes, Stupid Kids follows four students at Joe McCarthy High School as they make their way from first through eighth period and beyond, struggling with the fears, frustrations, and longings peculiar to youth. Jim is the new guy in town, sexy, a rebel. Judy is the popular blonde cheerleader. Neechee and Kimberly are the resident outcasts, both of whom are secretly gay. Will Jim become popular? Will Judy give her virginity to Jim? Will Neechee and Kimberly confess they're gay? With a magical touch, John C. Russell astonishingly reveals the hearts and minds of contemporary youth.
May 9 – June 2, 2012
The Musical of Musicals
(The Musical!)
Music by Eric Rockwell; Lyrics by Joanne Bogart; Book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart
In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form. The Rodgers & Hammerstein version is set in Kansas in August, complete with a dream ballet; the Sondheim version features a tortured artistic genius who slashes throats in revenge for not appreciating his work; the Jerry Herman version is a splashy star vehicle; the Andrew Lloyd Webber version is a rock musical with themes borrowed from Puccini; and the Kander and Ebb version is set in a speakeasy in Chicago. This comic valentine to musical theatre was the longest running show in the York Theatre Company's 35-year history before moving to Off-Broadway.
