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The musical that has taken the country by storm
bare: a pop opera
by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo
July 17 – August 17, 2013
In a sung-through story that parallels Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, a group of high school seniors at a Catholic boarding school faces issues of sexuality and personal identity. As they struggle to come to terms with who they are, and who the world thinks they should be, they seek answers from their Church, their friends, and ultimately, from within themselves. "bare" has been a sensation across the country, and features one of the most gorgeous scores of the last decade. An additional Subscriber Option.
A co-production with Henley Street Theatre and Richmond Shakespeare
The classic comedy
The Importance
of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Sept 25 – Oct 19, 2013
Oscar Wilde’s wickedly brilliant comic masterpiece defines wit and style! Charming bachelors Jack and Algerson lead double lives to woo the two young ladies who have won their hearts. When they are caught in their lies, the stage is set for clever manipulations and hilarious confusions! Earnest is one of the most cherished plays in the English language, and features one of its most notable characters – the imperious Lady Bracknell!
The hysterical holiday musical
It’s A Fabulous Life
Book and Lyrics by David Sexton;
Music and Additional Lyrics by Albert Evans
Sponsored by Massage Envy
Nov 20 – Dec 14, 2013
The Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life gets a makeover in this merry musical romp. Joe is having a very rough holiday season, as writer and star of The Lavender Players production of Randolph the Rainbow Reindeer. Family tensions, demanding divas and backstage backstabbing cause him to wish he had never been born ... well, born gay at least. That's when an angel named Arthur comes and shows him how different things would be if he had been straight! A smash-hit which has played multiple seasons in South Florida and Palm Springs, RTP proudly presents the Virginia premiere!
The international sensation, prior to its New York engagement
The Mormon Boy Trilogy
Written and performed by Steven Fales
Presented as a part of the Acts of Faith festival
Jan 16 – Feb 1, 2014
Before The Book of Mormon there was The Mormon Boy! After his sell-out week of performances in Confessions of a Mormon Boy last year, writer/director Steven Fales returns to RTP to perform his trilogy of works – not only Confessions, but its prequel, Missionary Position, which details his first Mormon mission and journey of self-discovery, and the sequel Prodigal Dad, about reclaiming his relationship with his children. The Associated Press called it “the stuff of great theater”! The Trilogy will be presented in rotating repertory, with all three shows presented on Saturdays with special “marathon discount” pricing. An additional Subscriber Option.
A drama about religion, recovery and redemption
High
by Matthew Lombardo
Presented as a part of the Acts of Faith festival
Feb 26 – Mar 15, 2014
Sister Jamison Connelly found personal redemption from own her sordid past through the church, and still uses her street-smarts, acerbic wit and wisdom in her role as a substance abuse counselor in her urban parish. When she is assigned to sponsor a 19-year-old meth-addicted hustler in an effort to help him go clean, her own faith is given the ultimate test. High explores the universal themes of truth, forgiveness, redemption and human fallibility.
Where feminism and pole-dancing intersect
Hypocrites & Strippers
by Kim Yaged
Apr 30 – May 17, 2014
What’s the tougher task … to tell your parents you’re a lesbian or to admit you’re dating a stripper? This hysterically funny one-woman show – a finalist in the Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival – chronicles the life of a feminist who cannot keep herself from dating strippers and lap dancers. You're gonna laugh your pants off. . .okay, maybe that wasn't the best choice of words!
What good is sitting alone in your room?
Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff; Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Sponsored by David Peake
June 4 – 28, 2014
Come hear the music play! Cabaret changed the face of Broadway in the late 1960s, became a legendary Oscar-winning motion picture in the 1970s, and was re-invented in a spectacular Broadway revival in the 1990s! An American writer experiences the decadent world of 1930s Berlin and falls in love with singer Sally Bowles, just as the Nazis are rising to power. Join us as we transform RTP into a Berlin-era Cabaret for this intimate, daring and edgy production!
