Shows for the 2009-2010 season
Into the Woods
Sep 12th — Oct 4th, 2009
Spencer Theatre
Written By Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine
Directed by Moisés Kaufman
This brilliant musical by the great contemporary composer Stephen Sondheim will be interpreted by one of the American theatre’s most acclaimed and aesthetically daring directors, Tony nominee Moisés Kaufman. Into the Woods re-tells the fairy tale stories of the Brothers Grimm -- a princess who must run at midnight and loses her shoe, the childless couple that must lift a curse by an evil witch, a boy and his beanstalk, and that little girl in the red cloak on her way to grandmother's house -- in a musical that explores both the whimsy of wishing and the darker side of the forest. As thrillingly re-imagined by the incomparable Moisés Kaufman, this is a journey Into the Woods unlike any you've ever seen before!
Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Palomino
Oct 9th — Nov 15th, 2009
Copaken Stage
Written By David Cale
Directed by David Cale
Palomino is a brilliant new play that follows Kieren McGrath, a beautiful, literate, and mysterious Irish Central Park carriage driver. Kieren dreams of writing a book, and when the opportunity to become an escort to rich, lonely women in NYC comes up, he's found his subject. Or has he? Mr. Cale is an Obie Award-winning author and virtuoso performer whose accomplished and inspiring monologues have been featured on NPR's "This American Life" and "The Next Big Thing" and on BBC Radio 4's "Afternoon Play." As a lyricist, his words have been performed by Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry and the Jazz Passengers.
A Christmas Story, The Musical!
Nov 20th — Dec 27th, 2009
Spencer Theatre
Written By Joseph Robinette; Music/Lyrics - Scott D. Richards
Directed by Eric Rosen
Around the World in 80 Days
Jan 22nd — Feb 14th, 2010
Spencer Theatre
Written By Laura Eason
Directed by Laura Eason
Broke-ology
Feb 19th — Mar 21st, 2010
Copaken Stage
Written By Nathan Louis Jackson
Directed by Kyle Hatley
Venice
Apr 11th — May 9th, 2010
Copaken Stage
Written By Matt Sax & Eric Rosen
Directed by Eric Rosen