The Fantasticks
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Kate Ellis
Perhaps one of the longest running shows in New York Theater history
(over 17,000 performances) and it’s still playing. The Fantasticks
tells the story of a young boy and girl who fall madly in love
at the hands of their meddling fathers, but soon grow restless
and stray from one another. Will their separation provide a deeper
appreciation for the love they once shared or create a permanent
gulf between them? Song titles include “Try to Remember”, “Much
More”, and “I Can See It.”
Clifford White Theatre
October 10, 11, 12*, 15, 16, 17, 18
Curtain 8:00 p.m.
* 2:00 p.m. matinee
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Mac Groves
In Shakespeare’s classic comedy, quickwitted Viola survives
a shipwreck to be washed ashore in the unknown land of Illyria.
There begins an enormously intricate story of surprising love affairs,
mistaken identities, improbable duels, and Shakespeare’s
incomparable poetic imagery.
Studio Theatre
November 14, 15, 16*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23*
Curtain 8:00 p.m.
* 2:00 p.m. matinee
Spring 2008
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Robert Yowell
“A Trivial Comedy for Serious People” The Importance
of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant
young men, in order to impress their respected beloved, pretend
that the names are “Ernest,” which both young ladies
believe confers magical qualities on their possessor. It was first
performed for the public on February 14, 1895, at the St. James’s
Theatre in London, and is regarded by many critics and scholars
as being the wittiest play in the English Language.
Clifford White Theatre
February 27, 28 March 1*, 4, 5, 6, 7
Curtain 8:00 p.m.
* 2:00 p.m. matinee
The Little Dog Laughed
By Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by Jonathan Sangster
Mitchell Green, a movie star, could hit it big if it weren't for
one teensy-weensy problem. His agent, Diane, can't seem to keep
him in the closet. When Mitchell meets a rent boy, Alex, they discover
together what true love can really have in store for them. But
as Diane says, "If a perceived straight actor portrays a gay
role in a feature film, it's noble. It's a stretch. If an actor
with a 'friend' plays a gay role, it's not acting, it's bragging." Will
true love prevail? Or will social standards triumph once again?
**A Second Stage Student Directed Production offered as a
BONUS for Season Subscription patrons.
March 31 April 1, 2, 3, 4*, 5*
Curtain 8:00 p.m.
* 2:00 p.m. matinee
The Bald Soprano & The Lesson
By Eugene Ianesco
Translated by Tina Howe
Directed by Kathleen M. McGeever
Two hysterical, tragic, and profound plays by the father of Theater
of the Absurd, Eugene Ionesco. NAU Theatre has chosen an exciting
new translation by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tina Howe, who will
be in residence during the production. In The Bald Soprano we meet
the quintessential British middle-class family the Smiths, their
guests the Martins, their maid Mary, and a fire chief determined
to extinguish all fires -- including their personal hearths. The
Lesson shows Ionesco's comic genius, where insanity and farce collide
as a professor becomes progressively frustrated with his wretched
student, and the student with her mad teacher.
Clifford White Theatre
April 17, 18, 19*, 22, 23, 24, 25
Curtain 8:00 p.m.
* 2:00 p.m. matinee