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Our Exciting 45th Season Of Staged Readings And Main-Stage Productions Is Here!

April 2012

Firepower

Reading

by Kermit Frazier

Dates TBA

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May 2012

by August Strindberg. A family comedy about boredom, jealousy and passion! Produced in collaboration with the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre. Featuring, for the first time ever, an all black cast! Set in the African American enclave in Provincetown, Massachusetts in the early 1900s. An Ulrika Brand translation. Adaptation, Leslie Lee. Directed by Robert Greer.

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June 2012

Coming to the Mercy Seat

Reading

by J. e Franklin. A series of 10 interconnected ten-minute plays around the theme of mercy. Directed by Chantal Legros.

Date TBA

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January 12 - January 29, 2012

The Picture Box

Mainstage Production

by Cate Ryan
Directed by Charles Weldon.

From the deep south to the northeast, a young black man comes to work at the home of a white family on New York’s Long Island. This young man becomes the “caretaker” of the little girl who lives there. The trust of this estranged child creates a bond with her caretaker that spans a lifetime.

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Side by Side

Reading

An evening of scenes by students, based on the works of great American playwrights. Maxine Kern’s Advanced Dramaturgy and Playwriting Workshop. Directed by Melissa Maxwell.

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Monday, September 19, 2011

A Question of Country

Reading

by Janet Neipris.

A white woman and a black woman secretly form a grass roots organization to fight against apartheid in the early 1970's in Cape Town ---- the subsequent conflicts and collision of cultures, the victories, and, in the end, the impossibilty of that friendship in post-apartheid South Africa. This play is based on a true story.

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October 19 - October 30, 2011

Martin

Mainstage Production

Opening Night: Friday, October 21

A musical about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his faltering journey from defiant “in your face” teenager to leader of an improbable nonviolent bus boycott which ultimately set the tone for the civil rights movement.