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A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH TIMETriangleMusic by Curtis Moore Lyrics by Thomas Mizer
Book by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, & Joshua Scher
Directed by Meredith McDonough
Musical Direction by James Sampliner
July 8—August 2, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
In an inspiring journey through time, a high-tech scientist learns that his New York lab was once the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and discovers his mysterious connection to several of its Jewish immigrant victims. In this compelling contemporary musical, parallel affairs unfold a century apart, interweaving two star-crossed couples willing to risk everything they have, and believe, for love. Don’t miss this favorite from TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.
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Book by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, & Joshua Scher
Directed by Meredith McDonough
Musical Direction by James Sampliner
July 8—August 2, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
In an inspiring journey through time, a high-tech scientist learns that his New York lab was once the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and discovers his mysterious connection to several of its Jewish immigrant victims. In this compelling contemporary musical, parallel affairs unfold a century apart, interweaving two star-crossed couples willing to risk everything they have, and believe, for love. Don’t miss this favorite from TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.
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A GOSPEL JOURNEYMarie and RosettaBy George Brant
Directed by Neil Pepe
August 8—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
With competition growing on the 1940s Gospel Circuit, Sister Rosetta Tharpe unveils a new partner, a beauty with a voice made in heaven. Will they blend, will they break, will life’s truths and tragedies find harmony at last?
8/8 @ 8pm • 8/12 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 4pm
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Directed by Neil Pepe
August 8—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
With competition growing on the 1940s Gospel Circuit, Sister Rosetta Tharpe unveils a new partner, a beauty with a voice made in heaven. Will they blend, will they break, will life’s truths and tragedies find harmony at last?
8/8 @ 8pm • 8/12 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 4pm
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A DARK COMEDY WITH BITEMan and BeastBy Lynn Rosen
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
August 9—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
As his predictable life crumbles around him, a white social worker cares for a black client who cares for an orange tiger. Does everyone bite the hand that feeds them? Caregiving has rarely been more conflicted, or complex.
8/9 @ 2pm • 8/15 @ 8pm
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Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
August 9—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
As his predictable life crumbles around him, a white social worker cares for a black client who cares for an orange tiger. Does everyone bite the hand that feeds them? Caregiving has rarely been more conflicted, or complex.
8/9 @ 2pm • 8/15 @ 8pm
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AN ILLUSTRATED MUSICAL COMEDYThe Man in the CeilingMusic & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Book by Jules Feiffer
Based on the illustrated novel by Jules Feiffer
Directed by Jeffrey Seller
August 9—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
Someday he’ll be an artist! But for now, Jimmy is a flop as a boy: hopeless in class, helpless at sports, clueless as Mom and Dad. Can you find happiness with just a pen? A Pulitzer Prize cartoonist joins a Tony-nominated composer to find out.
8/9 @ 7pm • 8/13 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 3pm
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Book by Jules Feiffer
Based on the illustrated novel by Jules Feiffer
Directed by Jeffrey Seller
August 9—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
Someday he’ll be an artist! But for now, Jimmy is a flop as a boy: hopeless in class, helpless at sports, clueless as Mom and Dad. Can you find happiness with just a pen? A Pulitzer Prize cartoonist joins a Tony-nominated composer to find out.
8/9 @ 7pm • 8/13 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 3pm
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THE CYCLE OF ROMANCEThe There ThereBy Jason Gray Platt
Directed by Courtney Sale
August 11—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
Love lost. Love found. Love beckons, bewilders, grieves, and heals. We invent technology to define it, to protect it, to connect us ever more closely. And still, love breaks. But sometimes, played out over half a century, love lasts.
8/11 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 12 noon
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Directed by Courtney Sale
August 11—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
Love lost. Love found. Love beckons, bewilders, grieves, and heals. We invent technology to define it, to protect it, to connect us ever more closely. And still, love breaks. But sometimes, played out over half a century, love lasts.
8/11 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 12 noon
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A HIGH STAKES DRAMAConfederatesBy Suzanne Bradbeer
Directed by Lisa Rothe
August 14—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
Dad’s running for President. Daughter’s running wild. Reporters are running out of time. Then someone unfurls a Confederate flag. This headline-hunting political drama is a fresh, fascinating, and intense look at today’s muckraking media.
8/14 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 7pm
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Directed by Lisa Rothe
August 14—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
Dad’s running for President. Daughter’s running wild. Reporters are running out of time. Then someone unfurls a Confederate flag. This headline-hunting political drama is a fresh, fascinating, and intense look at today’s muckraking media.
8/14 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 7pm
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A NEW MUSICAL IN CONCERTThe Paper Rain CoatBy Alex Wong, Amber Rubarth, & Devon Copley
August 14—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
SPECIAL LATE NIGHT EXTRA
Featuring songs from their new musical in development and hits from their self-titled album, New York’s nationally-touring (with Vienna Teng!) indie band The Paper Raincoat chronicles a woman’s poignant, memory-driven journey into what might have been.
8/14 @ 10:30pm
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August 14—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
SPECIAL LATE NIGHT EXTRA
Featuring songs from their new musical in development and hits from their self-titled album, New York’s nationally-touring (with Vienna Teng!) indie band The Paper Raincoat chronicles a woman’s poignant, memory-driven journey into what might have been.
8/14 @ 10:30pm
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PANELMeet the ArtistsAugust 16—August 17, 2015
Lucie Stern Theatre
The Festival’s featured playwrights and composers share their anecdotes and insights into creating brave new works for the American Theatre. Bring your questions and become a part of the conversation with writers who are shaping the theatre landscape of tomorrow.
8/16 @ 12 noon
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Lucie Stern Theatre
The Festival’s featured playwrights and composers share their anecdotes and insights into creating brave new works for the American Theatre. Bring your questions and become a part of the conversation with writers who are shaping the theatre landscape of tomorrow.
8/16 @ 12 noon
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THE HIT BROADWAY COMEDYThe Country HouseBy Donald Margulies
Directed by Robert Kelley
August 26—September 20, 2015
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Northern California Premiere
A revered stage and film star summons her show-biz family to her Berkshires home for a summer stock season soon overstocked with memories. In a Chekhovian blend of sophisticated comedy and poignant drama, they grapple with fame, art, the promise of romance, and the frustration of faded dreams—and as always, each other. This recent Broadway hit is the latest from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends.
Contains mature language.
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Directed by Robert Kelley
August 26—September 20, 2015
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Northern California Premiere
A revered stage and film star summons her show-biz family to her Berkshires home for a summer stock season soon overstocked with memories. In a Chekhovian blend of sophisticated comedy and poignant drama, they grapple with fame, art, the promise of romance, and the frustration of faded dreams—and as always, each other. This recent Broadway hit is the latest from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends.
Contains mature language.
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A BRILLIANT CONTEMPORARY DRAMAProofBy David Auburn
Directed by Leslie Martinson
October 7—November 1, 2015
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Pulitzer Prize for Drama—Tony Award Best Play
Proof is a riveting drama of the heart, a compelling tale of a faded mathematical genius and his brilliant but damaged daughter, a young woman caught in a quest for legitimacy in the male-dominated world of top-level science. It is a mystery of family instability and fledgling attraction, an exhilarating, funny, and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates our world of equations, equivocations, and codes.
Contains mature language.
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Directed by Leslie Martinson
October 7—November 1, 2015
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Pulitzer Prize for Drama—Tony Award Best Play
Proof is a riveting drama of the heart, a compelling tale of a faded mathematical genius and his brilliant but damaged daughter, a young woman caught in a quest for legitimacy in the male-dominated world of top-level science. It is a mystery of family instability and fledgling attraction, an exhilarating, funny, and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates our world of equations, equivocations, and codes.
Contains mature language.
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A DELECTABLE COMIC DRAMAtokyo fish storyBy Kimber Lee
Directed by Kirsten Brandt
March 9—April 3, 2016
Lucie Stern Theatre
Northern California Premiere
Generations, gender, and tradition collide as a revered Sushi Master struggles to preserve ancient artistry in a society obsessed with change. In pursuit of perfection, Koji inspires his brilliant protégé of a son, intimidates a parade of young apprentices, and discovers that in today’s world, even a three-star chef has much to learn. Set in a legendary sushi restaurant, this warm-hearted comic drama was a highlight of TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.
Contains mature language.
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Directed by Kirsten Brandt
March 9—April 3, 2016
Lucie Stern Theatre
Northern California Premiere
Generations, gender, and tradition collide as a revered Sushi Master struggles to preserve ancient artistry in a society obsessed with change. In pursuit of perfection, Koji inspires his brilliant protégé of a son, intimidates a parade of young apprentices, and discovers that in today’s world, even a three-star chef has much to learn. Set in a legendary sushi restaurant, this warm-hearted comic drama was a highlight of TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.
Contains mature language.
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THE SWASHBUCKLING ROMANCECyranoBy Edmund Rostand
Translated by Michael Hollinger
Adapted by Michael Hollinger & Aaron Posner
Directed by Robert Kelley
April 6—May 1, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Regional Premiere
Alive with swashbuckling swordplay, witty wordplay, and irresistible romance, this classic tale of unrequited passion and panache flows from the rollicking theatres of 17th century Paris to distant battlements long besieged. Here literature’s greatest love triangle evolves in a modern, intimate, and good-humored adaptation that entangles the enchanting heiress Roxane, handsome cadet Christian, and nose-challenged swordsman Cyrano in the love affair of a lifetime.
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Translated by Michael Hollinger
Adapted by Michael Hollinger & Aaron Posner
Directed by Robert Kelley
April 6—May 1, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Regional Premiere
Alive with swashbuckling swordplay, witty wordplay, and irresistible romance, this classic tale of unrequited passion and panache flows from the rollicking theatres of 17th century Paris to distant battlements long besieged. Here literature’s greatest love triangle evolves in a modern, intimate, and good-humored adaptation that entangles the enchanting heiress Roxane, handsome cadet Christian, and nose-challenged swordsman Cyrano in the love affair of a lifetime.
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AN EXPLOSIVE COMEDYThe Velocity of AutumnBy Eric Coble
Directed by GIovanna Sardelli
June 1—June 26, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Regional Premiere
An octogenarian artist has barricaded herself in her Brooklyn brownstone, booby-trapped with enough homemade bombs to take out the neighborhood. In a wry, spirited quest to “not go gentle” into a retirement home, Alexandra battles both the fears of her family and the ravages of time, negotiating the terms of her future with a long-estranged son with battles of his own.
Contains mature language.
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Directed by GIovanna Sardelli
June 1—June 26, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Regional Premiere
An octogenarian artist has barricaded herself in her Brooklyn brownstone, booby-trapped with enough homemade bombs to take out the neighborhood. In a wry, spirited quest to “not go gentle” into a retirement home, Alexandra battles both the fears of her family and the ravages of time, negotiating the terms of her future with a long-estranged son with battles of his own.
Contains mature language.
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