Our 1999-2000 Season
You asked for more shows--and we've got them! Four productions of delightful, funny, thought-provoking theater. Don't miss our best season ever!
All
performances at 8:15 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Play selection subject to change.
August 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
A modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog. After twenty-two years of marriage, Kate and Greg have moved to Manhattan. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park--or that has found him--bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her tag. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for Greg's affection. Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn't understand the relationship between man and dog. A touching comedy by the author of The Cocktail Hour and Love Letters.
Beau Jest
February 11, 12, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
Sarah Goldman has told her parents that she is dating a nice Jewish doctor--named David Steinberg--when she's really seeing a WASPy account executive. Her parents insist on meeting her"beau", so she plans a dinner for her parents and Dr. Steinberg. When she hires an escort service to furnish "Dr. Steinberg," she ends up falling for the actor who shows up. A sweet comedy with a touch of farce.
November 5, 6, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
A compelling classic drama by one of America's most influential playwrights. During the war, Joe Keller and Steve Deever ran a machine shop that made airplane parts. When the shop shipped defective parts that caused the deaths of twenty-one soldiers, Deever was sent to prison. Keller went free, reopened his factory, and made a lot of money. Now their children must face the impact of their fathers' choices. A powerful story that is electrifying in its intensity. Winner of the Drama Critics' Award for the best new American play in 1947.
Book
by Joseph Fields &
Jerome Chodorov
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Directed by Barbara Pettis
May
5, 6, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
Sunday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m.
The tale of two country girls from Ohio who move to New York. Boy-crazy Eileen wants to be an actress and pragmatic Ruth plans to be a writer. Based on the novel My Sister Eileen by Ruth McKenney, the story follows the two sisters as they adapt their country ways to the big city. A wonderful jazzy score by one of America's greatest composers.