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OUR
2005-2006 SEASON
We
could get the hang of this…
THE
POORMAN'S THEATRE FESTIVAL
Presenting new plays from local playwrights
Performances at Club
Tabu
305 S. St. Francis
Per show tickets $6
Festival tickets $10
"Untitled"
Written by Jeannine Saunders
Directed by Troy Dilport
Thurs., September 8- 8pm
Fri., September 9- 8pm
"Zero Population Growth"
Written and directed by Mac Welch
Sat., September 10- 8pm
Sun., September 11- 2pm
THEATRE
ON CONSIGNMENT MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Performances at Club Tabu
305 S. St. Francis
Tickets $10 ($7 students/seniors)
"The
House of Yes” by Wendy McLeod
Directed by Amber Malott
November 10, 11, 12, 18, 19- 8pm
November 20- 2pm
It's Thanksgiving and Marty's arrival home is greatly anticipated by his
mother, Mrs. Pascal, his twin sister, Jackie-O, and his younger brother,
Anthony. He arrives during a hurricane, but worse than the storm is the
fact that Marty brings Lesly, his new fiancée. On top of that,
Jackie-O has just recently been released from a mental hospital, Anthony
dropped out of Princeton, and their alcoholic mother has a serious problem
handling any of this. This darkly funny black comedy is an uproariously
funny and slightly disturbing commentary on American iconography, celebrity
worship, and the family dynamic.
”Unidentified
Human Remains and the True Nature of Love” by Brad Fraser
Directed by Brad Purkey
February 9, 10, 11, 16, 17- 8pm
February 19- 2pm
This disturbing mix of love, comedy, and horror by Brad Fraser looks at
the lives and loves of a group of eclectic and dysfunctional people in
late 1980s Edmonton, Canada - as a serial killer roams the streets. There's
David, a former actor turned bartender, who has recently turned thirty,
and his roommate (and former lover) Candy, who has a habit of looking
for love in all the wrong places. David, cynical way beyond his years,
doesn't worry about finding Mr. Right, usually preferring Mr. Right Now.
With dismembered women turning up all over town, can a human touch win
out in a world growing colder and bloodier, or does the darkness finally
envelope everything?
“The Goat (or, Who is Sylvia?)” by Edward Albee
Directed by Phil Speary
April 20, 21, 22- 8pm
April 22, 23- 2pm
Modern master Edward Albee (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
pens with this seriocomic drama, which won the Tony, New York Drama Critics
Circle, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Martin is a successful
architect on the brink of his 50th birthday. He's happily married to his
wife Stevie and has a turbulent but loving relationship with his rebellious
gay son Billy. Hiding under the comforts of domestic bliss, however, lurks
a dark secret Martin fears will tear his family and friends away from
him and destroy his career: Martin is having an affair—an affair
so shocking and forbidden that it puts his entire life in jeopardy. By
turns shocking, funny, tragic, and heartbreaking, The Goat (or, Who
is Sylvia?) is a true classic by a living legend.
“American Buffalo”
by David Mamet
Directed by Jason Bailey
June 1, 2, 3- 8pm
June 3, 4- 2pm
David Mamet's play about three losers planning a robbery was his first
major hit and established him as a unique voice in American theatre. Don
is the owner of an "antique store" (read: junk shop) who discovers
that the buffalo head nickel he recently sold to a coin collector was
a lot more valuable than he imagined. Don hatches a scheme in which he
and his employee Bobby will steal the nickel back and sell it for a much
higher price. Teach Don's down-on-his-luck buddy, insists on coming in
on the job, but Don isn't sure he wants Teach's help -- or that the robbery
is a good idea at all. Filled to the brim with Mamet’s trademark
jazzy dialogue and unforgettable characters, American Buffalo is a brilliant
(and wryly funny) commentary on the American Dream.
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