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The Importance of Being Earnest

June 26 - July 14 Main Stage
2012 Season

Author: Wilde, Oscar
Director: Pierce, David Hyde
What if a family of Guys and Dolls-style gangsters moved to Downton Abbey-style London in order to escape certain, shall we say, entanglements? What if two of these wise guys fell hard for two tough dolls? And what if the formidable dame who runs the aforementioned criminal family developed an appetite for cucumber sandwiches? Director David Hyde Pierce gives us... Read More

You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce

August 16 - August 21 Nikos Stage
2011 Season

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Director: Kauffman, Anne
Crafted from interviews between the cast and their own parents, You Better Sit Down is an alternately heartbreaking and hilarious look at the stories behind the statistics of one of the most prominent social phenomena of our time. Shockingly candid, these delicate parent-child conversations, with the actors playing their own parents, yield unique insights into falling in love, falling out... Read More

Touch(ed)

August 3 - August 14 Nikos Stage
2011 Season

Author: Wohl, Bess
Director: Cullman, Trip
Kay loves her older sister Emma. Or is it Christina? Christine? Matilda? After spending eight years institutionalized and medicated, Emma has changed more than just her name. Determined to get back the brilliant sister she remembers, Kay rents a cabin in the woods and she and her boyfriend Billy hide the sharp objects, from butcher knife to cheese grater. Perhaps... Read More

She Stoops to Conquer

July 27 - August 7 Main Stage
2011 Season

Author: Goldsmith, Oliver
Director: Martin, Nicholas
Pranks and hijinks abound in this raucous 18th- century comedy of big costumes, big sets, big hair, and even bigger laughs. Two well-bred young men arrive at the country estate of Mr. Hardcastle, intending to woo his daughter Kate and her cousin Constance, but when local mischief-maker Tony Lumpkin plays a practical joke on the city slickers, the Hardcastle household... Read More

Ten Cents a Dance

August 11 - August 28 Main Stage
2011 Season

Author: Doyle, John
Director: Doyle, John
Prepare to be bewitched and beguiled by Ten Cents a Dance, a new musical conceived by Doyle, who applies his signature style of engaging a company of actor-musicians to bring to life the extraordinary music of Rodgers and Hart. Crooner Johnny wistfully recalls his lifelong love affair of chorus girl Miss Jones, who is embodied by five women, each portraying... Read More

Doll’s House, A

July 20 - July 31 Nikos Stage
2011 Season

Author: Ibsen, Henrik
Director: Gold, Sam
Nora Helmer has everything an affluent housewife could want: beautiful children, an adoring husband, a bright future. When a carelessly buried secret rises to the surface, her well-calibrated, though artificial, domestic ideal begins to crumble. Terrified by this new reality, Nora must choose between outward perfection and inner truth. Still bracingly relevant, Ibsen’s masterpiece, in a striking contemporary translation, offers... Read More

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