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Far From Heaven

July 19 - July 29 Main Stage
2012 Season

Author: Frankel, Scott, Richard Greenberg, and Michael Korie
Director: Greif, Michael
Cathy Whitaker seems to be the picture-perfect wife and mother in 1957 suburban Connecticut. But roiling beneath the surface, secret longings and forbidden desires cause her world to unravel — with incendiary consequences. With a lush score that is both jazz-inflected and hauntingly lyrical, Far From Heaven is a powerful story of romance, betrayal, intolerance, and a woman grappling with... Read More

The Valley of Fear

July 11 - July 20 Free Theatre | Poker Flats Field
2012 Season

Author: Lawson, Steve
Director: Neugebauer, Lila
In 1987, WTF launched the popular outdoor Free Theatre with a production of A Study in Scarlet, the first saga in the Sherlock Holmes series. Twenty-five years later, the legendary sleuth is back in this exciting new theatrical version of Conan Doyle’s final novel, The Valley of Fear, adapted by Free Theatre's original scribe, playwright Steve Lawson. This two-act play... Read More

Comedy of Errors, The

July 13 - July 22 Free Theatre | Poker Flats Field
2011 Season

Author: Shakespeare, William
Director: McKeon, Johanna
The Festival's signature Free Theatre production returns to the outdoors with an appropriate setting: WTF's The Comedy of Errors takes place in a bustling, open-air Farmer's Market, like those made popular in old European cities, and which have been popping up in today's major metropolises, as well as on our own beloved Spring Street. Johanna McKeon directs this raucous, uproarious,... Read More

Last Goodbye, The

August 5 - August 20 Nikos Stage
2010 Season

Author: Kimmel, Michael
Director: Kimmel, Michael
A legendary love. A transcendent artist. Shakespeare’s classic verse meets the driving, passionate rock of iconic singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley in the world premiere of The Last Goodbye. Conceived and adapted from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by Michael Kimmel with the music and lyrics of Jeff Buckley arranged by Kris Kukul, an ensemble of fourteen singer/actors bring to life the lyrical... Read More

Bus Stop

August 17 - August 28 Main Stage
2005 Season

Author: Inge, William
Director: Frears, Will
Cherie’s a hard-up nightclub singer. Bo’s a good ol’ cowboy. And when a snowstorm leaves their bus stranded somewhere between Kansas City and Topeka, they spend the night discovering truths and uncovering lies. This romantic finale to our Main Stage season is a mid-twentieth century classic from William Inge, the author of Come Back, Little Sheba and Picnic.

Threepenny Opera, The

June 25 - July 6 Main Stage
2003 Season

Author: Brecht, Bertolt & Kurt Weill
Director: Hunt, Peter
Hide your daughters! Mack the Knife is back! Set in the underbelly of London, ruled by criminals and corrupt police, populated by beggars, and entertained by prostitutes, The Threepenny Opera tells the story of the sly and debonair Macheath, his den of thieves, and his many women. Considered revolutionary in its 1928 premiere, Brecht and Weill's master work set the... Read More

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