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lawrence brewley
amanda foreman
Darrell Killingsworth
James Lockhart
Marisa Teeter
J.R. Teeter
juda nevadomski
lawrence brewley
amanda foreman
Darrell Killingsworth
James Lockhart
Marisa Teeter
J.R. Teeter
CURATORS
juda nevadomski
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
2018/2019
MAINSTAGE SEASON
THE EMPEROR JONES
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Brutus
Jones, a former Pullman car porter wanted in
the United States on two murder charges, has
established himself as the self-proclaimed
ruler of a West Indian island. Warned that
his subjects are about to rebel, he flees to
the jungle — sick with fright — where he is
plagued by ghosts of the men he has murdered
and haunted by visions of injustices done to
his race. Powerful scenes, punctuated by
beating tom-toms, suggest Jones's panic as
he flees his angry countrymen and his own
personal demons.
First produced in 1920, The Emperor Jones helped establish O'Neill's reputation as one of America's most important dramatists. Bold and expressionistic, the play was an instant success on the stage and has remained one of the staples of the dramatic repertoire.
PERFORMANCE DATES: August 29, 30, 31, September 5, 6, and 7 at 7:30pm; September 1 and 8 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Brutus
Jones, a former Pullman car porter wanted in
the United States on two murder charges, has
established himself as the self-proclaimed
ruler of a West Indian island. Warned that
his subjects are about to rebel, he flees to
the jungle — sick with fright — where he is
plagued by ghosts of the men he has murdered
and haunted by visions of injustices done to
his race. Powerful scenes, punctuated by
beating tom-toms, suggest Jones's panic as
he flees his angry countrymen and his own
personal demons.First produced in 1920, The Emperor Jones helped establish O'Neill's reputation as one of America's most important dramatists. Bold and expressionistic, the play was an instant success on the stage and has remained one of the staples of the dramatic repertoire.
PERFORMANCE DATES: August 29, 30, 31, September 5, 6, and 7 at 7:30pm; September 1 and 8 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
A
PERFECT
RELATIONSHIP
Written by Doric Wilson
What
makes a
perfect
relationship,
anyway? Is
it
chemistry,
physical
attraction,
practicality
or something
more
intangible?
Two gay men,
their
gregarious
landlady,
her many
boyfriends
and the
villain of
the piece
make A
Perfect
Relationship
– a
hilarious
situational
comedy by
Doric Wilson
pulled out
from the
pages of
real life.
This is an
attempt to
use humour
to break the
stereotypes
associated
with
sexuality,
masculinity,
friendship,
choice and
the
oft-misunderstood
lives of the
people who
make those
choices.
PERFORMANCE DATES: TBD
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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Written by Doric Wilson
What
makes a
perfect
relationship,
anyway? Is
it
chemistry,
physical
attraction,
practicality
or something
more
intangible?
Two gay men,
their
gregarious
landlady,
her many
boyfriends
and the
villain of
the piece
make A
Perfect
Relationship
– a
hilarious
situational
comedy by
Doric Wilson
pulled out
from the
pages of
real life.
This is an
attempt to
use humour
to break the
stereotypes
associated
with
sexuality,
masculinity,
friendship,
choice and
the
oft-misunderstood
lives of the
people who
make those
choices.PERFORMANCE DATES: TBD
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
THE MADMAN AND THE NUN
or There is Nothing Bad Which Could Not Turn into Something Worse
Written by Stanislaw Witkiewicz
Set
in a mental hospital, a
novice nun has been
recruited to help
rehabilitate the mad poet in
their care. As the
plot twists and turns
towards its conclusion what
becomes clear is that the
poet Alexander Walburg --
diagnosed as mad -- is
completely sane and it is
the world that has gone mad!
Originally written in
1923, Madman and the Nun
exemplified the style
later borrowed by the
counterculture movements of
the 60s and is echoed in Ken
Kesey's One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest
incorporating serious topics
with humor, absurdity and
copious drug use.
PERFORMANCE DATES: August 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 7:30pm; August 19 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
or There is Nothing Bad Which Could Not Turn into Something Worse
Written by Stanislaw Witkiewicz
Set
in a mental hospital, a
novice nun has been
recruited to help
rehabilitate the mad poet in
their care. As the
plot twists and turns
towards its conclusion what
becomes clear is that the
poet Alexander Walburg --
diagnosed as mad -- is
completely sane and it is
the world that has gone mad!
Originally written in
1923, Madman and the Nun
exemplified the style
later borrowed by the
counterculture movements of
the 60s and is echoed in Ken
Kesey's One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest
incorporating serious topics
with humor, absurdity and
copious drug use.
PERFORMANCE DATES: August 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 7:30pm; August 19 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
THE BLACKS
Written by Jean Genet
A troupe of black actors reenact the rape and murder of a white woman before a kangaroo court and thus begins The Blacks: A Clown Show a play that examines racism and oppression through the ritualistic reenactment of a murder where all the participants are played by black actors -- even the white characters. Written by Jean Genet at the request of a black actor, The Blacks "flows as freely as an improvisation, with fantasy, allegory and intimations of reality mingled into a weird, stirring unity...Genet's investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this burning theme leave off." --Howard Taubman, New York Times.
PERFORMANCE DATES: September 28, 29 and October 5, 6, 12, 13 at 7:30pm; October 7 and 14 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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Written by Jean Genet
A troupe of black actors reenact the rape and murder of a white woman before a kangaroo court and thus begins The Blacks: A Clown Show a play that examines racism and oppression through the ritualistic reenactment of a murder where all the participants are played by black actors -- even the white characters. Written by Jean Genet at the request of a black actor, The Blacks "flows as freely as an improvisation, with fantasy, allegory and intimations of reality mingled into a weird, stirring unity...Genet's investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this burning theme leave off." --Howard Taubman, New York Times.PERFORMANCE DATES: September 28, 29 and October 5, 6, 12, 13 at 7:30pm; October 7 and 14 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
MEDEA
Written by Euripides
Medea has been betrayed. Her husband, Jason, has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made and is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed and fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, and most horrifying, revenge possible.
Euripides' devastating tragedy is shockingly modern in the sharp psychological exploration of the characters and the gripping interactions between them.
PERFORMANCE DATES: TBA
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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Role-playing and scheming go hand in hand as two maids plunge into a journey of self exploration. One playing the maid. The other playing the madam of the house. As the plot twists and turns their role-playing becomes increasingly real with disastrous results.
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 15, 16, 22, and 23 at 7:30pm and March 24 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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Written by Euripides
Medea has been betrayed. Her husband, Jason, has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made and is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed and fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, and most horrifying, revenge possible. Euripides' devastating tragedy is shockingly modern in the sharp psychological exploration of the characters and the gripping interactions between them.
PERFORMANCE DATES: TBA
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
THE MAIDS
Written by Jean Genet
Written by Jean Genet
Role-playing and scheming go hand in hand as two maids plunge into a journey of self exploration. One playing the maid. The other playing the madam of the house. As the plot twists and turns their role-playing becomes increasingly real with disastrous results.PERFORMANCE DATES: March 15, 16, 22, and 23 at 7:30pm and March 24 at 2pm.
TICKETS: $14 (General Admission) and $8 (Student/55+ Admission)
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to purchase tickets.
Bread & Water Theatre has a policy never to deny admission to a patron because of their inability to pay. Contact Bread & Water Theatre at 585.538.9684 for details.