OUR 2010 - 2011 SEASON

October 28 – November 14

A Body Of Water

by Lee Blessing
Directed by Michael Bias

 

A middle-aged couple awakes in a beautiful summer house on a hill, surrounded by trees and glimpses of water. There's just one problem. They can't remember their own names, much less the relationship between them.
 Their pursuit of memory yields both comic and terrifying results, leaving them adrift on a leaky raft of postmodern anxiety. A suspenseful and mysterious exploration of the deep relationship between memory and identity.


February 10 - 27

And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi

A new play by Marcus Gardley

Set on the banks of the Mississippi during the final days of the Civil War, “…and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi” is a poetic journey of forgiveness and redemption inspired by the myth of Demeter and Persephone. This thought-provoking play combines traditional storytelling, gospel music, and a wicked sense of humor to create a rich, imaginative world that allows trees to preach, rivers to waltz, and Jesus to moonwalk.

“Jesus Moonwalks is in a lot of ways my signature play. It is based upon a story my great-grandmother used to tell about her father who fled the bonds of slavery and traveled the country in search of his family.”-Marcus Gardley, playwright


April 21 – May 8

The Bald Soprano

by Eugene Ionesco
Adapted and Directed by Michael Bias


This is the play that breaks all the rules! Quiet suburbanites Mr. and Mrs. Smith, invite the younger Mr. and Mrs. Martin over for a cheerful dinner. Plans for a sedate evening soon give way to hilarious chaos as polite conversation turns to confusion and the two couples engage in an escalating battle of banalities and linguistic acrobatics. Known all over the world as one of the quintessential absurdist masterpieces.