2nd Annual Summer Night Theatre Announcing The 2006/2007 Season:
The Actors Nightmare by Christopher
Durang
(Directed by Mark Robson)
For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang (Directed by Eric Gutman)
Philadelphia by David Ives (Directed by Katie Galazka)
Closer by Patrick Marber (Directed by Demetri Vacratsis)
Hailed as one of the best plays of the nineties, and winner of the 1999 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Closer is a sensational anatomy of modern romance and sexual politics, where a quartet of strangers meet, fall in love, and become caught in a web of betrayal. Contains coarse language and sexual content.
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Wit by Margaret Edson (Directed by Courtney Burkett)
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize. A rare beast: art that engages both the heart and the mind. Wit is the story of famed John Donne scholar, Vivian Bearing, who interrupts her doctors, nurses, and students to explicate her own story as she is being treated for late-stage ovarian cancer. Contains mature content.
Reviews
Marty Kohn, Detroit Free Press: "Deeply moving...Diane Hill delivers a powerhouse performance."
Bob Delaney, The Monitor: "At it's best, Breathe
Art can be very impressive indeed, and this is an example of it at it's
very best...Masterfully directed by Courtney Burkett, this is a production
sure to prove both moving and memorable."
Robert Bethume, Between the Lines: "Diane Hill
captures the cutting brilliance and fierce will of Bearing to the last
detail, accurate to the slightest footnote or punctuation mark...A tough
minded play for an audience worthy of it's steel."
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Nominated Wilde Award Best Drama |
Congratulations Wilde Award Best Actress, Diane Hill |
Cass and Lois pose for a shot at a photo booth.
(Michelle Hooks-Stackepoole and Megan Pennefather)
Wonder of the World by David Lindsey-Abaire (Directed by Kevin Young, Assistant Director: Katie Galazka)
Kevin Young (2006 Wilde Award and Free Press Nominee) is directing this comedy adventure about a wife who discovers a scandalous object in her husband's drawer and then flees to the honeymoon capital of the world - Niagara Falls - in a frantic search for the life she thinks she's missed out on. Armed with a "to-do list" that includes "learn Swedish, eat venison, witness an execution, wear a large wig," she crosses paths with an assortment of lunatics as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire, is best known for comedies Fuddy Meers and Kimberly Akimbo.
Reviews
The Detroit Monitor: "zany" and a "whole lot of fun."