2009 Season Schedule
Programs and artists subject to change without notice.
Programs and artists subject to change without notice.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
By Joanna Murray-Smith
Directed by Maria Mileaf
June 30 – July 12, 2009
Isabel just wants ninety minutes. Soon William will be married again, so ninety is all she has to make her case. Ninety to remember what they had. Ninety to regain what was lost. Just ninety to rediscover love or call it a day, forever.
The poignant and provocative new play from the author of the international hits Female of the Species, Honour, and Nightfall.
There will be a post-show discussion on Tuesday, July 7.
Book by Mariana Elder
Music by Chris Miller
Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Directed by Erica Schmidt
July 17 – July 26, 2009
A new musical set in West Virginia in 1962, The Burnt Part Boys follows a group of teenagers whose fathers were killed ten years earlier in a tragic coal mining accident. When they learn that the mine will be reopened, they set out secretly in the hopes of seeing the site, and keeping it closed. A deeply moving and powerful odyssey, The Burnt Part Boys is an unforgettable coming of age tale, set to a haunting and distinctive bluegrass and pop inspired score.
There will be a post-show discussion Tuesday, July 21.
By Keith Bunin
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
July 22 – August 2, 2009
April 1942. Twenty years after escaping from Russia, the Nobel Prize-winning writer Ivan Bunin has created a new life for himself in the French countryside with his wife and his mistress. He still dreams of returning home, but he’s not a young man anymore, and the world is at war again. Based on a true story, Vera Laughed is the funny, sexy, romantic, and moving story of a great writer in exile.
Keith Bunin is the author of The Busy World is Hushed, The Credeaux Canvas, and a writer of HBO’s award-winning In Treatment.
There will be a post-show discussion on Tuesday, July 28.
In the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
All
musicals will be presented as concert readings.
Music & Lyrics by Duncan Sheik
Book & Lyrics by Kyle Jarrow
Directed by Keith Powell
July 10–11, 2009
The newest project from Sheik (Tony Award-winning composer of Spring Awakening), Jarrow (The Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant) and Powell (30 Rock), Whisper House is a ghost story set during World War II in a haunted lighthouse where young Christopher is sent to live with his eccentric Aunt Lilly…
Book by Anton Dudley
Lyrics by Charlie Sohne
Music by Brian Feinstein
Directed by Jeremy Dobrish
July 31 – August 1, 2009
A biting black comedy about an aging record producer who decides her swan song will be to create the ultimate pop princess, piece by piece. A hilarious satire of the contemporary music industry.
In the Susan Stein Shiva Theater
By Lewis Black
Directed by Joe Grifasi
July 17 – July 19
From the comedian, actor, playwright and author Lewis Black (The Daily Show) comes this hilarious comedy about a wedding gone wrong, starting off with the appearance of one very uninvited guest.
*Please note, all performances of this production are sold out.
By Ben Snyder
Directed by Thomas Kail
July 23 – July 25, 2009
An urban fairy tale about love, loss, and the metaphysical significance of a fresh pair of kicks.
From the author of In Case You Forget and History of the Word, and the director of the Tony Award-winning In the Heights.
June 26 – June 28, 2009
by Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Jeremy Cohen
Friday, June 26 at 8pm
By Julian Sheppard
Directed by Sarah Benson
Saturday, June 27 at 2pm
By Bryan Delaney
Directed by Will Frears
Sunday, June 28 at 2pm
By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Blanka Zizka
Sunday, June 28 at 5pm
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED (845-437-5599)
July 30 – August 2
By Dan Moran
Directed by David Wohl
Thursday, July 30 at 8pm
By John Patrick Shanley
Friday, July 31 at 8pm
By Regina Taylor
Saturday, August 1 at 2pm
By Andrew Dolan
Directed by Bob Krakower
Sunday, August 2 at 2pm
By Beth Henley
Directed by Doug Hughes
Sunday, August 2 at 5pm
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED (845-437-5599)
By Euripides
Directed by Dennis Reid
July 10 – July 13, 2009 at 6:00 pm
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Anthony Luciano
July 17 – July 20 at 6:00 pm
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Brian McManamon
July 24 – July 27, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Directed and soundpainted by Mark Lindberg
July 9, 16, 23, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Dances at an Exhibition is inspired by the Art Center's concurrent exhibition Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, as well as by other works on view from the permanent collection. Dances at an Exhibition will be per formed to a recording of Mussorgsky's suite, Pictures at an Exhibition.
Book and new lyrics by Cheri Steinkellner
New music and arrangements by Jeff Rizzo
Directed by Christa Kimlicko-Jones
August 1, 2009 at 5:00 pm
A special presentation of a new musical featuring songs from the Tin Pan Alley era.
July 3-August 1 - 5:30 to 8:00pm
Relax, enjoy, and whet your appetite for the performance by savoring a light tasting menu of favorite cuisines from some of Arlington’s restaurants.
Wine and beer will be offered.
The Café on the Quad, located between the Powerhouse Theater and the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, will be open from 5:30 - 8:00pm. Cash only.
7/3: The Dubliner will offer selections from their popular Irish pub menu.
7/10-11: Zorona Restaurant will offer samplings from their Middle-Eastern menu.
7/17-18: The Beech Tree Grill will offer samplings from their American bistro menu, while Bittersweet will offer a dessert selection.
7/24-25: Twisted Soul will offer selections from their new American menu.
7/31-8/1: Babycakes Café will offer selections from their European-style eatery menu.
At the Alumnae House on Friday and Saturday evenings [7/10-11, 7/17-18, 7/24-25, 7/31-8/1] you can enjoy “Hudson Valley Mediterranean” flavors by Gigi Hudson Valley at the Alumnae House starting at 6pm. Download the prix-fixe dinner menu and make reservation requests to (914) 388-7175.
Remember to save your ticket stub as these Arlington restaurants will offer a discount for your pre–and post–theater meal or dessert: All Shook Up, Babycakes Cafe, Beech Tree Grill, Bittersweet, The Dubliner, The Dutch Cabin, FresCo Tortillas Tex-Mex Express, Julie’s Restaurant, Kismat, Miss Saigon, Peking Restaurant, Pizzeria Bacio Restaurant, Saigon Cafe, Thai Spice, Tokyo Express, Twisted Soul, Zorona Restaurant