The 1930's: Address Unknown
By Katherine Kressmann Taylor
Adapted for the stage by Frank Dunlop
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Directed By Mary McDonald Lewis |
Monday, September 18
7 pm. |
| In the Great Depression the American
dream had become a nightmare, but the United States and its democracy
survived. Germany's did not. This chilling drama shows that the
power of a madman to tap into the yearning for a leader to restore
lost prosperity and national pride is as pertinent as ever. Actors will
be Tobias Andersen and Michael Mendelson.
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The 1940's: Biloxi Blues
by Neil Simon |
Directed By Trisha Pancio Armour |
Monday, October 16
7 pm. |
This Tony Award winning Broadway comedy follows
Eugene, the hero of Brighton
Beach Memoirs, as he is sent to army training camp in Biloxi,
Mississippi during the Second World War where he - as did many Americans -
comes to learn about the wide world around him.
** Adult content and language,
suitable for teens and older.
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The 1950's: Sabrina Fair
by Samuel Taylor |
Directed By Debera Ann Lund |
Monday, November 20
7 pm. |
| The end of the war brought thousands of
young servicemen back home to start new families in new homes with new
jobs. The era of gray flannel suits and dresses with pinched in waists
and high heels is represented by this "comedy of manners" that the
NY Times called "a modern version of the Cinderella fable." Made into
the film Sabrina, starring Audrey Hepburn.
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The 1960's: A Thousand Clowns
by Herb Gardner |
Directed By
Tobias Andersen |
Monday, December 18
7 pm. |
| No longer content to be images of the
generation ahead of them, young people wanted revolutionary ways of
thinking. In this rollicking comedy, Murray Burns, a cheerful eccentric,
is raising his 12-year old nephew and believes in living life fully, even
if that means going to the movies instead of looking for a job.
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The 1970's: Strange Snow
by Stephen Metcalf |
Directed By Patrick Wohlmut |
Monday, January 15
7 pm. |
The years of war, social realignment and
presidential impeachment proceedings give rise to this award winning
drama of two young Vietnam veterans and their harrowing readjustment
to civilian life.
** Adult language
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The 1980's: The Shadow Box
By Michael Cristofer |
Directed By Jeff Puuka |
Monday, February 19
7 pm. |
The Shadow Box: The "ME" Generation. The AIDS epidemic.
Three people surrounded by loved ones, all trying to face and make sense
of death, and discover the importance of life and love. Winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, The
Shadow Box is a prelude to Oregon's "Death With Dignity."
**Adult language and mature themes,
suitable for teens and older.
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The 1990's: The Search For Signs
of Intelligent Life In The Universe
By Jane Wagner |
Directed By Joyce Wood |
Monday, March 19
7 pm. |
They may all have their cell phones
by now, but they are still the funniest characters to ever appear
on the stage: Katie, the snobbish society woman; Chrissy, the
perennial incompetent; Paul the bodybuilding divorcee; Trudy,
the bag lady… the hilarious creations of Lily Tomlin.
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The 2000's: The Guys
By Anne Nelson |
Directed By Hollyanna McCollum |
Monday, April 16
7 pm. |
"You couldn't create another sequence for
his life that leads to me. After September 11th, all over the city,
people jumped tracks." A writer helps a fire captain write eulogies for
men in his company who died in the World Trade Center.
**Brief adult language.
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