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"Call it theatre for the ear..."
Each year, Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre Company
presents East County audiences with the opportunity to experience the finest
plays from leading authors in a small, intimate venue.
 Readers theater has no set
or costumes. There is little or no choreographed movement, and the actors
carry their scripts with them. The emphasis is on the playwright's words. Stripped
down to the bare essentials, the audience is transported into the world of the play
by the power of language and imagination.
The form of readers theatre gives The Rep the chance to choose riskier
plays which can cost much more to stage in a full production. The choice of
material and shorter rehearsal time helps to attract some of the finest actors and
directors from across the Portland area to East Multnomah County. All this, plus
an affordable ticket gives area audiences a chance to see high-quality theatre
in an entirely different way.
Reader's Theater Season 2009-10
OCTOBER 19 - The Owl and the Pussycat, a comedy by Bill Manhoff.
This offbeat comedy written in 1965, features two polar opposites, a foulmouthed uneducated hooker and a stuffy bookstore employee, thrown together.
These two people learn more about each other and who they are, and gradually fall in love, despite obstacles (directed by Corey Brunish).
NOVEMBER 16- Two for the Seesaw, a bittersweet romantic play by William Gibson
Jerry is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce. He meets up with Gittel , an impoverished dancer from Greenwich Village, and the two try to straighten out their lives together. (directed by Tobias Andersen).
DECEMBER 21- Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol by Tom Mula.
A Christmas comedy about the REAL story behind Dickens' A Christmas Carol—the story of Jacob Marley's heroic behind-the-scenes efforts to save old Scrooge's soul—and in the process, save his own. This irreverent, funny, and deeply moving story retells Dickens' classic with infectious zest. (directed by Kelly Lazenby) SPECIAL RAFFLE AT THIS READING!
JANUARY 18- The Subject Was Roses Pulitzer-Prize drama by Frank Gilroy
Timmy Cleary returns home from WWII. While he seems to vindicate himself in his father's eyes for surviving the war, his drinking and cursing disturb his mother. Though his parents, John and Nettie, seem to be happy, the peace proves to be a façade, and Tim is caught in the middle. (directed by Michael Mendelson)
FEBRUARY 15-Show People a comedy by Paul Weitz
Jerry and Marnie are Broadway actors who haven’t worked in years. At Jerry’s insistence, they take on a wildly unorthodox job for a rich, young New York banker in SHOW PEOPLE, a comedy about the darker aspects of the need to create and perform.
(directed by Brian Allard)
MARCH 15- Weekend Comedy by Sam and Jeanne Bobrick
A comedy that explores the gaps in generations and commitment! Two couples, one married and in their fifties and the other in their twenties, unmarried but living together, both claim a woodsy cabin for a weekend retreat. (directed by Megan Murphy Ruckman)
APRIL (date to be announced) – Betrayal, a drama by Harold Pinter The classic dramatic scenario of the love triangle is manifest in Harold Pinter's engaging character play is a mediation on the themes of marital infidelity, duplicity, and self-deception. Pinter writes a world that simultaneously glorifies and debases love. (directed by Rick Zimmer) .
MAY (date to be announced) - The Last of the Red-Hot Lovers by Neil Simon Barney Cashman, a middle-aged married man wants to have a wild fling before it's too late. A gentle soul with no experience in adultery, he fails miserably with the three women he attempts to seduce. (directed by Justin Lazenby).
Tickets available at the door and online.
Directors interested in submitting plays to be considered for the 2010-2011
should
Contact Artistic Director Tobias
Andersen for more information.
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