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October 14 - November 19, 2006 Southeastern Premiere
Adapted by the author from his classic novel - a futuristic tale about a civilization where all written word is forbidden and where
firefighters are paid to burn books instead of fighting fires.
The Florida Center for the Literary Arts selected Bradbury's masterpiece for "The Big Read" this year, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Frightening in its implications! Mr. Bradbury's account of this insane world, which bears alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating!"
- New York Times
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ROMANCE by David Mamet
December 30 - January 28, 2007 Southeastern Premiere
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's uproarious, take-no-prisoners courtroom comedy that gleefully lampoons everyone from
lawyers and judges, to Arabs and Jews, to gays and chiropractors.
"A wild ride! For fans of Mamet at his most joyfully vicious, it's everything you ever wanted!"
- New York Magazine
"It made me weep with delight! Romance is funny! Extremely funny!"
- Wall Street Journal
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FAT PIG by Neil LaBute
February 24 - March 25, 2007 Southeastern Premiere
How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love - who is bright, funny, sexy -
and happens to be plus-sized. From the author of The Shape of Things and This Is How It Goes.
"The most emotionally engaging and unsettling of Mr. LaBute's plays!"
- New York Times
"Beautifully written, hilarious! Astute and up-to-the-minute relevant!"
- New York Post
"The most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today!"
- New York Magazine
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April 21 - May 20, 2007
An inspiring play of overwhelming power.
The life of Golda Meir - from impoverished Russian schoolgirl to Prime Minister of Israel - is one of the most amazing stories of the 20th Century.
Embroiled in the Yom Kippur war of 1973 -- involved in crises large and small-she is contemplating the most difficult decision of her career.
The world premiere of Golda's Balcony was produced at Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, MA, in May 2002. The New York premiere was produced off-Broadway at Manhattan Ensemble Theater, New York, NY, in March 2003 and moved to Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in October 2003. Golda's Balcony was nominated for the 2003 Drama League Award for "Best Play." It holds the record as the longest running one-woman play in Broadway history.
"Colossally charged with tension and consequence!" - New York Times
"True, historically accurate! A jaw-dropping scenario! Colossally charged with tension and consequence!" - New York Times
"Everyone should see Golda's Balcony!" - Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize Winner
"You'll be moved to laughter and tears!" - The Forward
"Powerful and undeniably moving!" - Newsday
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SMUT a new play by Alice Jay in collaboration with Joseph Adler
June 16 - July 15, 2007 World Premiere
The Gilded Age in Old New York. The architect of repression has outlawed abortion, contraception, books.
Three women - a reformer, an immigrant, a wife - dare to defy him. Inspired by the real-life collision of sexual educator,
Ida Craddock - and America's national censor, Anthony Comstock. When one man decides what the laws should be, liberties are
trampled, voices are silenced. There is no choice.
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August 11 - September 9, 2007 Southeastern Premiere
The stunningly funny tale of a ruthless Irish Liberation Army enforcer and the one thing he loves more than anything else in the world... his little black cat, Wee Thomas. A wildly bloody Tarantino-esque black comedy that takes an axe (and several guns) to the hypocrisy of violence in society.
The Broadway smash hit by the author of The Pillowman.
Laurence Olivier Award Winner in London - Best Comedy.
"Cunningly constructed, deeply and intensely felt, bitterly blood curdling and breathtakingly funny!"
- London Times
"Appallingly entertaining! Two fast hours of hit-and-run traffic on the stage!"
- New York Times
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