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A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE   by Martin McDonagh

October 23 - November 21, 2010     Southeastern Premiere

The title is just the starting point; take a man searching for his missing hand, two con artists out to make a few hundred bucks and an overly curious hotel clerk - the rest is up for grabs. This black comedy is by the author of two plays that won Best Play Carbonell Awards at GableStage - The Pillowman (2006) and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2007).

"When blood is shed in a Martin McDonagh play, the audience always laughs - and usually gasps! The funniest new play to open in New York since I started writing this column!"
- Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN   by Jane Prowse

December 30 - January 30, 2011*     Southeastern Premiere

Starring SHARON GLESS, multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner (Burn Notice, Queer as Folk, Cagney & Lacey)

A retired school teacher who has not had sex in 30 years sets out to remedy the situation by placing an ad in the personals in the New York Review of Books. Her sexual adventures and the resulting emotional entanglements are both comic and touching. This is the true story of a woman who decides there is still time to pursue passion with a vengeance. A Round-Heeled Woman official Web site: www.aroundheeledwoman.com

* New Year's Eve Benefit Performance not included in subscription

SUPERIOR DONUTS   by Tracy Letts

March 12 - April 10, 2011     Southeastern Premiere

A new comedy/drama from the author of two GableStage favorites - Killer Joe (2000) and Bug (2004) - and the Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County. An offbeat friendship grows between a cantankerous white shop owner and an ambitious black teenager with something to hide. Amidst the changing face of an old Chicago neighborhood, a local donut shop becomes the setting for old secrets, new beginnings and the redemptive power of friendship.

"A wonderfully affecting and amusing work that reveals a playwright fully in command of his powers!"- The Hollywood Reporter

"A soulful play full of humor and humanity!" - Variety

"A funny and moving evening of theatre!" - Backstage

IN THE NEXT ROOM
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The Vibrator Play   by Sarah Ruhl

May 14 - June 12, 2011     Southeastern Premiere

A comedy about marriage, intimacy and electricity. In the 1880s, a new medical device is developed to treat and pacify "hysterical" women, but it unknowingly produces a very different result. The Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright shares this story of repressed sexuality and physical exploration with equal doses of humor and emotion.

"Insightful, fresh and funny! One of the most gifted and adventurous American playwrights to emerge in recent years!"
- New York Times

MASKED   by Ilan Hatsor
Translated from Hebrew by Michael Taub

July 9 - August 7, 2011     Southeastern Premiere

An explosive Israeli play about three Palestinian brothers locked in a life-and-death struggle over issues of deception and betrayal. Set in a village on the West Bank in 1990, it depicts the tragedy of one family torn between duty, kinship, principles and survival.

"Powerful! Remarkably of the moment!"
- New York Times

"One of the gutsiest and most honest discussions I've ever seen in a play about the Middle East! Leaves viewers on the edges of their seats!"
- The Jewish Press

"Provocative! Gripping! Poignant and emotionally affecting!"
- CurtainUp

"A play that broadens your sympathies, leading you to imagine how you'd fare in a world where you faced a constant choice whether to collaborate, resist, or flee!"
- New York Magazine

THE BROTHERS SIZE   by Tarell Alvin McCraney

September 3 - October 2, 2011

Winner of the New York Times 2009 Outstanding Playwright Award

Set in Louisiana's bayous, the play explores the struggles of two brothers locked in a fierce tug-of-war for their souls. This is the first Southeastern production of a work by this 28-year old Miami native and New World High School graduate whose plays are pushing the boundaries of form, language and sexuality in provocative and poetic ways.

"Listen closely and you might hear that thrilling sound that is one of the main reasons we go to the theater - that beautiful music of a new voice!"
New York Times