directed by Robin Phillips
Arena Stage? arena stage ah wilderness cast,Together, we will explore the rich legacy of American theater, past, present and future. Amidst compelling modern works and simmering world premieres, we pay tribute to the first true American giant, Eugene O’Neill, with a festival of his iconic works.
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in the Kreeger Theater
choreography by Parker Esse
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directed by Molly Smith
by John Logan
directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls
By special arrangement with Daryl RothThe story of a city in denial,The Normal Heartunfolds like a real-life political thriller—as a tight-knit group of friends refuses to let doctors, politicians and the press bury the truth of an unspoken epidemic behind a wall of silence. A quarter-century after it was written, this outrageous, unflinching, and totally unforgettable look at the ual politics of New York during the AIDS crisis remains one of the theatres most powerful evenings ever. Arena Stage is proud to launch the national tour of this important and exhilarating work of theater, winner of three Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play.View details
in the Kreeger TheaterBroadway, 1957. Battle lines are drawn within a newly integrated theater company preparing to open a misguided race play on the Great White Way. As personalities and prejudices collide, lead actress Wiletta Mayer has the chance to achieve her most glorious dream, but at what cost? E. Faye Butler (Oklahoma! Crowns) leads an ensemble cast in a fresh, lively and cutting satire (New York Times) that will make you laugh and make you think.View details
in the Kreeger TheaterWinner of six Tony Awards, including Best Play,Reddepicts the brilliant and passionate painter Mark Rothko cing the biggest challenge of his career. Hailed as "smart and scintillating" by theNew Yorker,Redis an "electrifying play of ideas" (Variety).
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directed by Kyle Donnelly
Goodman Theatre
Directed by George C. Wolfe
in the FichandlerAs Rome collapses beneath Nero’s outrageous narcissism, a forgotten playwright tries to restore order through the art of theater in this gloriously funny (New York Times) rce. Amid the chaos of crime, lust and politics, convincing the world’s most mous debaucher to choose virtue over vice proves to be a Herculean task. Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Freed’s wild romp questions whether well-crafted drama and intellect are any match for decadence and good old-shioned bloodshed.View details
in the Kreeger TheaterIn dark times, the most treacherous weapon is the truth. London, 1606: The worlds of King James and the Gunpowder Plot collide with William Shakespeare and his renowned theatrical troupe in a startling cat-and-mouse game of politics and art. Commissioned by the throne to create a calculated piece of propaganda, the Bard and his actors must find a way to please the king while avoiding both the gallows and eternal damnation. Bill Cain’s high-stakes political thriller reveals the complexities of the truth, the perils of compromise, and the terrible consequences of equivocation in one of the most bracingly intelligent, sizzlingly theatrical American plays in a decade (Variety).View details
in the Kogod CradleAna is a Type A personality living in a letter-perfect world: a husband who adores her, the perfect job, and her greatest passion, Book Club. But when bizarre circumstances put her ideal book club under a magnifying glass, things begin to heat up and more truths are told than anyone bargained for. Resident playwright Karen Zacaras (Legacy of Light) brings Arena Stage the latest chapter of her delightful, fresh comedy (TalkinBroadway.com) about life, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.View details
directed by Irene Lewis
by Steve Cuiffo, Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle
starring Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin
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Expanding to eight productions, with three available add-on plays, the 2011/12 season presents a diversity of styles and voices that are uniquely American.
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in the Kogod CradleCombine the glory of a Styx reunion tour, with the transcendental power of a 200-year-old Zuni shaman and add a dash of trailer park ennui and you come close to describing the mystical pull of a trip to the Elephant Room. From the uninhibited, "engaging" (Washington Post) absurdist performance duo Rainpan 43 and actor-magician Steve Cuiffo comes a new theatrical event. Filled with off-the-wall magic and sublime comedy,Elephant Roomexamines the childlike wonder of three deluded illusionists who choose to live their off-center lives by sleight of hand.View details
starring 4 time Helen Hayes award winner Edward Gero
part of the Eugene ONeill FestivalDelusion and disenchantment have pitted the Tyrone mily members against one another for decades. One teful day, as their increasingly drunken hours slip by, they must either confront their defeated dreams or else be forever doomed to a cycle of guilt and resentment. Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical masterwork exposes the lies we tell, the deceptions we craft, and the undercurrent of compassion that, if uncovered, can redeem us in the end. This Pulitzer Prize-winning American treasure restores the drama to literature and the theater to art (New York Times).View details
Continuing the success of our record-setting inaugural season, I am thrilled to present Arena Stage’s 2011/12 season at the Mead Center for American Theater. True to our mission, the coming season delves into all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, deep and dangerous in the American spirit.
in the FichandlerHaving exhausted all 102 counties in Illinois, Professor Harold Hill gives Iowa a try and soon enough convinces River City of its trouble with the sin and corruption of the pool hall, trouble that can only be stopped by forming a boys’ band. Marian the librarian suspects he’s a con man, but she begins to trust him after seeing how he’s given confidence to her shy younger brother. Soon, this Music Man has transformed the entire town, not only turning the bickering school board into a barbershop quartet, but himself into an honest man. When the stage erupts with 76 Trombones, you’ll be cheering along with River City for Harold Hill!View details
story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
part of the Eugene ONeill FestivalReturn to an idyllic age of Americana in Eugene O’Neill’s unabashedly romantic and sweetly funnyAh, Wilderness!As the Connecticut-based Miller clan plans their traditional Fourth of July festivities, their dreamy-eyed middle child Richard is wrestling with cultural conventions, political uncertainty, the power of literature, and the exquisite pain of love. The memories of mily life were never so delicately portrayed as in O’Neill’s only comedy, his coming-of-age love letter to a r time, that finds the master playwright at his most wistful and serene. (New York Times).View details
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directed by Bill Rauch
