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2011-2012 SEASON
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2011-2012 Season Performances
Plays and dates are subject to change.
Anon(ymous)
By Naomi IizukaDirected by Julane Havens Synopsis In this daring update of Homer's Odyssey, a young refugee possessing only a traumatic past, quick wits, and the dream of someday finding his mother undertakes a journey across the frayed and fractured margins of the American experience. Dates: 2011 September 15-17 and 22-24 @ 7:30 September 17 & 24 @ 2:00pm Venue Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street Ticket Information Walden Theatre: (502) 589-0084 Frankenstein
By Nick DiMartino, adapted from Mary Shelley
Directed by Charlie Sexton Synopsis Ordinary limits of science & medicine can't fetter a young scientist keen to achieve mastery over life itself. But what price must Frankenstein and his companions pay for his monstrous achievement and the folly of his ambition? Dates: 2011 October 13-15 and 20-22 @ 7:30pm October 15 & 22 @ 2:00pm Venue Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street Ticket Information Walden Theatre: (502) 589-0084 A Night of Poe (A Young Company Production)
Including the works of Edgar Allan Poe
Directed by Hallie Dizdarevic Synopsis Experience the eerie, unforgettable writings of American master of suspense and horror Edgar Allan Poe. Dates: 2011 November 2-4 @ 7:30pm Venue Kentucky Country Day Performing Arts Center Ticket Information Walden Theatre: (502) 589-0084 Phantom Band [Slant Culutre Series]
By Krista KnightDirected by Alec Volz Synopsis High School anxieties. Furtive desires. Fiercely protected secrets. Amid the discord, a shambling marching band is infiltrated by a violinist with strange powers in this dark, comedic exploration of making art out of chaos. [contains mature language and situations] This is the newest offering in Walden Theatre's Slant Culture Series of new works by risingplaywrights encouraging young actors to draw inspiration from a fresh perspective -- their own experience. --> Dates: 2011 November 10 & 11 @ 8:00pm November 12, 17, 18, 19 @ 7:30pm November 12, 19 @ 2:00pm Venue Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street Ticket Information Walden Theatre: (502) 589-0084 Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare Directed by Alec Volz Synopsis Politicians claiming to protect the public interest attempt to reinin the ambitions of the popular, powerful Caesar. But instead of preventing tyranny they plunge Rome into chaos and civil war through a shocking act of betrayal. Dates: 2012 January 19-21 and 26-28 @ 7:30
January 21, 28 @ 2:00pm
Young Playwrights Festival 2012
Various directorsSynopsis: This showcase of fully-produced short plays celebrates the talents of our student playwrights, many of whom hail from the New Voices Playwriting class at Walden Theatre, a partnership with Actors Theatre of Louisville. Dates: 2012 February 9-11 @ 7:30pm February 11 @ 2:00pm Venue Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street Ticket Information Walden Theatre: (502) 589-0084 The American Clock
By Arthur MillerDirected by Lucas Adams Synopsis: One family's rise & fall during Depression Era America illuminates the human consequences of economic catastrophe in this play inspired by the reportage of Studs Terkel's Hard Times. Dates: 2011 February 23-25 and March 1-3 @ 7:30pm February 25 and March 3 @ 2:00pm Venue Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street Ticket Information Walden Theatre: (502) 589-0084 In Celebration of Shakespeare and Why Shakespeare?
Scenes, Sonnets and monologues by the Studio andApprentice Classes, in their annual salute to the Bard. Various directors Dates: 2012 April TBA -In Celebration of Shakespeare @ 7:00pmApril TBA
-Why Shakespeare? @ 7:00pmVenue Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street Ticket Information Walden Theatre: (502) 589-0084 Young American Shakespeare Festival 2012 Classics by Shakespeare (and this year, Shakespeare contemporary Ben Jonson). Featuring three plays in repertory: Dates: 2012 May 10-20
Titus Andronicus
By William Shakespeare Directed by Charlie Sexton Synopsis:
Murder, dismemberment, and a relentless cycle of revenge accent the struggle between Roman General Titus and the Queen of the Goths, culminating in appalling body counts and a pie made of the queen's sons.
Cymbeline By William Shakespeare Directed by Julane Havens Synopsis:
Feisty, resourceful Princess Imogen is beset on all sides: her scheming new stepmother the Queen, her doubt-wracked husband's charming but deceitful friend, and even an invading Roman legion. Can true love prevail over battle, ambition, and treachery?
Volpone By Ben Jonson Directed by J. Barrett Cooper Synopsis:
Greedy, lustful Volpone tricks three moneyed gentlemen into offering him lavish gifts - including the beautiful Celia - to earn his favor in this lively, vicious satire full of grifters, pranksters, and bloodsucking knaves. |
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