2012-2013 SEASON Performances
Plays, dates, and venues are subject to change.
- Summer Brave
by William Inge
directed by Charlie Sexton
Sept. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
A handsome, rough-hewn stranger wheels into 1950s
Kansas, stirring up gossip and inspiring young love as the town prepares for its Labor Day feast in Inge’s thoughtful revision of his Pulitzer-winning romantic comedy Picnic.
- The Oresteia
by Aeschylus
adapted and directed by Julane Havens
Oct. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
Agamemnon’s return from the Trojan War triggers betrayal & murder in his family – even the gods are taking sides. Can the cycle of bloody retribution be remedied by a new kind of justice?
- YOUNG COMPANY PRODUCTION
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Christopher Cartmill, adapted from the story by Washington Irving
directed by Brian Hinds
Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2
Schoolmaster Ichabod Crane has a taste for Gothic stories and a frightful imagination to match. But one night, riding home from a party, the harrowing story of the Headless Horseman becomes all too real. Can Ichabod keep his head in this spooky seasonal classic?
- SLANT CULTURE SERIES
Salvation Road
by D.W. Gregory
directed by Alec Volz
Nov. 9, 11, 15 @ 7:30
Nov. 10 @ 5:00
Nove. 17, 18 @ 5:30
Denise abandons school & family to take up with a charismatic preacher – leaving a confused brother behind seeking answers. What makes a smart young woman sacrifice a promising future for blind faith?
- FALL SHOWCASES WEEK
Improv, Studio, and Apprentice Classes
Dec. 10-15
- YUM! FAMILY SERIES
Great Expectations
by Nick Omerod & Declan Donnellan
adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens
directed by Alec Volz
Jan. 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
Pip, a destitute orphan, is taken in by a wealthy recluse
and her beautiful, cold-hearted daughter. Though he strives to be a proper English gentleman, corruption and arrogance threaten to topple Pip’s precarious aspirations.
- Young Playwrights Festival 2013
Various Directors
Feb. 7, 8, 9
A fully-produced Festival of short plays celebrating the talents of Walden Theatre’s student playwrights.
- Quilters
by Barbara Damashek & Molly Newman
directed by Hallie Dizdarevic
Feb. 28, March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9
Pioneer women stitch together their accumulated experiences of life, work, and womanhood on the American frontier in this big-hearted patchwork of vignettes and song.
- In Celebration of Shakespeare Studio Showcase
- Why Shakespeare? Apprentice Showcase
mid- to late-April (dates under review, will be reposted soon)
- Young American Shakespeare Festival
May 9-19
- The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
directed by Julane Havens
After years of isolation on a remote, magical island with his daughter Miranda, Prospero summons a spectacular storm to sweep his enemies ashore. Will he be a thrall to his own sorcerous vengeance?
May 10 @ 7:30pm
May 12 @ 7:30pm
May 15 @ 7:30pm
May 18 @ 7:30pm
May 19 @ 2:00pm
- Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
directed by J. Barrett Cooper
Valentine and his self-serving friend Proteus are fools
in love with Sylvia. As they vie for her affection, one is banished as an outlaw and the other is spied upon by a jilted lover disguised as his page. Will either man get the girl – any girl – in this unlikeliest of buddy comedies?
May 9 @ 7:30pm,
May 11 @ 7:30pm
May 13 @ 7:30pm
May 16 @ 7:30pm
May 18 @ 2:00pm
- The Liar
by Pierre Corneille, adapted by David Ives
directed by Charlie Sexton
he motto “the unimagined life is not worth living” drives Dorante into a hysterical high-wire act of confabulation as he lies his way into – and out of, and into – trouble in this agile-tongued adaptation of a classic French comedy.
May 11 @ 2:00pm
May 12 @ 2:00pm
May 14 @ 7:30pm
May 17 @ 7:30pm
May 19 @ 7:30pm
Full details and a synopsis for each play coming soon.
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