2010-2011 Season
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BOEING BOEING
by Marc Camoletti, Adapted by Beverly Cross and Francis
Evans
September 3-26, 2010; Discount previews
Sept 1 & 2
2008 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Play Revival
"Pure pleasure and unconditional bliss …A delicious, delirious production" - The
New York Times "A riot!" - Variety "Mile-high hilarity" - The Daily News
"levitates low burlesque into high comedy" - New York Times
Straight to you from Broadway and London (world record
holder as the longest-running comedy on the West End) this hilarious, sexy farce
lands at the Hipp with its whirl of mayhem and matchmaking. Bernard, an English
playboy living in 1960s Paris has been successfully juggling three flight
attendant fiancées with his housekeeper playing romantic air-traffic controller
as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal
visits, things get rather turbulent!
DRACULA
by Mac Wellman
October 15-November 7, 2010; Discount
previews October 13 & 14
"The golden, hallucinogenic words of Mac
Wellman bring Dracula to swooping new life. It’s a tasty bite of theater you
won’t soon forget." –Houston Press
This offbeat, wildly seductive and fantastical
tale takes us into the lives of two beautiful young women who find passion and
freedom in the vampire world. It’s sexy and wickedly new vampire territory
filled with extremely star crossed lovers, dangerous relationships and erotic
tension with a light nod to the Bram Stoker story.
THIS WONDERFUL
LIFE
Written by Steve Murray and Conceived by Mark
Setlock
November 26-December 19,
2010
"Brimming with cheer" – The
Oregonian
Superbly adapted from the most captivating
"what if" story of all time. Every time a bell rings an angel gets his
wings. Visit Bedford Falls for a humorous and captivating staging of Frank
Capra’s Hollywood classic. This tour de force production for one actor playing
32 characters, from George Bailey to Zuzu, delivers a witty and moving story
that is sure to capture your heart and captivate your spirit. Begin a new family
tradition with us!
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Adapted by Mary Hausch from the story by
Charles Dickens
November 26-December 19,
2010
A Gainesville holiday tradition for the entire
family!
END DAYS
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
January 7-20, 2011; Discount previews
Jan 5 & 6
American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg
Award; hit of the NYC Ensemble Studio Theatre First Light Festival
"Rapturously funny" - The Miami Herald "Both poignantly redemptive and often
hilariously funny" - The Huffington Post "one of the sweetest, funniest, and
most heartwarming family dramas ever to his the stage" - Salt Lake Theatre
Examiner. "Two acts are too short a time to spend with Deborah Zoe Laufer’s
lovable characters in End Days." - Variety
Meet the Steins in this outrageously quirky
comedy. Mom has taken Jesus into her life literally – he’s in the kitchen making
coffee. Dad hasn’t been out of his pajamas in a really long time and daughter
Rachel is a Goth and means it. And the Rapture is coming on Wednesday! Enter new
neighbor Nelson, a teen science genius with a crush on Rachel and a penchant for
dressing like Elvis. Will he save the day along with Stephen Hawking, his spirit
guide? Find out in what is the "smartest, most hysterical, laugh-out-loud show
you’ll see in the theatre – ever!…a witty, funny and relevant play." –Martha’s
Vineyard Plum
SERENDIB
by David Zellnik
February 25-March 20, 2011; Discount
previews Feb 23 & 24
Hit of the NYC Ensemble Studio Theatre
Festival’s First Light Festival "A fascinating new play" – NYTheatre.com
"A celebration!" – New York Times
The witty, comical hit of the First Light
Festival. When a team of scientists studying toque macaques in Sri Lanka are
invaded by a crew of documentary filmmakers, sexual tensions erupt and egos
collide. Incorporating puppet work to create a uniquely theatrical world of
primate behavior, SERENDIB ponders the line between empathy and
anthropomorphism.
THE 39 STEPS
By Alfred Hitchcock, Adapted by Patrick
Barlow
April 15-May 8, 2011; Discount previews
April 13 & 14
5 Tony Award Nominations; 2 Tony Awards; 2
Drama Desk Awards; Winner! Best new comedy, Laurence Olivier Award 2007
"The most entertaining show on Broadway!" – The New York Post "Absurdly
enjoyable! This gleefully theatrical riff on Hitchcock’s film is fast and
frothy, performed by a cast of four that seem like thousands." –Ben Brantley,
The New York Times
The Tony award-winning Broadway hit! Mix a
Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you
have THE 39 STEPS, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic
of theatre! This 2-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with
nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously
talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and
some good old-fashioned romance! A mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps"
is hot on a man’s trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying
finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive
stagecraft, THE 39 STEPS amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure
pleasure!
Summer 2011
To be announced! Opens June 4.
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Tuesday, September 7