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TACT 2013-14 Brochure Photo by Stephen Kunken Stephen by Photo Cynthia Harris in in Harris Cynthia Lost in Yonkers in Lost - WALL STREET JOURNAL STREET WALL - “COMPANY OF THE YEAR!” THE OF “COMPANY 2013/2014 SEASON 2013/2014 New York, NY 10003 NY York, New 900 Broadway, Suite 905 905 Suite Broadway, 900 2013/2014 SEASON PLAYS AS TIMELYAS THEY ARE TIMELESS “COMPANY OF THE YEAR!” - WALL STREET JOURNAL Lovers Cameron Scoggins & Justine Salata in Photo by Hunter Canning In its 20th anniversary season, TACT is named the Wall Street Journal’s “COMPANY OF THE YEAR!” HOW ou top that by picking an astounding roster of provocative Yand entertaining plays, you pack them with brilliant talent, DO and invite New York City’s smartest and most discerning theatre-goers to attend (that’s you, by the way). Our Mainstage season opens in September with a rare look at a YOU lost classic; William Inge’s intense and startlingly contemporary Natural Affection. Rarely seen anywhere since its brief Broad- way run in 1963, this urban domestic drama created controversy with its underlying incestuous and homosexual insinuations and TOP its dark implications of a dawning sexual revolution. We can’t think of a better way to kick-off our season than by celebrating the centennial of an iconic American playwright with the redis- THAT? covery of this overlooked and undervalued gem. We’re pairing this daring drama with an early masterpiece from the hilarious and outlandish Christopher Durang, whose most re- cent work, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. In March, we’re proud to present the first New York revival of Beyond Therapy, a razor sharp comedy about the search for a meaningful relationship in an insane world. We’re certain this delightful 1982 offering from the modern mas- ter of the outrageous and absurd will provide the best therapy of all: guaranteed laughter. Our celebrated Salon Series, is yet another reason to join us this season. We’re focusing this year’s series on the female play- wright and will be featuring four remarkable plays by four fabu- lous women: Lillian Hellman, Agatha Christie, Alice Childress and Ruth Gordon. With our intimate setting at the TACT Studio and our accomplished company of actors, the Salon Series is what makes TACT, TACT. So, consider yourself invited, and we’ll look forward to seeing you at the theatre. SCOTT ALAN EVANS, CYNTHIA HARRIS & JENN THOMPSON Mary Bacon, Todd Gearhart & James Prendergast Co-Artistic Directors in Happy Birthday. Photo by Hunter Canning “Who knew that William Inge, the writer best known By A troubled young man who, for chronicling sexual abandoned early in life by repression in dusty prairie William Inge his single mother, returns from reform school to find towns (‘Picnic,’ ‘Bus Stop’) Directed By her now living with a lover. had the kind of dark and Jenn Thompson* As the tension between bizarre sensibility that we them mounts, their fight for forgiveness and connection most commonly associate gives way to desperation, with David Lynch?” FEATURING setting this insecure family on - Chicago Tribune Tobi Aremu a collision course of reckless, Alec Beard* heartbreaking, and almost Chris Bert inevitable violence. Eve Bianco* Kathryn Erbe A century after his birth in Indepen- Victoria Mack* dence, Kansas, the works of John Pankow William Inge, the “Playwright of the *TACT company member Previews Midwest,” have been enjoyed by SEPTEMBER 17 to 25, 2013 millions of theater and moviegoers FIRST FRIDAY, Sept 20 and will continue to be celebrated Opens through the William Inge Centen- SEPTEMBER 26 nial in 2013. He is perhaps most Performances through renowned for his four successful OctoBER 26 Broadway plays, Come Back, Little Sheba (1950), Picnic (1953), Bus ON THE MAINSTAGE AT THE BECKETT THEATRE Stop (1955), The Dark at the Top of 410 West 42nd Street NYC A violent love the Stairs (1957), and the Hollywood Tuesday - Thursday 7:30 PM films based upon them. Many of his ON THE MAINSTAGE triangle that Friday, Saturday 8:00 PM dramas, set in the American heart- tests the ties Saturday, Sunday 2:00 PM land of his native Kansas, portray that bind. TALK-BACKS with the cast the repressed sexuality, domestic following every Sunday Matinee. tensions and conservative societal norms that Inge associated with life See our Season MEMBERSHIP in small Midwestern towns. He is the information on page 9. winner of both a Pulitzer-Prize and For single tickets go to TELECHARGE.com an Academy Award. call (212) 239-6200 or visit The first revival of a long-lost classic. the Theatre Row Box Office. After a disastrous first date, two Manhattanites seek solace from their therapists - both of whom are stark raving mad themselves. With the lines between doctor and Previews patient hilariously blurred, this MARCH 11 to 19, 2014 FIRST FRIDAY, March 14 wickedly funny Christopher Durang comedy offers up a merry mélange Opens of romantic neuroses, carnal MARCH 20 confusion, and a serious lack of ON THE MAINSTAGE Performances through impulse control. APRIL 19 Christopher Durang has had plays on and off-Broadway including A History of the American Film (Tony Award nomination), Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (Obie Award), Baby with the Bathwater, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Obie Award, Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award), Laughing Wild, Betty’s Summer Vacation (Obie Award), Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, Miss Witherspoon (2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist) and Adrift in Macao (book/lyrics Durang, music by Peter Melnick). His latest play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play and is currently running on Broadway. Other awards By include the Harvard Arts Medal, the Sidney Kingsley Playwriting Award as Christopher well as being the 2008 honoree at the William Inge Festival. Durang Directed By ON THE MAINSTAGE AT THE BECKETT THEATRE Scott Alan Evans 410 West 42nd Street NYC Tuesday - Thursday 7:30 PM “Christopher Durang has the Friday, Saturday 8:00 PM Saturday, Sunday 2:00 PM wit, the high, rebellious spirits, BEYOND TALK-BACKS with the cast and the rage of the born satirist. following every Sunday Matinee. He is also one of the funniest See our Season MEMBERSHIP and most original playwrights information on page 9. at work. His “Beyond Therapy” For single tickets go to THERAPY TELECHARGE.com could be considered his “Alice in Call (212) 239-6200 or visit Life can be crazy. Therapy can help. the Theatre Row Box Office. Wonderland.” – The New Yorker AT TACT STUDIO A VERY RICH WOMAN TROUBLE IN MIND by Ruth Gordan, 1965 by Alice Childress, 1955 November 8 - 11 December 13 - 16 Based on a play by A ground breaking Phillipe Hérlat satire. A rich Boston widow fights Broadway 1957. A talented her daughters’ efforts to African-American actress declare her incompetent in finally has the chance to order to gain access to her play a lead role on the Great money. White Way, but only if she’s willing to compromise her principles. TOYS IN THE ATTIC THE HOLLOW Cameron Scoggins, Justine Salata, Margot White, by Lillian Hellman, 1959 by Agatha Christie, 1951 Jeremy Beck & Richard Ferrone (standing) January 24 - 27 May 16 - 19 2013-2014 SEASON in The Matchmaker. A single day in the life A country home. of one family. A family gathering. A murder. SALON On a steamy New Orleans evening a prodigal brother Agatha Christie’s tangled web returns home to his middle- of crime and passion as only aged sisters with an over- the master can conceive. SERIES night fortune in his pocket. Our celebrated and exclusive Salon Series, is yet another *Titles and dates subject to availabiltiy and change without notice. reason to join us this year. The sole domain of Members and the heart and soul of TACT, this season we’ll feature the work of four of the theatre’s most fabulous female playwrights. The plays of Lillian Hellman, Agatha Christie, Alice Childress and Ruth Gordon, performed at the TACT Studio Space in our intimate signature-style, makes this a season any theatre-lover won’t want to miss. Become a Member now! Delphi Harrington in Hay Fever Tracy Middendorf and Gene Gillette in Separate Tables Victoria Mack in Hay Fever Photos by Scott Alan Evans TACT MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES MEMBERSHIP › Exclusive Access to Salon Series for you AND your guests › Post performance discussions and receptions Online: www.tactnyc.org By Phone: 212/560-2184 By Mail: Send completed form to: Weekdays 8:00am - 12 midnight Invitation to the TACT Gala › TACT 900 Broadway, Weekends 8:00am - 11:30pm › Priority seating/booking - early access to the best seats Suite 905 › Best prices - up to 35% discount New York, NY 10003 › Unlimited Ticket Exchange - with 24 hours notice › Guest ticket discounts (save up to 25%) › Email Updates, reminders, and Special Discounts $159 x = $ FULL MEMBERSHIP $159 1 Ticket to each Mainstage production Contact the TACT Membership Hotline 212/560-2184 for all services. (Over 35% discount!) All 4 Salon productions (members only) All Member Privileges Join TACT’s exclusive PRODUCERS CIRCLE. (+$9 Service Fee on all Membership Packages) This special giving initiative will allow a unique group of donors the opportunity to have an enormous impact on our Mainstage productions. Receive title page credit and an $104 x = $ MAINSTAGE PLUS MEMBERSHIP $104 intimate view of what goes into the making of an Off-Broadway production by TACT. 1 Ticket to each Mainstage production Tax Deductible Contribution (Over 35% discount!) Your choice of 1 Salon production TACT INSIDER and FIRST FRIDAY (optional) = $ Interested in the creative process? TACT has two new programs just for you.
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