When a storm at sea casts her ashore in Illyria, Viola must fend for herself. Disguised as a man, she encounters a lovesick Duke, a puritanical steward, a Countess with an eye for appealing young men and the Countess's family, servants and houseguests, who live only for a good party and a good joke. Shakespeare's wise and lovely comedy was the first play the Festival stages; in 1995, it inaugurates our sixtieth anniversary season.
February 17 - October 29
Marjorie's late husband left her well-provided for, and her children, Ann and Tony are leading independent lives of their own. Far horizons beckon. Re-enter Ann and Tony, eager to move back home to take care of Marjorie. But it becomes apparent that they are the ones who need looking after. Jackson's witty new comedy of manners praises the ties that bind and the ingenuity it takes to escape them.
April 19 - October 28
Written in 1933 and set in the timeless landscape of legend, Blood Wedding tells of a young man and woman about to be married. The guests have been invited, the arrangements made. Then, on the day of the wedding, suppressed desire and a bitter family feud erupt, turning the celebration into tragedy. Lorca weaves surreal imagery and compelling poetry throught this folk tale to create a beautivul and terrifying masterpiece.
July 26 - October 29
Idealistic Andrew May loves the newspaper business. South african tycoon Lambert Le Roux loves money and power. He's rich enough to buy all the newspapers in England - and the people who work for them besides. Will Andrew and his fellow hournalists uphold the ethics of their profession or sell their souls for a profitable place in Le Roux's new regime? Hear all about it in a scathing modern satire that pulls no verbal punches.
February 18 - July 9
With a glacier moving in, the temperature is dropping fast in suburban New Jersey. How will the Antrobus family survive? The way we always have - by the skin of our teeth. Thornton Wilder's American classic presents the cavalcade of humanitity's history from Ice Age to the present moment in all its hilarity and heartbreak. Like his Our Town, the play is as rich and moving as the human condition it celebrates.
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