2014-2015 Productions
Featuring Proof, House of Bernanda Alba, FML, and Spring Awakening
Proof
Written by David Auburn
Directed by Jonathan Wilson
Sept 26 - Oct 5, 2014
Newhart Family Theatre
In this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, Catherine is the twenty-something daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician and University of Chicago professor. The discovery of a mysterious notebook leaves Catherine questioning: How much of her father’s madness — or genius — will she inherit?
House of Bernarda Alba
Written by Ferderico Garcia Lorca
Directed by Ann Shanahan
NOV 14 - 23, 2014
Newhart Family Theatre
Upon the death of her second husband, matriarch Berdarda Alba places her Spanish household into an eight-year period of mourning. As her five daughters struggle with this repressive, conservative environment, jealousies are exposed, dreams are thwarted, and desires threaten to destroy the family.
FML: How Carson McCullers Saved my Life
Written by Sarah Gubbins
Directed by Sarah Gabel
Feb 20 - Mar 1, 2015
Newhart Family Theatre
Jo’s junior year looks bleak as she becomes a target for homophobic cyber-bullying, but when her teacher assigns Carson McCuller’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter she just might find a way to survive and experience the transformative power of literature first hand.
Spring Awakening
Music by Duncan Sheik
Lyrics and Book by Steven Sater
Directed by Mark E. Lococo
April 10 - 19, 2015
Newhart Family Theatre
Ten students struggle to become adults, ill-equipped by their parents and teachers in this adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s controversial 1891 play about teenage sexuality and society’s efforts to control it. This edgy musical rocks with a sense of timelessness, urgency and vitality.
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