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GRADUATING DIRECTORS
a.k.a. THEATRE FORWARD present EMERGENCY
26 - 29 November 2008 | Parade Studio and Parade Space
A season of six short plays:
Space Program
And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens by Tennessee Williams | directed by Dave Harmon
Candy looks for love and marriage during Mardi Gras in New Orleans circa 1950.
In the Solitude of Cotton Fields by Bernard Marie Koltès, trans. Jeffrey Wainwright | directed by Morgan Dowsett
A dealer and a client meet up in a No Man's Land where time and space weave in and out of existence.
The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco, trans, Tina Howe | directed by Sarah Giles
The Smiths invite the Martins to tea. But the Maid and Fire Captain have other ideas.
Studio Program
Fortune and Men's Eyes by John Herbert | directed by Kate Revz
Four juveniles locked up in detention and fantasy. Shakespeare and drag make a guest appearance.
This Property is Condemned by Tennessee Williams | directed by Imara Savage
Memory is a queer thing when a girl meets a boy on the railway tracks one milky-white morning.
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel | directed by Mark Grentell
The strained and sexual relationship between a girl and her uncle; and then there’s her family.
ABOUT THE SEASON
The graduating directors' choices of short plays reveal a pre-occupation with strong writing related to the human need to make connections.
In a fragmented world that makes little sense playwrights Ionesco and Koltes desperately try to make intimate connections in The Bald Soprano and In the Solitude of Cotton Fields.
Often the past and memory come to haunt us as we try to connect in the present as in Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive and Tennessee Williams’ This Property is Condemned.
Sometimes we even need to resort to fantasy to create personal connections as in John Herbert’s Fortune and Men’s Eyes and Tennessee Williams’ And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens.
Ironically, in what may seem a tragic perspective, these plays also reveal an odd or even outrageous humour. Drag queens, clown-like characters, and wistful eccentrics populate these works.
Performance Dates
| Wednesday 26 November 2008 |
7.30pm |
| Thursday 27 November 2008 |
7.30pm |
| Friday 28 November 2008 |
7.30pm |
| Saturday 29 November 2008 |
2pm |
| Saturday 29 November 2008 |
7.30pm |
Tickets: Adults $25, Concessions $15
Tickets on Sale Now Through Ticketek | Space Progam | Studio Program*
* Some performances have already sold out. Book now to avoid disappointment.
Please note: these productions contains strong language and adult themes.
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