Stage Brochure 13/14

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about. The funniest ghost story ever written. Novelist Charles Condomine enlists Ma-dame Arcati, one of the most delightfully eccentric characters you will ever meet, to hold a séance at his home hoping to raise some ideas for a new book. Instead, she rais-es the ghost of his former wife, Elvira, who is determined to wreak havoc (and succeeds) on Charles’ current marriage to Ruth. Re-cently revived on Broadway to hilarious ef-fect, Blithe Spirit is one of Coward’s most sparkling comedies.

Blithe Spirit is recommended for general audiences.

Playwright. Famous for his wit and flamboy-ance, Academy Award-winning Noel Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer. After his London office and flat had been destroyed in the Blitz, he wrote Blithe Spirit, sensing that British audiences would respond well to an escapist comedy. Other famous works by Coward are Present Laughter, Private Lives and Hay Fever.

a seance wreaks havoc in thesmash comedy hit of London

sPonsored by.

by noel cowarddirected by michael barakiva

and Broadway stages.

director. Michael Barakiva is a director based in New York City who previously directed The Turn of the Screw and The Clean House at Syracuse Stage. In New York, he has di-rected the premieres of Wendy Wasserstein’s Welcome To My Rash and Third, and the first workshop of The 25th Annual Putnam Coun-ty Spelling Bee.

Champagne bubbles of witty Conversation.” - AP “a sCintillating Comedy.”- BloomBerg

playwright noel coward


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about. An epic mystery that has captivated and stunned audiences around the globe. After their mother’s death, twins Janine and Simon, guided by letters the mother has left each, travel to the Middle East to untangle family roots entwined in a war ravaged past. A play of raw power and poetic resonance, the Syra-cuse Stage production will feature original music by the world renowned Kronos Quar-tet and marks the return of director Marcela Lorca (Caroline, or Change).

Scorched is recommended for mature audiences due to adult language and violent situations.

Playwright. Wajdi Mouawad is a multi-award winning Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor and director. At age six, he and his family fled from Beirut in 1975 as a result of the Lebanese Civil War. Drawing upon that experience and inspired by Greek tragedies as well as Kafka, he wrote Scorched. A film version, Incendies, was Canada’s official selection for the 2011 Academy Awards.

by wajdi mouawadtranslated by linda gaboriau

directed by marcela lorca

director. Marcela Lorca returns to Syracuse Stage after directing Caroline, or Change in 2012. As Movement Director for the Guthrie Theatre, she has choreographed more than 20 plays and coached over 100. Her credits in-clude the National Actor’s Theatre and Signa-ture Theatre in New York City, National Op-era of the Dominican Republic, and Grupo del Centro-Chilean dance company.

kronos quartet. Original music by the world-renowned Kronos Quartet will provide the soundscape for Syracuse Stage’s production of Scorched. Kronos has performed thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 50 recordings and commissioning more than 800 works. Their awards include the Avery Fisher Prize and a 2004 Grammy. Kronos’ involve-ment in Scorched is made possible with support from Arts Engage at Syracuse University.

“suspenseful and engrossing.” - The New York Times “deliCately lyriCal and unfor-gettable.”- PhilAdelPhiA weeklY

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about. The beloved family classic returns to Central New York after a seven year absence in a music-driven adaptation new to Syra-cuse audiences. “I was amazed not only at its beauty and durability, but its blazing the-atricality,” playwright Romulus Linney once noted of Dickens’ most famous Christmas story. “It is part Hamlet, in its devastating revelations by fantastic ghosts, part Every-man, in its sure progression toward spiritual salvation, and part Charlie Chaplin, in its fun and overflowing good spirits.”

A Christmas Carol is recommended for gen-eral audiences. Please note children over the age of five are welcome at Syracuse Stage per-formances.

A magical journey through past, present, andfuture inspires peace and joy for the holidays.

by charles dickensadaPted by romulus linney

directed by Peter amster

Playwright. The late Romulus Linney was the founding playwright of NYC’s Signature Theatre Company, which named a theatre in his honor. His many awards included two Obie Awards and three Drama-Logue Awards, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Founda-tions, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the National Endowment of the Arts. Film and TV actress Laura Linney is his daughter. sPonsored by.

director. Peter Amster returns to Syracuse Stage, where he directed Moby Dick, The 39 Steps, This Wonderful Life and The Fantasticks. His extensive regional theatre credits around the country include nominations for Chicago’s Jo-seph Jefferson Award for his direction of Once on This Island, The World Goes Round, and The Rothschild’s at Apple Tree Theatre, and Pride and Prejudice at Northlight Theatre.

scrooge. Steve Hendrickson is a Minneapolis based actor, teacher and voice-artist making his Syracuse Stage debut. His New York cred-its include The Misanthrope, Herself as Lust and Lorenzacchio. Regional credits include Cyrano de Bergerac, Romeo & Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Oliver Twist and Camelot.

steve hendricKson (scrooge)


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about. Richmond, April, 1865. The Civil War has ended and Caleb DeLeon, a badly wounded Confederate soldier, stumbles into the ruin of what was once his home. His family has fled the City’s destruction leav-ing two former slaves, Simon and John, to wait and watch. Together they care for the wounded Caleb, and having adopted the re-ligion of their former owners, celebrate Pass-over. A mesmerizing drama where secrets are revealed and the plot twists and turns. Since opening off-Broadway to critical ac-claim and winning the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play, The Whipping Man has become one of the most produced plays in the country.

The Whipping Man is recommended for ages 13 and up due to strong language and some violent content.

Playwright. Matthew Lopez holds new play commissions from Roundabout Theatre Com-pany, Manhattan Theatre Club and Hartford Stage. His play Somewhere started at the Public Theatre and will premiere at Denver Center Theatre in 2014. He is a staff writer on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series The Newsroom.

Two former slaves and a Confederate soldier risk losing their freedom as they untangle the web of their past.

by matthew loPezdirected by timothy bond

director. Timothy Bond is the Producing Ar-tistic Director of Syracuse Stage, where he last directed August Wilson’s Two Trains Running and Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size. With more than 25 years of experience in lead-ing regional theatres throughout the country, he has directed at numerous theatres including Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he served 11 years as Associate Artistic Director.

“haunting, striking, and powerful.” – The New York Timesa mesmerizing drama.” – NewArk sTAr-ledger

playwright matthew lopez (photo courtesy of henry dirocco)


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about. A hilarious new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunication. An American businessman arrives in a bustling Chinese province looking to score a lucrative contract, but the deal isn’t the only thing lost in translation as he tangles with a govern-ment official, a bumbling consultant, and a suspiciously sexy bureaucrat. Time magazine named Chinglish one of the best plays of 2011.

Chinglish is recommended for adult audiences due to sexual situations.

Playwright. David Henry Hwang won three Obies and the Tony Award for Best Play with popular scripts like M. Butterfly and FOB. His other credits include Aida with Elton John and Tim Rice, a revision of Rodgers & Hammer-stein’s Flower Drum Song, and the critically ac-claimed play Yellow Face, which premiered at NYC’s Public Theatre and was the first play ever to receive an adaptation for YouTube.

Sexy, fun and hilariouS. a Broadway hit By tony award-winning playwright david henry hwang.

by david henry hwangdirected by may adrales

director. May Adrales recently directed Hwang’s The Dance and the Railroad at NYC’s Signature Theatre Company followed by a run at the Wu-zhen International Theatre Festival in China. She has directed work at nationally renowned theatres including NYC’s Public Theatre, New York Theater Workshop, Williamstown Theater Festival and Long Wharf Theatre.

“sexy, fun and hilarious!” – New York mAgAziNe“a Comedy gold mine!”– New York PosT

director may adrales(photo courtesy of chad batKa)


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about. The Glass Menagerie is the play that launched Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams’ career and is among the masterworks of the American stage. Drawn from Williams’ life, this moving play explores the il-lusory nature of dreams and the fragility of hope. Abandoned by the father of her children, Aman-da is obsessed with finding a suitor for her shy and vulnerable daughter, Laura. Tom, the restless and sensitive son who narrates the story, eases his frustrations with nighttime escapes to the mov-ies. At Amanda’s urgings, Tom asks a co-worker to dinner. Can this “gentleman caller” offer any light to these bruised souls clinging to the tat-tered edges of lost dreams and faded hopes?

The Glass Menagerie is recommended for ages 13 and up.

Playwright. Tennessee Williams is widely con-sidered the greatest Southern playwright and one of the greatest playwrights in the history of American drama. His works include A Street-car Named Desire (1948 Pulitzer Prize), Sum-mer and Smoke, The Rose Tattoo, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955 Pulitzer Prize), Suddenly Last Summer, Sweet Bird of Youth and Night of the Iguana.

An aging Southern Belle dreams of a better life for her children in the hauntingly beautiful American classic.

by tennessee williamsdirected by timothy bond

history. Celebrated for tackling tough, taboo subjects, Williams’ plays have been a mainstay at Syracuse Stage. Past productions include A Streetcar Named Desire (1977, 2001), The Glass Menagerie (1979, 1999), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1982), The Rose Tattoo (1989), and Moony’s Kid Don’t Cry/Something Unspoken/I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow (1995).

a bold, new interpretation of an ameriCan ClassiC.

playwright tennessee williams

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All plays and players subject to change. happy hour in the sutton pavilion (photo courtesy of brenna merritt)

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matinees saturday, 3:00 p.m. sunday, 2:00 p.m. wednesday, 2:00 p.m. $258 $234 $174 seniors (65+) $222 $204 $174

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wednesday & thursday previews, 7:30 p.m. $174 $156 $138

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