DON JUAN GIOVANNI & FIGARO
in repertory August 31 - October 6, 2007
DONNIE DARKO
October 27 - November 18, 2007
COPENHAGEN
January 3 – February 3, 2008
NO CHILD ...
November 24 – December 23, 2007
JULIUS CAESAR
February 9 - March 16, 2008
ELECTIONS AND ERECTIONS: A Chronicle of Fear and Fun!
April 3 - May 4, 2008
CARDENIO - World Premiere!
May 10 - June 11, 2008
see also:
Sxip's Hour of Charm
weekends September 14-30, 2007
The Veiled Monologues
October 16-21, 2007
The Island of Anyplace
For kids! March 5-14, 2008 at 10:00 am
When It's Hot It's Cole!
June 26–July 20, 2008
performances at Loeb Drama Center and Zero Arrow Theatre

DON JUAN GIOVANNI & FIGARO
after Mozart, Molière, and Beaumarchais - directed by Dominique Serrand

Our friends at Theatre de la Jeune Lune have created a unique pair of productions that combine the beauty of Mozart with the brilliance of two of France’s greatest comic writers. Don Juan Giovanni joins Don Giovanni with Molière’s Don Juan to form a cross-country road trip that skewers notions of love, sex, and hypocrisy; Figaro unites Mozart’s sublime Marriage of Figaro with Beaumarchais’ revolutionary comedy of intrigue and seduction. The productions are performed in repertory on one set, with a chamber ensemble accompanying a cast of actors and opera singers that includes Stephen Epp (Harpagon in The Miser) and the principals from Carmen. An outstanding theatrical event, not to be missed!
in repertory August 31 - October 6, 2007 – Loeb Drama Center
produced in association with the Loeb Drama Center

DONNIE DARKO
based on the screenplay by Richard Kelly – adapted and directed by Marcus Stern

During the presidential election of 1988, Donnie Darko, a troubled teenager, encounters a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. Donnie returns home to discover that a jet engine has crashed through his bedroom – and so begins one of the strangest and most haunting stories ever told. A new adaptation of the 2001 cult film, Donnie Darko is a mind-bending work of science fiction with a rollercoaster plot that leaps from metaphysics to time travel. Marcus Stern, director of The Onion Cellar returns to to create this stage version of one of the most talked-about films of the past decade!
October 26 - November 16, 2007 – Zero Arrow Theatre

COPENHAGEN
by Michael Frayn – directed by Scott Zigler
In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg traveled to Copenhagen to meet his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. Old friends and colleagues, now they found themselves on opposite sides in a world war, and embroiled in a race to create the atom bomb. Why Heisenberg went to Copenhagen, and what he wanted to say to Bohr, are questions that have intrigued and divided historians and scientists ever since. Michael Frayn’s play about their historic meeting has become a classic of modern drama – a meditation on friendship and moral responsibility, by turns intellectually dazzling and deeply moving, that journeys through the realm of science and beyond. Featuring Will LeBow, Karen MacDonald, and John Kuntz.

January 3 - February 3, 2008 – Loeb Drama Center

NO CHILD ...
written & performed by Nilaja Sun

Nilaja Sun worked as a teaching artist at a high school in the Bronx, where every day the students face huge challenges in simply coming to school. She directed them in a play, and their trials and triumphs form the basis of No Child .... In a performance reminiscent of The Syringa Tree, Nilaja herself takes all the parts, transforming into the students, teachers, parents, administrators, janitors and security guards who inhabit our public schools and shape the future of America. An award-winning hit in New York, No Child ... is a virtuosic performance, joyous and heart-wrenching. In Nilaja’s words, “I created this piece to be a snapshot from the trenches, something entertaining and provocative that’ll get people talking about the state of our public schools.”
November 24 – December 23, 2007– Loeb Drama Center –
Produced in association with the Loeb Drama Center.

JULIUS CAESAR
by William Shakespeare – directed by Arthur Nauzyciel

One of the greatest theatrical studies of tyranny, revolution, and civil war, Julius Caesar is also a highly personal play – a breathless, gripping portrayal of friendships and alliances torn apart by political ambition and the intoxicating effects of power. Centered around three of Shakespeare’s most vivid characters – Caesar, Brutus, and the young Mark Antony – the play contrasts a vast historical canvas with the private fears and dreams of men whose words can change the world. This is the first production of Julius Caesar in the A.R.T.’s history, staged by the talented young French director Arthur Nauzyciel.
February 9 - March 16, 2008 – Loeb Drama Center
ELECTIONS AND ERECTIONS: A Chronicle of Fear and Fun!
written and performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys

As promised, the master satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys will return to Zero Arrow with his long-awaited Elections and Erections, postponed from the 2006-07 season. After the phenomenal success of Foreign AIDS in the A.R.T.’s 2005 South African Festival, we invite you to spend a second evening in the company of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Mrs. Evita Bezuidenhout (“the most famous white woman in South Africa”) and of course their alter ego, Pieter-Dirk Uys and his latest, most outrageous attack on political outrage, which underlines the “mock” in democracy and exposes the “con” in reconciliation.
April 3 - May 4, 2008 - Zero Arrow Theatre
produced in association with the Loeb Drama Center

CARDENIO - World Premiere!
by Stephen Greenblatt and Charles L. Mee – directed by Les Waters

When newlyweds, old friends, actors, a bitter older sister, an Italian cook, and a cross-dressed Albanian carpenter celebrate a wedding together in an Umbrian farmhouse, everything goes delightfully awry. Co-written by leading American playwright Charles Mee and renowned Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt, Cardenio is a romantic romp that has audiences roaring with laughter. A thoroughly modern comedy about love, marriage, family, and friendship filled with singing, dancing, and countless winks at the Bard, this hilarious farce is the perfect way to welcome in spring. It's the dessert of the A.R.T.’s 2007-08 season!
May 10 - June 1, 2008 – Loeb Drama Center
produced in association with the The Public Theater, New York

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