44 Plays for 44 Presidents

by Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, et al.
Directed by Carin Bratlie
June 29 – July 14 and November 6, 2012
Performing at Calvary Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall

White House. Oval Office. Sequined jacket.

A chronological, biographical survey of each of the 44 men who have held one of the most revered and regrettable positions of power on earth. Their miracles and misfires are celebrated by a fistful of actors while moving through comedic and tragic moments, revelations, reconstructions, and mini-musicals. Where has the presidency gone since its fall from paradise? Where will it continue on to? And how much responsibility do we-the people-hold? Originally created by the Neo-Futurists in Chicago, 44 Plays for 44 Presidents is a love song to every Mad Tom, Tricky Dick, and William Henry Harri-who. [click for more information...]

T Bone N Weasel

by Jon Klein
The Gremlin Theatre
March 3 – 18, 2012

I ain’t sure, but this might just be a parole violation.

Weasel are fresh out of jail and on the road to a new life, new choices, new luck. Until their attempt at knocking over a liquor store for easy money is thwarted… and then that luck goes south, those choices are always the wrong ones, and their lives become dependent on their unlikely partnership. Sidestepping prejudice, outrunning the law, and shaking a crab or two out of a pant leg, they hustle their way across South Carolina, looking for an honest break. [click for more information...]

Cat’s Paw

by William Mastrosimone

The Gremlin Theatre
September 10 – 25, 2011

The revolution will be edited for television.

In a bunker somewhere under Washington D.C., a bomb is being constructed. A hostage is bound. A reporter is ushered in. Martyrs will be made by force and lives will be advanced by obsession. In the great stand-off between terrorism and media, between motive and message, between sincerity and manipulation…one man has a master plan. And that man will win. [click for more information...]

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett

The Hollywood Theatre
July 8 – 23, 2011

Nothing to be done.

Vladimir and Estragon fill their days as painlessly as they can, waiting for Godot, who will explain their lives or put an end to them. A brutal man of means comes leading a weakling slave. They talk. Godot fails to arrive. Every day a child comes and puts off the big arrival until tomorrow. [click for more information...]

Dido, Queen of Carthage

by Christopher Marlowe

The Gremlin Theatre
March 5 – 20, 2011

When love destroys, cities will fall.

In his dynamic re-telling of Virgil’s The Aeneid, Marlowe spins a story of temptations featuring his sole female protagonist. Dido, the ruthless warrior princess, would lead her country to prosperity but scheming Cupid intervenes. Her resulting fanatical love for Aeneas and the anguish his betrayal conceives can only end in death and destruction. This passionate mythological tale begins with the fall of Troy and ends in epic bloodshed. [click for more information...]

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