Here's
our show schedule for our 2009-10 season. It's going to be a great year at TWS.
We'll have some terrific plays, as well as some exciting events,
so stay tuned. |
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When the vicar in Miss Marple's home village declares in exasperation that anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe would be doing the world a service, he does not realize his words will come back to haunt him. When the colonel takes a fatal bullet in the vicar's study, Inspector Slack arrives to find that the clues just don't add up. Only Miss Marple can do the math. Agatha Christie at her best. |
by Agatha Christie
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In this beautiful adaptation of the 19th century novel, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are sisters with opposite leanings. Whereas Elinor is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic—a characteristic that gives plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. We learn how a truly happy relationship is possible only when sense and sensibility exist in the proper measure. |
adapted by Ashley J. Bernard
from the novel by Jane Austen
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When the carefree and careless Peter Pan flies into the nursery of the Darling home, Wendy follows her instincts for maternity and adventure, bringing her little brothers along to the magical Neverland to take care of the motherless Lost Boys. Soon the Darling children are swept into Peter's deadly battle with Captain Hook and his mostly-fearsome pirate crew. With so much excitement, why ever go home again...? |
adapted by Doug Rand
from the novel by J.M. Barrie |
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Oscar Wilde’s delicious blend of paradox and parody propel this romantic thriller. Chronicling a series of misunderstandings and deceptions in the high society world of Victorian London, this is a biting satire on the morals of the upper class. Lady Windermere discovers that her apparently blissful marriage is threatened by her belief that her husband is philandering with a woman of dubious repute. All is not what it seems in the complex and intricately interwoven plot of wry twists. |
by Oscar Wilde |
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TWS is the first theatre to be granted the production rights to this play after its premiere to rave reviews at Chicago Dramatists. In an industry mired with shady characters and hustlers, Howard Austin treats every customer at Lindy Motors like they’re special—not at all the stereotypical used car salesman. Howard has built his career on ethics, but soon his ethics are challenged when he must choose between his principles and his job. "Cadillac will become one of those plays many performers will love to drive for years to come." — Hedy Weiss |
by Bill Jepsen |
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Even the best of friends can make the worst of roommates. No, not Oscar and Felix, but Olive and Florence. In this top-drawer comedy totally rewritten for a female cast by the comedy maestro himself, worlds collide as obsessive-compulsive Florence Unger decides to move into the home of divorcee Olive Madison, currently enjoying her slovenly life as a single female. The story explodes in this laugh-out-loud comedy that takes a look at life from a different point of view. |
by Neil Simon
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In the Forum
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In this soul-stirring drama by Lanford Wilson (Book of Days), we visit a reunion of old college friends, former activists who agitated for what they hoped would be a better world. We laugh and grieve with a lost generation of young adults trying to piece together the confetti of their lives after the celebration has passed. Their talk is sharp and funny and deeply revealing of lost hopes and dreams and of the bitterness which must be resolved if one is to make peace with life. |
by Lanford Wilson
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In this Pulitzer-Prize winning drama, a middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice Hunsdorfer is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. The title of the play is also the subject of Beatrice’s daughter Matilda's science project at school and serves as a metaphor for the way life affects each of us differently — how some are able to find opportunity in adversity and thrive and how some succumb when the burden becomes too heavy. |
by Paul Zindel
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