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Here's what's coming up in our 2010-2011 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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| Please note that you may purchase tickets online for a small service fee, or you may call our box office at any time and reserve your tickets. If our box office attandant is not on duty, you are welcome to leave your order and credit card information, and your tickets will be waitimg for you at the Will Call window. When purchasing season tickets (at a 25% savings) you may purchase either the five Mainstage plays, or the five Mainstage plays plus the two Forum plays. If you wish to subscribe, just give Ann a call at 708-246-4043, and she'll tell you all you need to know. |
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For immensely successful mystery writer Andrew Wyke, life is an elaborate game where others are merely pawns at his disposal. In discovering his wife’s affair, Wyke devises a devious plan to humiliate her lover. But even the best laid plans can go astray when a new game begins — a game where rules don’t apply and the stakes are life or death. What unfolds is a tangled web of intrigue and gamesmanship where nothing is quite as it seems.
"Ingenious skulduggery replete with skillful suspense and inventive tricks."- New York Post. |
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by Anthony Shaffer |
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Sept. 23 - October 3, 2010 |
Dinner With Friends opens as a story of one couple’s breakup and its effect on their closest friends, but it grows into a perceptive and surprising exploration of the nature of marriage and friendship itself. Forced to reexamine their lives and values, the four characters lead us on an intellectual and emotional journey. With wit, compassion and consummate skill, playwright Donald Margulies weighs the cost of breaking up - and of staying together. Dinner With Friends is entertainment as succulent as it is sobering. Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
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by Donald Margulies |
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Oct. 21 – 31, 2010 |
Entrances and exits. That's what theatre is all about, and that's the heart of Noel Coward's affectionate tribute to theatre, set in The Wings, a retirement home for actresses who are all former stars. Jealousies abound, and teacups rattle with the arrival of Lotta Bainbridge who's had a 30-year feud with resident diva May Davenport. A tragedy brings them to their senses and a new solarium brings out everyone's good nature. These ladies mix the humor of The Golden Girls with the sass of Desperate Housewives. |
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by Noel Coward |
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December 3-12, 2010 |
Join Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee and the rest on this light-hearted romp through Willy Wonka’s famous chocolate factory where even the most difficult lessons can be sweet. Along the way, you’ll enjoy songs like “Pure Imagination,” “I Want it Now,” and of course “The Candy Man.” Be sure to get your golden ticket early—our Holiday Special tends to sell out! |
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Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. |
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January 13 – 23, 2011 |
In this hilarious and powerful comedy set in 1991 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Kuzlov Theatre struggles to learn the rules of commercialism as the Soviet government topples and perestroika is the order of the day. But a fresh production of Chekov's The Three Sisters will surely turn things around. Soon they discover even this masterpiece isn't safe in a climate where the changing economy dictates a "guaranteed hit. It's The Producers meets glasnost. This witty comedy is creative and wise, with a finale that is poignant and hilarious. |
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by Nagle Jackson |
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February 3-13, 2011 |
The Drawer Boy is the story of Morgan and Angus — farmers, life-long friends and World War II veterans. Their lives are comically disrupted when Miles, a city-bred actor, comes to stay with them to research their lives for a play. As the play takes shape, secrets are lifted and long-hidden truths are revealed. Thus begins a journey filled with humor and overwhelming tenderness. Revealed are the true meaning of friendship and the transformative power of art. |
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by Michael Healey |
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April 7 – 17, 2011 |
You thought your family holidays were a soap opera? Try Christmasing with King Henry II’s court in1183 as the family celebrates Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine’s furlough from prison with insults, affairs, disinheritance and conspiracy to murder. King Henry II of England and the strong-willed Eleanor of Aquitaine battle over which of their sons will inherit the Crown. This witty drama features back stabbing, spying, double crossing and rampant infidelity. But as Eleanor says, “What family doesn’t have its ups and downs?” |
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by James Goldman |
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June 2 – 12, 2011 |
This Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman comedy chronicles the trials and tribulations of city dweller Newton Fuller who craves and gets “a little place in the country to call his own”. Newton is persuaded to buy a windowless, waterless, almost roofless farmhouse under the false assumption that George Washington once slept there. Laughter erupts when Newton has to deal with his neighbors, the invasion of weekend guests, and his wife’s reaction to his idiocy in buying his country dream house. |
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by Kaufman and Hart |
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Brendan Frye is minding his own business as a stereotypical outsider in his suburban high school when he gets a call that sends his life reeling. Combining the cliques and pressures of high school life with the drama and language of old school film noir, BRICK the Play is an intriguing take on life as an American teenager and the pressures and influences that come along with that. |
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Written by Chris White
Based on an original screenplay by Rian Johnson |
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Moose Flanagan has it pretty tough. Not only is his sister Natalie “different,” his family has moved to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a security guard and Natalie can go to a special school in San Francisco. Baseball? Not for this twelve-year-old who spends his afternoons looking after his sister and wondering about Alcatraz’s most infamous resident. This thoughtful adaptation of the Newberry Honor Book reminds us that sometimes the strength of a child is the greatest strength of all. |
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Based upon the book by Gennifer Choldenko
Adapted by David Bareford |
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Elliot is dead. No, it’s not like that. He’s dead but it’s not a sad thing. Well, at least not for him. He’s so busy looking through his telescope down at Earth and listening to the millions of wishes being made there, he starts to forget he once existed. And what exactly is existence anyway? Through Elliot’s telescope we’re taken on a one-night journey, tuning into the lives of young people across the world who are wondering exactly that. Young people who think they’re alone in the darkness but still let their voices drift to the sky on at least some faith that somehow they’re being heard. But how will they ever know for sure? |
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By Janis Craft |
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