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The Elephant Man
By Bernard Pomerance
September 1-18, 2005
This winner of numerous Tony Awards including best play is the true story of a man whose body is hideously deformed, but within is a remarkably sensitive and intelligent being. John Merrick is introduced to high society, becoming dependent on the success his deformity brings him. A well known actress tries to ease his sexual loneliness, but her efforts are thwarted by hypocrisy. Even those who love him can't help him and ultimately he dies from his horrible affliction.
Match
By Steven Belber
December 1 - 18, 2005 Florida Premiere
"A theatrical steeplechase that leads straight from outrageous bitchery to unadorned, heartfelt emotion" - Wall Street Journal
Mike and Lisa Davis arrive at the apartment of Tobi Powell, who lives alone in Inwood, on the northern tip of Manhattan. They are there to interview him about his life as a dancer and choreographer, but it is soon evident that their agenda is as multilayered as the life story that Tobi begins to tell them. What happens next will either ruin or inspire them - and definitely change their lives forever.
2.5 MINUTE RIDE
By Lisa Kron
January 12 - 29, 2006 Florida Premiere
2.5 Minute Ride invites audiences on a roller coaster ride through the eyes of Lisa Kron, a Jewish girl who grew up in the Midwest. What emerges is an autobiographical, captivating journey through the Kron family album, from Auschwitz to an amusement park. This award winning play is an emotional, comedic tour de force with an extraordinary family who in spite of everything -- or because of everything -- are willfully and absurdly bound together.
big, the musical
Book by John Weidman
Score by David Shire & Richard Maltby, Jr.
February 22 - March 5, 2006
The 1987 hit movie bursts onstage in this vibrant, funny and touching musical. When frustrated adolescent Josh Baskin wishes he were "big" and wakes up the next morning a 30-year-old-man, he discovers there's much more to being an adult than he's bargained for - and learns we must all grow up at our own pace, in our own time. Fresh, up-to-date, relevant and featuring one of the most irresistible leading male roles ever, big, the musical holds universal appeal for audiences of all ages.
Dealer's Choice
By Patrick Marber
March 23 - April 9, 2006
From this writer of the critically acclaimed play and movie Closer, this winner of the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the Writer's Guild Award for Best West End Play is an exceptionally well crafted play about six poker players, each with their own demons. Dealer's Choice is a profound study of not just compulsion, but how we mix emotion, desire and hope into decisions that on the surface should be purely rational. Although Dealer's Choice is a dark play, Marber skillfully mixes comedy into the drama without diminishing it.
Oleanna
By David Mamet
May 18 - June 4, 2006
A college student, Carol, drops by her professor's office in an effort to gain his help to do better in class. The two discuss the nature of understanding and judgment in society, as well as their very own natures and places in our society. It seems as if a bond has been made. When next they meet we find that a report has been filed to the tenure committee. Carol has joined a "group" and has decided that John sexually harassed her during their first meeting. Their second meeting dissects the first; every word, every nuance of the first meeting has been twisted into something else. Or has it? John's unsuccessful attempts to convince Carol to retract her accusation escalate to a more dangerous level. The third meeting climaxes violently leaving John and Carol both physically and emotionally devastated.
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