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| LONG WHARF THEATRE 2007 - 2008 SEASON |
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PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY In this astonishing world premiere, playwright Craig Lucas (Singing Forest) takes an intimate look at the modern struggle between doing what is best and what is just. In the end, the words we say, the thoughts we don't and the prayers we send up - even for our enemies - can remind us what it means to be human. THE PRICE With a comically philosophical antiques dealer hovering in the background, estranged brothers confront each other about their feelings, the tangled memories of their family life and their respective places in the world as they divide their recently deceased father's estate. THE SANTALAND DIARIES From eccentric Santas to maniacal moms, hilarity ensues as this irreverent tale of America's fascination with all things Claus returns to Long Wharf Theatre for a second holiday turn. BLACK NATIVITY Featuring a choir uniting singers from the all over the Greater New Haven area, this joyous event tells the powerful story of the birth of Jesus through rousing Gospel music and the inspiring poetry of celebrated African-American writer Langston Hughes. LET ME DOWN EASY Known to Long Wharf Theatre audiences as the creator of Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, Anna Deavere Smith's newest one-woman show explores the resiliency and vulnerability of the human body. Channeling the dramatically different corporeal experiences of her many interview subjects, from survivors of the Rwandan genocide to the head coach of the National Champion University of Texas football team, Smith captures a kind of grace on stage, a grace that will tell us about the resourcefulness of the human spirit. SHIPWRECKED! In Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies' new play, an old man named Louis De Rougemont finds that stardom is a fleeting thing. Gaining notoriety at the turn of the century for his fantastic tale of being shipwrecked, living on a remote island with his beautiful islander wife and learning to ride sea turtles, De Rougemont recalls his adventures wistfully even while his audience becomes increasingly more skeptical. This whimsical fantasy challenges audiences to think about the delicate dance between truth and fiction - are the quiet lives we lead enough to make a mark on the world? How far do we go to be remembered and loved? THE BLUEST EYE One of acclaimed novelist Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable novels, The Bluest Eye tells the haunting and tragic story of Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl coming of age in the racially turbulent 1940s. Ridiculed by peers and family, Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. CAROUSEL One of America's most beloved musical masterpieces will soar to new heights at Long Wharf Theatre, led by the award-winning team of Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Music Director Doug Peck, the duo who brought last season's successful re-imagining of Man of La Mancha. Set in a small New England town in the late 1800s, the story of impulsive, brash carnival barker Billy Bigelow and his bride, mill worker Julie Jordan, spans heaven and earth in its exploration of love, human frailty, and redemption. ALL DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE |
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