The Theatre @ Boston Court announces its 2010 Season comprised of world premiere plays by Los Angeles playwrights Luis Alfaro and Tom Jacobson, British playwright Moby Pomerance, and New York playwright Jordan Harrison.
This season they consider themselves so fortunate as to be associated with some of the country’s most prestigious and well-respected theaters such as LA’s Circle X Theatre Company, San Francisco’s The Magic Theatre, Portland Center Stage and The National Asian American Theatre Company.
“We have the rare opportunity to present an all world- premiere season, which honors our mission that emphasizes new plays and new play development,” says co-artistic Director Michael Michetti.
“The fact that we are offering several of these plays in co-world premiere arrangements with exciting theatres around the country is a continued opportunity to cross-pollinate with theaters in other cities to share the work nationally,” agrees co-artistic Director Jessica Kubzansky.
Purchase a membership today for only $88 to be on board for what will be The Theatre @ Boston Court’s most ambitious and groundbreaking season in its history. The $88 dollar deal expires December 31, 2009. Purchase online at BostonCourt.org or by calling 626-683-6883.
Opening February 27, 2010
Oedipus El Rey
by Luis Alfaro
directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera
In this gritty reimagining of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, the modern kingdom is the barrio of East LA. Our ruler, just released from prison, is in search of a new place called home. Along the way he faces off with a wounded queen, a three-headed born-again serpent and
a king with road rage. Is our young homeboy doomed to suffer his destiny? The word on the street is not good, but great love conquers all. Oedipus El Rey is a shared world premiere with San Francisco’s Magic Theatre.
Opening May 8, 2010
The Twentieth-Century Way
by Tom Jacobson
directed by Michael Michetti
Based on a little-known incident in LA history, this theatrical thrill ride explores the collision of reality and fantasy as two actors juggle various roles to entrap homosexuals for “social vagrancy” in the public restrooms of 1914 Long Beach. But are they actually entrapping each other? Who they are and what they need is a mystery that deepens with every twist and turn.
Opening July 31, 2010
A Co-Production with Circle X Theatre Company
The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder
by Moby Pomerance
directed by John Langs
A deliciously witty exploration of the very special misery only the smartest family members can inflict upon one another. In 1880s England, James Murray pursues the Sisyphean task of creating the Oxford English Dictionary, alongside his brilliantly caustic daughter who is now responsible for Murray, his seemingly prodigal son, and a garden shed full of thousands of slips of paper bearing definitions. When does a lifework end and your own life begin?
Opening October 9, 2010
Futura
by Jordan Harrison
directed by Jessica Kubzansky
Can a font change the future? On her first day back at the University, a rogue professor sets out to avenge her missing husband - and the lost art of ink on paper - by conducting a dangerous lesson on typography. When the Professor’s lecture jumps the rails, we peer into a near future where desperate people search for the tangible in an ever more virtual age. Futura is a shared world premiere with Portland Center Stage and The National Asian American Theatre Company.
Boston Court is located at 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA 91106
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Feature image of the recent Theatre @ Boston Court production of God Save Gerturde by Ed Krieger courtesy of The Theatre @ Boston Court
