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2008-2009 Mainstage Season
Celebrating Quirk’s 50th Birthday!

Romeo & Juliet

(Classic tale of tragedy and love)

By William Shakespeare

Directed by guest artist David Blixt

Oct. 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 7p.m.

and Oct. 12 at 3p.m., 2008

School matinees: Oct. 14 & 15 at 10a.m.

Quirk Theatre

Blackwater Ballad

(Staged reading of a new musical,

set in New Orleans in the 1930’s)

Book/lyrics by Joseph Zettelmaier, music by Brian Lillie

Nov. 7 & 8 at 7p.m., 2008

Sponberg Theatre – SHOWCASE, tickets $5

The Snow Queen

(Based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen)

Directed by Wallace Bridges

Nov. 21 at 7p.m., Nov. 22, 23, 30 at 3p.m., Dec. 5 at 7p.m. and Dec. 6 at 3p.m., 2008

School matinees: Dec. 3 & 4 at 10a.m.

Quirk Theatre

Walking the Dog

(DTFY touring show public performances,

for audiences ages 8 and up)

By C.S. Tanner

Directed by Christine Tanner

Jan. 30 at 7p.m., Jan. 31 at 3p.m. and 7p.m.

Lab Theatre - tickets available at the door

Reefer Madness

(Musical based on the 1936 film written by Lawrence Meade, Arthur Hoerl and Paul Franklin)

Music and book by Dan Studney,

lyrics and book by Kevin Murphy

Directed by Phil Simmons

Feb. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 at 7p.m. and Feb. 8 at 3p.m., 2009

Sponberg Theatre

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

(Pulitzer-prize winner for Drama, part one of two)

By Tony Kushner

Directed by Pirooz Aghssa

Mar. 20, 21, April 2 at 7p.m., Mar. 22, 29 at 3p.m.

and Mar. 28 at 2p.m., 2009

Quirk Theatre

Angels in America: Perestroika

(Tony Award winner for Best Play, part two of two)

By Tony Kushner

Directed by Lee Stille

Mar. 26, 27, 28, Apr. 3, 4 at 7p.m.,

and Apr. 5 at 3p.m., 2009

Quirk Theatre

Into The Woods

(Fairy tale musical of happilty ever after...and beyond!)

music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,

book by James Lapine

Directed by Ken Stevens

May 29, 30, June 4, 5, 6 at 7p.m.

and May 31 at 3p.m., 2009

Sponberg Theatre

 

 

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