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THE FANTASTICKS
The world's longest-running musical, The Fantasticks tells the tale of two fathers who scheme to make their children fall in love by forbiding it. Romance blooms by the glow of the moon, but it's a different matter under the harsh light of the sun. A Drama Desk Award winner, featuring the songs Try to Remember and Soon It's Going to Rain.
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TWELFTH NIGHT
Journey to the enchanted land of Illyria, where a shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian. Each thinking the other dead, Viola disguises herself as a man and comes to the court of the lovelorn Duke Orsino. Meanwhile, Sir Toby Belch and his cohorts plot revenge on the pompous Malvolio, who has fallen for a woman above his station in life. "If music be the food of love, play on..."
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PLAY STRINDBERG
Friedrich Dürrenmatt's sly adaptation of August Strindberg's Dance of Death reimagines this drama as a comic tale of a marriage -- set in a boxing ring. (If you've been married long enough, you'll know what that means!) The New York Post called it "Curious, irreverent, black comedy" and the Wall Street Journal described Play Strindberg as "Innovative, crisp, amusing and entertaining..."
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PENSION GRILLPARZER
A diffident gypsy. A man who walks on his hands. Duna, the depressed, unicycle-riding bear. These are the circus cast-offs in the whimsical The Pension Grillparzer, the hotel at which our narrator spent a wonderful time with his family. When he returns years later to recapture the magic, he finds that time goes on, life takes its toll, and whimsy fades into bittersweet reality. Adapted from T.S. Garp's first short story in award-winning author John Irving's novel The World According to Garp, this Southern California premiere production presents these unique, surreal characters in a work of story theatre to delight audiences of all ages, appearing for the first time ever on the professional stage.
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