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Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner
Adapted & Directed by Sean Graney
People, look at Woyzeck as the world made him. A broken, poor soldier.
Can medicine save him? Can work save him? Can murder save him? Love. Sex. Death. Science.
COME SEE WOYZECK DIE.
Starring Erin Barlow, Ryan Bollettino*, Ryan Bourque, Walter Briggs, Geoff Button*, Sean Patrick Fawcett, Lindsey Gavel and Zeke Sulkes
*denotes company members
Chopin Theater Upstairs
Presented as part of The Woyzeck Festival in partnership with About Face
Pirates of Penzance
Music by Arthur Sullivan, Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
New Arrangement by Kevin O’Donnell
Directed by Sean Graney
Sappy pirates, dewy-eyed damsels, bumbling bobbies and a stuffy Major General. Gilbert and Sullivan's hilarious, hopeful farce follows young Frederic, an orphan who has mistakenly been apprenticed to an ineffectual but raucous band of pirates. He disavows the pirates' way of life and falls for the beautiful Mabel. However, as Frederic was born on leap year, the Pirate King claims Frederic must remain an apprentice until his 21st birthday, when Frederic will be 8. Artistic Director Sean Graney brings his singular sense of humor to one of the most beloved operettas of all time.
Pirates is promenade style theater meaning audience members will be on their feet most if not all of the performance. Please wear comfy shoes. There will be a limited number of seats available for those who are physically restrained from participating in the promenade experience.
December 9, 2010-January 30, 2011
Thursday-Saturday: 7:30pm/Sunday: 3pm
NO PERFORMANCES: December 10; Dec. 23, 2010-January 2, 2011
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Adapted from Franz Kafka's The Trial
Written & Directed by Greg Allen
October 22nd-November 28th, 2010
Greg Allen, Founding Director of The Neo-Futurists, brings his award-winning adaptation of Kafka's The Trial to The Hypocrites. This two-act nightmare-comedy tells the famous story of how Joseph K. awakes one morning to find himself mysteriously arrested - seemingly without having done anything wrong. Caught in a sort of actor's nightmare, K. must then navigate through officers, lawyers, artists, priests, lovers, and whippers to determine his fate. Highlighting the dark humor in Kafka's parable, Allen employs masks, music, puppetry, and his trademark meta-theatrics to tell this surprisingly contemporary tale.
2009-2010
No Exit
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Recommended
Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff
Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Music by John Kander
Directed by Matt Hawkins (The House Theatre, 500 Clown)
*Jeff Recommended
Frankenstein
Adapted from Mary Shelley by Sean Graney
Directed by Sean Graney
MCA, Presented in association with the Museum of Contemporary Art
*Jeff Recommended
2008-2009
Oedipus
Adapted from Sophocles by Sean Graney
Directed by Sean Graney
Building Stage
*Jeff Recommended
The Hairy Ape
by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Sean Graney
Goodman Theatre; Presented in association with the Goodman’s Eugene O’Neill in the 21st Century: A Global Exploration
The Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill
August 30 – October 12, 2008
Steppenwolf Garage
"Our Town" Remounted
by Thornton Wilder
Directed by David Cromer Co-Directed by Rachel Walshe
September 20 – October 26, 2008
2007-2008
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Directed by David Cromer
Chopin Theatre
Miss Julie
by August Strindberg
Directed by Sean Graney
Chopin Theatre
Desire Under the Elms
by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Geoff Button
2006-2007
The Bald Soprano
by Eugene Ionesco
Directed by Sean Graney
May 13, 2007 – June 24, 2007
*Jeff Recommended
Mud
by Maria Irene Fornes
Directed by Sean Graney
February 18, 2007 – April 8, 2007
*Jeff Citation - Scenic Design (Courtney O'Neill)
*Jeff Nominated - Director (Play)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Sean Graney
December 17, 2006 – February 4, 2007
*Jeff Recommended
2006
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Citation - Actress in a Principal Role (Donna McGough)
*Jeff Nominated - Production
*Jeff Nominated - Actor in a Principal Role
*Jeff Nominated - Scenic Design (Jim Moore and Sean Graney)
*Jeff Nominated - Director
4.48 Psychosis
by Sarah Kane
Directed by Sean Graney
Angels in America, Part I - Millennium
by Tony Kushner
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Citation - Sound Design (Michael Griggs and Mikhail Fiksel)
*Jeff Nominated - Lighting Design (Jared Moore)
Angels in America, Part II - Perestroika
by Tony Kushner
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Citation - Lighting Design (Jared Moore)
*Jeff Citation - Sound Design (Michael Griggs and Mikhail Fiksel)
*Jeff Nominated - Best Production (Play)
2005
Equus
by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Citation - Production (Play)
*Jeff Citation - Director (Sean Graney),
*Jeff Citation - Actor in a Principal Role (Geoff Button)
The Christmas Carol - A Radio Broadcast
by Charles Dickens & adapted by Sean Graney
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Sean Graney
True West
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Geoff Button
*Jeff Citation - Actor in a Principal Role (Paul Noble)
*Jeff Nominated - (Brad Harbaugh)
*Jeff Nominated - Director
2004
Camille/La Traviata
by Alexander Dumas Fils and adapted by Sean Graney
Directed by Sean Graney *Jeff Nominated - Sound Design
*Jeff Nominated - Costume Design
*Jeff Nominated - New Adaptation
Leonce & Lena
by Georg Buchner adapted by Sean Graney based on an original translation by Evan Garfinkel
*Jeff Nominated - Best Director (Sean Graney)
*Jeff Citation - Best Costumes (Alison Siple)
The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide
by Sean Graney
Directed by Jimmy McDermott
2003
Machinal
by Sophie Treadwell
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Citation - Production
*Jeff Citation - Ensemble
*Jeff Citation - Director (Sean Graney)
*Jeff Citation - Actress in a Leading Role (Mechelle Moe)
*Jeff Citation - Light Design
*Jeff Citation - Sound Design
*Jeff Nominated - Original Score (Kevin O'Donnell)
Happy Days
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Recommended
*Jeff Citation - Actress in a Principal Role (Donna McGough)
Balm in Gilead
by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Sean Graney
*Jeff Nominated - Ensemble
*Jeff Nominated - Costume Design
Edward Gorey's Dispirited Diversion for Christmas
by Edward Gorey adapted by Sean Graney
2002
Blood Wedding
by Federico Garcia Lorca
Rhinoceros
by Eugene Ionesco
Leviticus 18
by God, adapted by Sean Graney
Henry 5
by William Shakespeare
2001
Lakeboat
by David Mamet
Ajax
by Sophocles, adapted by Sean Graney
*Jeff Nominated - Best Adaptation
The Curious Sofa
by Ogdred Weary
Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
2000
Curse of the Starving Class
by Sam Shepard
Jack, or the Submission & The Future is in Eggs
by Eugene Ionesco
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
The American Premiere of a new translation by Stephen Mulrine
1999
Edmond
by David Mamet
The Danube
by Maria Irene Fornes
The Firebugs
by Max Frisch
Marat/Sade
by Peter Weiss
*Winner of the After Dark Award for Best Ensemble and Best Over-All Technical Excellence.
1997 - 1998
The Bald Soprano
by Eugene Ionesco
Woyzeck
by Georg Buchner
Endgame
by Samuel Beckett
Action
by Sam Shepard
