Alumnae's 2011/2012 Season: The Plays
AFTER MRS. ROCHESTER
by Polly Teale
Directed by Laura Roald
September 23 - October 7, 2011
Troubled Caribbean-born writer Jean Rhys feels a strong connection with the mad Mrs. Rochester in Charlotte Brontë's classic 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Rhys' acclaimed 1966 prequel Wide Sargasso Sea was told from the perspective of Rochester's reluctant bride. British dramatist Polly Teale interweaves Jean's demons with those of her alter ego, Bertha Mason Rochester, in a battle for sanity. More Info
SYLVIA
by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Maria Popoff
November 11 - 26, 2011
Greg befriends a perky stray dog in a park and brings her home to his wife Kate. With his career in a tailspin, Greg welcomes the distraction of dog ownership. But after a long hiatus for childrearing, Kate's career is finally taking off, and a dog is the last thing she wants. The dog, Sylvia, can talk and sometimes the 'humans' even understand her! A charming comedy that illuminates the complex relationship between dogs and their human companions. More Info
THE TROJAN WOMEN
by Euripides
adapted by Gwendolyn MacEwen
Directed by Alexandra Seay
January 20 - February 4, 2012
Previously produced at Alumnae in our 1992/93 season, The Trojan Women is this year's Countdown to 100 play. Celebrated Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen's 1978 version breathes new life into Euripides' ancient Greek classic, using modern vocabulary to explore stereotypical female roles, feminism and women's rights. More Info
THE NEW IDEAS FESTIVAL
24nd Annual Festival of New Works
March 14 - April 1, 2012
Since 1989, Alumnae Theatre Company has hosted an annual festival of new works, providing playwrights, directors, actors and technicians the opportunity to engage directly with the audience in the development of their work. Be the first to see (and give feedback on) these exciting, never-before-produced short plays. More Info
COSI
by Louis Nowra
Directed by Jane Carnwath
April 13 - 28, 2012
In 1970's Australia, as protests against the Vietnam War rage, Lewis, an enthusiastic young theatre director, works with patients in a Melbourne mental hospital. Despite the fact that none of them can speak Italian or sing, they are determined to perform Mozart's comic opera Cosi Fan Tutte. A touching and hilarious comedy that proves it helps to be crazy when chasing your dreams.
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