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Alumnae's 2011/2012 Season: The Plays

After Mrs. Rochester art AFTER MRS. ROCHESTER
by Polly Teale

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.
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Sylvia art SYLVIA
by A.R. Gurney

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.
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The Trojan Women art THE TROJAN WOMEN
by Euripides
adapted by Gwendolyn MacEwen

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.
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New Ideas art THE NEW IDEAS FESTIVAL
24rd Annual Festival of New Works

March 14 - 31, 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 art COSI
by Louis Nowra

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.

Download a printable copy: 2011/2012 Alumnae Brochure

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Alumnae Theatre 2011 - 2012 Season

THE TROJAN WOMEN: Press Release

THE TROJAN WOMEN: Production Photos

SYLVIA: Press Release

SYLVIA: Production Photos

AFTER MRS. ROCHESTER: Press Release

AFTER MRS. ROCHESTER: Production Photos

2011 - 2012 SEASON: Press Release

NEW IDEAS 2012: New Ideas 2012 Call for Submissions

2011 - 2012 SEASON: Brochure