Friday, August 6, 2010

Women Playwrights in 2010-11 SCR Season

I'm genuinely excited for the 2010-11 season of plays at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa (my workplace), especially for the production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" planned for winter of 2011. But I'm also very much looking forward to the offerings by women playwrights. Here's what the theatre has planned:



IN THE NEXT ROOM or THE VIBRATOR PLAY by Sarah Ruhl
September 26 - October 17, 2010

Broadway's latest mega-hit is set in the Victorian era, just before its corseted women shed their inhibitions. A new electric invention has been introduced to the medical world. Dr. Givings, one of its early champions, marvels at the effect it has on patients suffering from "female hysteria," while in the adjoining room, his own wife yearns for another kind of intimacy. This funny, tender and illuminating play has generated excitement from East Coast to West.

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BECKY SHAW by Gina Gionfriddo
October 22 - November 21, 2010

Like the Victorian upstart Becky Sharp, this modern Becky is unsure, overdressed and socially ambitious. But watch out! She's no shrinking violet, as the silkily cynical Max soon learns. From their first date, which includes an unscheduled visit to the police station, these 30-somethings, along with the newlyweds who set them up, surprise us—and themselves—in a comedy thriller The New York Times called "ferociously funny." Its mega-talented author writes smart crime drama for television ("Law and Order") and sharp-witted comedy for the stage.

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CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Annie Baker
January 9-30, 2011

Pretend to be a baseball glove. Write down your darkest secret, and lie on the floor while someone reads it out loud. Have an entire conversation using only the word "goulash." Welcome to Marty Kreisberg's acting class! In a small Vermont town, a divorced and depressed carpenter, a flirty former actress, a pouty 16-year old, and Marty's hippie husband are all a bit bored with life and looking for an outlet. But are they ready for what Marty's exercises reveal about them and their classmates? This Off-Broadway comedy triumph was extended twice by popular demand.

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