Liam Vincent and Elizabeth Burritt in Body Familiar. Photo by David Allen.

ANNOUNCING OUR 2003/2004 SEASON!
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THE SEX HABITS OF AMERICAN WOMEN
World Premiere
by Julie Marie Myatt
directed by Michael Bigelow Dixon
October 7 - November 2, 2003

In 1950, as a respected psychotherapist sets out write his life’s masterwork – the “definitive” handbook on sexuality, his wife of 47 years and his “old-maid” daughter are conducting experiments of their own. Interwoven through their story are the true video confessions of a modern day woman, who reveals all to an amateur documentary filmmaker. SEX HABITS takes a hard and hilarious look at the unexpected repercussions of the sexual revolution.


TRIPTYCH
World Premiere
by Edna O’Brien
directed by Paul Whitworth
December 2, 2003 - January 4, 2004

Three women (mistress, wife, and daughter) uncover their passion for the same man and confront the ways that love can simultaneously liberate and entrap. The acclaimed author of The Country Girls Trilogy debuts her first American production since 1985.


DR. FAUSTUS
a world premiere written and directed by David Mamet
February 24-March 21, 2004


One of the seminal playwrights of our time takes on the myth of the “devil who was willing to make a deal,” and reveals in Dr. Faustus and his tempter, Magus, figures like those of his best-known works: con men and swindlers, men who stumble beneath the weight of their own arrogance and greed.


THE HOT HOUSE: Three New Plays in Rep
April/May, 2004

A nationally awaited experiment in producing new work, The Hot House will present three world premiere plays performed in rotating repertory in 8 hot weeks.

RELATIVITY
by Cassandra Medley
directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe

Power, race, and professionalism collide. Should a young, African-American genetic researcher support her renowned activist mother, who promotes a theory that blacks are genetically superior to whites?

DRIFTING ELEGANT
by Stephen Belber
directed by Amy Glazer

Nate, a journalist follows an exonerated rapist as he re-enters society, and becomes entangled in marital deceit, racial politics, and a crisis of identity. By the author of Tape (2001-02 Season).

THE 13 HALLUCINATIONS OF JULIO RIVERA
by Stephen R. Culp
directed by Jimmy Bohr
featuring music by William Whitefield

An unlikely martyr’s outrageous journey of self-discovery – featuring flying monkeys, Jesse Helms, Studio 54, and two Madonnas – based on the true story of a vicious gay-bashing murder that took place in a New York schoolyard.

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Loretta Greco, Artistic Director
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