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Company One presents…
ASSASSINS
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
7.11.08
- 8.9.08
Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre
“Mr. Sondheim's
astonishing score takes staples of American folk, pop and
ceremonial music and turns them inside out...Listening, as
sweet notes slide into dissonance, you may feel as if your
own brain has slipped off the rails.” – New York Times
Just in time for the
2008 elections— Part vaudeville extravaganza, part exposé
and wholly electrifying, this Tony-award winning musical
reveals uneasy truths about the American Dream. An
investigation into the personalities of nine individuals
who attempted to assassinate a President of the United
States.
ASSASSINS is Stephen Sondheim's ode to the underbelly
of American history.
After School
Special
By John Kuntz, Starring John Kuntz & Rick Park
7/12/08 - 8/8/08,
Late nights Fridays and Saturdays
Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre
"Deliciously
dadaesque!" - Boston Globe
"After School Special" follows the trials and
tribulations of Janet, a perky teen-ager who, in order to
save the life of her faithful dog Duke, must become wicked
popular. Along the way, she outwits the school bully,
befriends nerds, defies her sociopathic mother, discovers
her true secret identity, and figures out who is killing all
the contestants in the high school beauty pageant.
SLAMBoston
In collaboration with Another Country Productions
11/13/07, 4/1/08 & 7/22/08
Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre
“Must-See evenings of high-voltage theatrics. Don't miss
their next one.” –Larry Stark, Theater Mirror
Combining the wild
excitement of poetry slams with live theater, SLAMBoston is
a unique ten minute play festival developed and made popular
by Another Country Productions. 6-7 plays compete for a cash
prize in a night of raucous audience participation and
celebration of diversity in American theatre
THE GIBSON GIRL
By Kirsten Greenidge, Company One resident playwright
3.14.08
- 4.5.08
Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre
“An acerbic and
thought-provoking comedy” -The San Diego Union-Tribune
Following
last fall’s smash hit THE BLUEST EYE, Company One presents
THE GIBSON GIRL, a quirky new comedy from the award-winning
director-writer team of Victoria Marsh and Kirsten Greenidge. Ruth
is the mother of twin girls with notably different skin
colors. When her adolescent daughters begin to ask questions
about their past, Ruth turns to a $10 psychic for guidance.
But the supernatural reveals more than Ruth expected,
including the scandalous secret that she has kept hidden for
years. Charged with velocity and wit, THE GIBSON GIRL
continues the dialogue about color, class, and opportunity
in America.
THE BLUEST EYE
By Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
adapted by Lydia R. Diamond
10.26.07
– 11.17.07
Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre
“Altogether superb”
Chicago Sun-Times
To start the season,
Company One presents the Boston premiere of one of the
nation’s most revered writers. THE BLUEST EYE is a haunting
and tragic portrait of a black girl's coming of age in the
racially turbulent 1940s. With
rich language and bold vision, this powerful adaptation of
an American classic explores the crippling toll that a
legacy of racism has taken on a community, a family, and an
innocent girl. Directed by award-winning director
and Company One member, Summer L. Williams.
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