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Greetings!
Shattered Globe
Theatre is tremendously excited to share the lineup
for our
2006-2007 season with you! The sixteenth Shattered
Globe season
opens in September with William Inge’s COME BACK,
LITTLE SHEBA, directed by David
Cromer (Orson's Shadow, The Dazzle, Cider House
Rules). The
season continues in January with THE
PRICE by
Arthur Miller, under the direction of Todd
Schmidt,
executive producer of Door County’s Peninsula
Players. Completing the season in May will be Peter
Parnell’s (Romance Language, Scooter Thomas
Makes it
to the Top of the World) thriller HYDE IN
HOLLYWOOD, a behind-the-scenes drama set amid
the studio system of 1930’s
Hollywood.
Season
subscriptions are available now for as
low as $45 Order by June 30 to receive a FREE
guest ticket to The Price. Last
season,
sell-out crowds felt the "buzz in the
air"
(Chicago Tribune) at Shattered Globe's
"five-star
revival"
(Chicago Reader) of
The House of Blue Leaves and joined
the lovable losers of Dealer's Choice
for a production featuring "some of the finest
writing, most riveting action and ultra-sleek
direction to be found on any stage." (Chicago
Sun-Times) Shattered Globe's new season
will feature the same intimate, authentic and engaging
work you have
come to expect from us in boldly
imagined shows performed by some of Chicago's
finest theatre artists. As a Shattered Globe
subscriber, you will enjoy substantial savings on
three evenings of
oustanding theatre, as well as
a generous array of exclusive benefits. Read about
the season below and follow the subscription link to
order today!
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2006-2007 SEASON
COME BACK,
LITTLE
SHEBA
By William Inge
Directed by David Cromer
September - October 2006
LIMITED RUN – 5 weeks only
Twenty years after an unwanted pregnancy forced the
Delaneys to abandon their individual ambitions and
enter into a loveless marriage, Doc, a recovering
alcoholic, and Lola, his affection-starved wife,
have settled into a numb existence that enables them
to coexist from one day to the next. But when a
vibrant young college student named Marie rents a
room from the couple, their home is suddenly
inhabited by the ghosts of their own failings –
Doc’s professional failings, Lola's failings as a
wife and mother, and the shared failings of their
marriage.
THE PRICE
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Todd Schmidt
January - March 2007
In the attic of a Manhattan brownstone, two
long-estranged brothers meet to dispose of their
deceased parents’ property. Victor is a policeman
who sacrificed his education, and probably a career
as a scientist, to care for their ruined, invalid
father; Walter is an eminent surgeon who turned his
back on the demands of family to concentrate on
medicine and personal success. The brothers’
confrontation escalates as they negotiate the sale
of the family’s heirlooms with an elderly antiques
dealer, and ultimately they must accept the price
that they each have had to pay for their very
different lives.
HYDE IN
HOLLYWOOD
By Peter Parnell
May - July 2007
Everyone has a secret to keep in 1930’s
Hollywood—and the unrelenting gossip columnist
Hollywood Confidential is determined to expose them
all. Mr. Confidential especially has it in for
Tinseltown’s leading director and actor, Julian
Hyde. Beneath the veneer of Hyde’s celebrity status
and fairytale marriage to his leading lady Lida
Todd, he is concealing a truth that could destroy
his relationship, his reputation and his career.
Desperate to keep Confidential from going public
with his secret, Hyde draws him into an epic battle
in which film and fame become deadly
weapons.
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“It is a thrill to present this new season,” says
Artistic Director Brian Pudil, “and I am
particularly excited to be collaborating with David
Cromer and Todd Schmidt, two directors
whose work I
have always admired. Come Back, Little Sheba
is one
of the great works of the American theatre; it is a
beautiful, painful and very real story populated by
incredibly vivid characters. The Price
continues an
exploration of Arthur Miller dating back to
Shattered Globe’s award-winning 1994 production of A
View From the Bridge and its 1998 production of
All
My Sons, which earned the company a combined eight
Jeff Citations. We are also eager to test the limits
of our studio space with Hyde in Hollywood, an
expansive period piece about the dark side of
celebrity in Hollywood’s Golden Age that features
more than 30 characters and nearly a dozen
settings.”
Join us for three evenings of
intimate, engaging theatre by subscribing
today! We look forward to seeing you in our
audience in the coming year.
Yours truly,
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