2015-16 Season Brochure

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Local. World-class. Timeless.

Local. World-class. Timeless.

That is the art of Long Wharf Theatre.

Please join us!

FRONT COVER: Margaret Colin in The Second Mrs. Wilson. PHOTO: T. Charles Erickson.

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PHOTO THIS PAGE: Kimberly Shepherd.

During Long Wharf Theatre’s 2015-16 season you’ll meet a wide array of characters who are learning to understand themselves, trying to find grace and love in a fraught world.

As a theatre grounded here, in New Haven, we believe their stories reflect the same hopes and struggles of our own community, offering us a glimpse into what it means to be alive today. We hope when you come to Long Wharf Theatre you’ll be entertained, gain insight, and experience the world from your seat.

Amir and his beautiful wife Emily enjoy their charmed life in New York—he’s poised to make partner at a white-shoe law firm while her painting is being considered for a prestigious gallery exhibit. When he’s asked to help defend an imam accused of funding terrorists, a series of shattering events upends their perfect world, forcing them to confront the compromises they made to stake out a piece of the American dream. Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize, Disgraced is a compelling and provocative tale about the consequences of denying one’s identity.

WINNER OF THE

pulitzer PRIZE

DISGRACED AYAD AKHTAR

DIRECTED BY

bY

GORDON EDELSTEIN

in association with the Huntington Theatre Company

OCT 14 - NOV 8

claire tow stage in the c.nEWTON SCHENCK III THEATRE

“A most charming new production... that’s right, I said charming.”

BEn Brantley, The New York Times

PHOTOS: JOAN MARCUS

nov 25 dec 20

claire tow stage in the c.nEWTON SCHENCK III THEATRE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE NOAH BRODY & BEN STEINFELD

bY

DIRECTED BY

New York’s Fiasco Theater sheds new light on one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies with live music and a dose of moxie. When the Duke of Vienna disguises himself as a friar among his people, he finds the city unraveling in an ethical free fall. Before he reclaims his dukedom, can he help the chaste Isabella save her brother from the condemnation of the villain Angelo? Fiasco’s creative ensemble illuminates Shakespeare’s perplexing plots to tell this singular tale of morality and manipulation.

jan 6 feb 7 STAGE II

written & Performed bY

benjamin scheuer SEAN DANIELS DIRECTED BY

Benjamin Scheuer uses his guitar—actually, six guitars—in The Lion, a wholly original musical experience of one man’s gripping coming-ofage story. The award-winning songwriter inspires and disarms with his raw wit and emotional depth as he leads you on his heartfelt journey to manhood, discovering redemption through the power of music. His surprising story is about courage. His songs are how he finds it. Much like its hero, The Lion mixes power and beauty in a one of a kind experience.

feb 17 march 13 claire tow stage in the c.nEWTON SCHENCK III THEATRE

A CO-PRODUCTION WITH HARTFORD STAGE

:

The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years

BY EMILY MANN ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK BY SARAH L. DELANY AND A. ELIZABETH DELANY with AMY HILL HEARTH DIRECTED

BY JADE KING CARROLL Centenarian sisters Sadie and Bessie Delany welcome us into their home to share an amazing story. They tell us about their eventful lives, how they fought injustices big and small, overcoming the racial strife of the 20th century with their charm, warmth, and dignity intact. They share a personal family tale of people who yearned to do the right thing, and strove towards it with every ounce of their beings. Come have dinner with the Delanys, and hear the story of our nation.

Alice and Connor sit by their roadside stand selling cheap fireworks while developers swallow the land around them. Promised a condo in the new development, their future is secure. Enter Marnie, Alice’s long lost granddaughter, proposing to buy the land to save her family legacy.

Marnie and Alice will become reacquainted with each other’s deeply held secrets, uncertain pasts, and hopeful futures. Hunter, a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship recipient, explores the emotional frontiers of a family struggling to make a home in the vastness of the American landscape with affection, poignancy, and a profound sense of empathy.

BY

a world premiere

SAMUEL D. HUNTER DIRECTED

BY ERIC TING

april 6 may 1 STAGE II

A guilt-ridden man reaches out to a therapist after seeing the ghost of his recently deceased wife.

What begins as an unusual encounter becomes a struggle to find connection, a search which will shape both men for the rest of their lives.

In a transcendent drama by the celebrated author of The Seafarer and The Weir, this humane tale of people dealing with secrets­—and how it impacts the lives around them—was described by the New York Times as “quiet, haunting, absolutely glorious … as close to perfection as contemporary playwriting gets.”

CoNOR McPHERSON directed

bY GORDON EDELSTEIN bY

may 4 - 29

claire tow stage in the c.nEWTON SCHENCK III THEATRE

2015

2016

TALKBACKS: POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING most performances (Bg): Backstage with gordon (O): Opening Night (C): conversations with the cast (S): Sunday Symposium

ALL DATES AND TITLES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

T HEATR E YOU R WAY What is most important to you: seats? flexibility? access?

seats • • • •

The best seat locations Concierge service subscriber-only email address Free ticket exchanges (save $10 per ticket) Discounts at area restaurants with the Benefits Card

SUBSCRIPTION PRICES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PAYMENT PLAN Pay in 3 easy installments.

You will be charged on the day we receive your order and the first day of the next two subsequent months.

6 PLAY 5 PLAY 4 PLAY PREVIEWS CDE $280 $240 $195 ABFG $245 $205 $160

WEEKDAYS CDE $330 $280 $230 ABFG $295 $245 $195

WEEKENDS / OPENINGS CDE $385 $325 $260 ABFG

$345 $290 $230

flexibility THE

• A ttend any performance when you exchange your passes by phone up to one hour prior to showtime • Use in any combination throughout the season • Makes a great gift • Discounts at area restaurants with the Benefits Card ANYTIME PASS: $55 per admission (minimum of 4)

PASST POR

access • • • •

A deeper experience with LWT See every play whenever you like, as often as you like Special access to extra events and readings Discounts at area restaurants with the Benefits Card PASSPORT: $25/month: admission to all 6 plays

DONATE

More than 50% of LWT’s annual operating costs are paid for by tax deductible donations from our generous patrons. Please consider making a donation to the annual fund this year.

For more information, please call the box office at 203.787.4282.

L-R FROM TOP: Michael Steinmetz and Keilly McQuail in Bad Jews; Catrina Ganey and Curtiss Cook Jr. in brownsville song (b-side for tray); John Douglas Thompson in Satchmo at the Waldorf; Athol Fugard in The Shadow of the Hummingbird; Jordan Lage in Ride the Tiger; Margaret Colin and John Glover in The Second Mrs. Wilson; Katie Rose Clarke in The Last Five Years; Jenny Leona, Myra Lucretia Taylor and Rey Lucas in Our Town; the cast of Picasso at the Lapin Agile. PHOTOS: T. Charles Erickson.

TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR

LEWISTON SHINING CITY

THE DELANY SISTERS’ FIRST 100 YEARS

MEASURE FOR MEASURE THE LION HAVING OUR SAY:

FIASCO THEATER’S PRODUCTION OF

DISGRACED

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