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William H. Graham, Sr. became Olney Theatre’s General Manager in 1955, and in 1994 the company was renamed the Olney Theatre Center, and expanded from a summer stock theatre to a year-round professional theatre company. A second theatre was added in 1999, the 150-seat Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, and in 2005 the 430seat New Mainstage Theatre was inaugurated with a stunning production of The Miracle Worker. In that same year, Olney Theatre Center also opened The Root Family Stage, our outdoor amphitheatre, completing our unique four theatre complex. Amy Marshall joined Olney Theatre Center in 2007 as Managing Director and has become a driving force in bringing in new and enthusiastic contributors to be a part of the Olney Theatre Center family, as well as expanding our public and corporate funding.
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am thrilled to be sharing Olney Theatre Center’s 75th Anniversary with you. We have a wonderful series of productions planned for you to enjoy in 2013.
In 1938, local businessmen Steve Cochran and C.Y. Stephens wanted to provide professional summer theatre in a beautiful Maryland country setting. Inexplicable inspiration led them to re-purpose the Olney Roller Rink, transforming it into a rustic 430-seat summer stock theatre.
“There is something you see at Olney that you rarely see at other professional theatres in the Washington, D.C area — families.” —The Gazette
Prominent stage and screen actors such as Jessica Tandy, Tallulah Bankhead, Helen Hayes and, in later years Chris Sarandon, Roy Scheider and Sir Ian McKellan all graced our Historic Stage. Although the theatre changed leadership several times over the years, it has always maintained a standard of top-notch productions in a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Olney Theatre Center’s national and internationally acclaimed touring company, The National Players, was created in 1949 by theatre educator Father Gilbert Hartke. The Players are currently embarking on their 64th annual tour with productions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Orwell’s Animal Farm.
Which makes me the new kid on the block — joining Olney Theatre Center as its Artistic Director in June of 2012. My hope is that my four decades of experience as a director and producer will lead to an exhilarating 75th Anniversary season for Olney Theatre “If you’re a serious Center — a season which theatergoer…then know includes an array of 20ththis: Better get yourself century American classics, new works, reinterpretations to the suburbs!” of classics, musical theater. . . —The Washington Post and much more. We will soon be announcing a varied program of music, film, and special 75th Anniversary events to complement our season of nine great plays and musicals. Come and be a part of an exciting theatrical journey and play your part in our story. I look forward to meeting you at the theatre in the months ahead!
Martin Platt Artistic Director
Photo at Left: 1966 Production of Man and Superman
February 7 – March 10
“The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade.”
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—Entertainment Weekly
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STEVEN SATER
DUNCAN SHEIK
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STEVE COSSON
SARAH BEERS
ROBERT WIERZEL
Music Director
Sound Design
CHRIS YOUSTRA
WILL PICKENS
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inner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with poignancy and passion you will never forget. The New York Times called the music in this show “A ravishing rock score.” (Recommended for ages 16 and up due to mature themes and language.) ®
April 4 – April 26
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The 2012 Outer Critics Circle® John Gassner Award Winner “A mischievous dance across the minefield of affirmative action in the arts.” —The Hollywood Reporter
MARTIN PLATT Scenic Design
Costume Design
RUSSELL PARKMAN
MARTHA HALLY
Lighting Design
Sound Design
JOEL MORITZ
WILL PICKENS
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D.C. area premiere!
our out-of-condition, middle-aged businessmen sent off on a team-building exercise in England’s bucolic Lake District succeed in being the first people ever to get shipwrecked on a tiny island. Bound in by fog, menaced by wildlife, and cut off from the world, this perfunctory middle-class exercise turns into a carnival of recrimination, rare birds, and sausages. What should have been a bonding process for Gordon, Angus, Roy, and Neville turns into a muddy, bloody fight for survival. Because when night sets in, strange things happen out in the wilds. And what took place on Neville’s Island that foggy November weekend none of this particular middle-management team would ever forget... (Recommended for ages 13 and up) Sponsored by Patricia Woodbury, F.T.I. Consulting.
By
JEFF TALBOTT Directed by
DAVID ELLIOTT Scenic & Costume Design
BILL CLARKE Lighting Design
TOM STURGE
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haleeha G’ntamobi’s stirring new play about an alcoholic black mother and her card-sharp son trying to get out of the projects has just been accepted into the nation’s preeminent theater festival. Trouble is, Shaleeha G’ntamobi doesn’t exist, except in the imagination of wannabe white playwright Danny, who created her as a kind of affirmativeaction nom-de-plume. Winner of the Laurents/Hatcher Award. (Recommended for ages 16 and up due to mature themes and language)
May 9 – June 9
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June 20 – July 14
CARNIVAL
HISTORIC STAGE ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄∂ THRILLER Directed by
Lighting Design
JACK GOING
DENNIS PARICHY
Scenic Design
Sound Design
JAMES WOLK
JEFF DORFMAN
T E E R T S L E ANG Costume Design
LIZ COVEY
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his hit Broadway mystery focuses on a seemingly normal couple, the Manninghams. Is the handsome Jack Manningham a caring husband — or is he discreetly trying to drive his young wife Bella into insanity under the guise of kindness? It takes an extraordinarily dedicated Scotland Yard detective, the aptly named Inspector Rough, to unravel this delightfully twisted thriller. Angel Street last thrilled audiences at Olney Theatre Center in 1950. (Recommended for ages 13 and up) Sponsored by Kathleen Quinn.
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ased on the ever-popular 1953 film Lili and featuring the hit song ‘Love Makes The World Go Round,’ Carnival tells the story of a lonely orphan girl who literally runs away to join the circus. There are magicians, trapezes, puppets, and romance in Carnival — and all wrapped in some of the most wonderful Broadway music of all time. Variety calls Carnival “a gem.” (Recommended for ages 5 and up)
Directed by
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MARTIN PLATT
KELLI BARCLAY
RUSSELL PARKMAN
Costume Design
Lighting Design
HOLLY POE DURBIN ROBERT WIERZEL MAINSTAGE “Shh, can you hear the foot-steps?”
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ROSS SCOTT
LINDSAY JONES
Sponsored by Helen Marshall.
August 3 – September 1
New York’s critically acclaimed BEDLAM THEATRE brings IN ROTATING REPERTORY
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rince Hamlet is depressed. Having been summoned home to Denmark to attend his father’s funeral, he is shocked to find his mother already remarried — to his father’s brother, Claudius. Worse still, Claudius has had himself crowned King despite the fact that Hamlet is heir to the throne. No wonder Hamlet suspects foul play. BEDLAM brings their unique performance style to Shakespeare’s greatest play — arguably the greatest play in the English language. (Recommended for ages 13 and up)
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By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by ERIC TUCKER
“RAW, VITAL, INTENSE THEATRE... not to be missed.”
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onsidered by many to be Shaw’s greatest play, Saint Joan played a major role in Shaw being awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize. Joan of Arc was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1920 — over four centuries after her death. Shaw’s great play opened just three years later!
In this stripped down, boldly theatrical, critically acclaimed new production by one of America’s most innovative theatre companies, we meet the Joan of Arc that Shaw believed in: not a saint, a witch, or a madwoman, but a French farm girl who is anything but simple — an illiterate intellectual, a true genius whose focus on the individual rocked the Church and State to their core. (Recommended for ages 13 and up)
“An UNFORGETTABLE show
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George Bernard Shaw revival I’ve ever seen, BAR NONE.” —Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
hoose one of the BEDLAM shows as part of your 8-play subscription and add the 2nd up to 50% off.
—The Providence Journal
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September 26 – October 20
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et in Modern Paris, Molière’s always-relevant classic comedy Tartuffe, about a religious hypocrite and the home he invades, gets a vibrant makeover, and a Euro-pop score. The New York Times calls Tartuffe “Molière’s hilarious raillery against religious fanatics, hypocrisy and sex.” (Recommended for ages 13 and up)
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Directed by
Lighting Design
Sponsored by Kathleen Quinn.
MARTIN PLATT
JOEL MORITZ
Scenic Design
Sound Design
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“Oh, I may be devout— but I am human all the same!”
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MOLIÈRE
RUSSELL PARKMAN JEFF DORFMAN
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FAMILY MUSICAL
A great show for the entire family during the Holiday Season.
Music by
MARY RODGERS Lyrics by
MARSHALL BARER Book by
JAY THOMPSON, DEAN FULLER, & MARSHALL BARER Directed by
MARK WALDROP Choreographed by
VINCE PESCE Music Director
CHRIS YOUSTRA Sound Design
LINDSAY JONES
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of it. As we approach our 75th anniversary in 2013, we would like to know what Olney Theatre Center means to you — the first time you experienced the power of theatre at Olney Theatre Center, your favorite performance, or the impact Olney Theatre Center has had in your everyday life. With your contribution of $250 or more, you will receive a complimentary commemorative book celebrating Olney Theatre Center’s milestone that will include your stories and experiences. Make your gift and send your story with your subscription purchase. You can also donate online at www.olneytheatre.org and submit your story to dfrank@olneytheatre.org.
MR. ROBERT DOHMEN, 2013 SPONSOR Over the past three years, Mr. Dohmen’s extraordinary generosity and commitment to Olney Theatre Center has inspired others to generously support Olney Theatre Center’s vibrant artistic life. As we celebrate the theatre’s 75th anniversary season in 2013, please join Mr. Dohmen in celebrating the high-quality programming by making a gift to Olney Theatre Center. From our costumes and props to the electricity that lights our stages, everything we do depends on faithful support of believers like you and Mr. Dohmen. Please give today!
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT: Robert Dohmen, Maggi Root, Bob and Eveline Roberts, Roberts Oxygen and Roberts Home Medical, Shelly and Tommy Mulitz, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman, Helen Marshall, The Meltzer Group, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Margaret Abell Powell Fund of William S. Abell Foundation, The Carl M. Freeman Foundation, EagleBank, and Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Gregory.
To learn more about supporting Olney Theatre Center and additional giving opportunities and benefits, please call 301.924.4485 (ext. 128) or visit www.olneytheatre.org.
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