Next Theatre Company announces 31st Anniversary Season
Next Theatre Company has announced their 31st anniversary season main stage productions. The season includes one of the most talked about productions at the 2011 Humana Festival, Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison and directed by Damon Kiely, the United States premiere of The Girl in the Yellow Dress by South African playwright Craig Higginson and directed by Joanie Schultz and the Midwest premiere of After the Revolution by Amy Herzog and directed by Kimberly Senior. All main stage productions are presented at Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston.
The Next Theatre Company's 31st Anniversary Main Stage Season is:
Maple and Vine
By Jordan Harrison, directed by Damon Kiely
Midwest Premiere
October 27 - December 4, 2011
The hit of the 2011 Humana Festival, Maple and Vine introduces audiences to Katha and Ryu, a successful NYC couple who have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s re-enactors, they forgo cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. Once sucked in by this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors-and they themselves-are willing to sacrifice for happiness.
The Girl in the Yellow Dress
By Craig Higginson, directed by Joanie Schultz
United States Premiere
January 19 - February 25, 2012
South African dramatist Craig Higginson's tour de force new play pairs dark, sexually charged psychological drama with uncompromising wit. Set in contemporary Paris, this gripping new play explores the tense relationships of class, race and language between Celia, a beautiful young white English teacher and Pierre, her French-Congolese pupil.
After the Revolution
By Amy Herzog, directed by Kimberly Senior
Midwest Premiere
April 5 - May 13, 2012
The young, brilliant Emma Joseph (Stulik) proudly carries the torch of her family's Marxist tradition by devoting her life to the memory of her famously blacklisted grandfather. When history reveals a shocking truth about the man himself, the entire family is forced to confront questions of honesty and an allegiance they thought had been long resolved. After the Revolution is a bold and hilariously moving portrait of an American family, forced to reconcile a thorny and delicate legacy.
To find out information about subscribing to the season, please visit the website at www.nexttheatre.org or call the box office at 847-475-1875 x2