Schedule of Discussions

AS YOU LIKE IT By William Shakespeare
Saturday, October 9, 2010 (7:30pm)
Sunday, October 10, 2010 (2pm)
The romantic comedy par excellence. Escape with the Bard's sharp-witted, full-blooded heroine Rosalind into the lush Forest of Arden for a charming tale of love at first sight, mix-ups, mistaken identities, and comedy high and low. Learn a little about wooing and winning and why "all the world's a stage." And be assured that all wrongs will be righted and all couples united before the final curtain.
with Harold Kudler, MD

FENCES: By August Wilson
Saturday, November 13, 2010 (7:30pm)
Sunday, November 14, 2010 (2pm)
Frustration, despair, searching for dignity... to be black and male in mid-century America. Struggling against inescapable burdens of intergenerational and societal limitations, an embittered ex-Negro League ballplayer and his family take us on a profound emotional journey. We proudly present the long overdue debut of an August Wilson play on our Mainstage.
with Roni Cohen, PhD

SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT: By Donald Margulies                                                             
Saturday, December 18, 2010 (7:30pm)
Sunday, December 19, 2010 (2pm)
Come one, come all! This holiday season see amazing escapades spring to life in a family-friendly frolic by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Hear the incredible true story of an intrepid explorer whose tales of adventure left Victorian England breathless...until he fell from grace. Follow our swashbuckling storyteller, and his faithful dog Bruno, on a fantastical romp to exotic locales with extraordinary creatures. Fans of the intergalactic travels of The Little Prince won't want to miss this new journey of the imagination.        
with Peter Perault, MD

ANGELS IN AMERICA by Tony Kushner
Saturday, March 5, 2011 (7:30pm)
Sunday, March 6, 2011 (2pm)
Two plays combine in a single soaring masterpiece exploring America and the first wave of the tsunami that became the AIDS epidemic set against the backdrop of the Reagan era. Played out in New York, Utah, Heaven and nearly everyplace in between, with a parade of characters from Roy Cohn to Ethel Rosenberg, a Hassidic rabbi to a Mormon mother, and a visitation by an angelic messenger, this is a theatrical feast by one of America's most visionary playwrights.
with William Meyer, MSW

BIG RIVER: Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain
Saturday, April 23, 2011 (7:30pm)
Sunday, April 24, 2011 (2pm)
A tuneful take on Twain's literary landmark, rewarded with multiple Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Join us for our first musical in over a decade, as Huck and Jim travel down the mighty Mississippi and into the American spirit.
with John Tisdale, DMin

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING: by Joan Didion
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 (7:30pm)
TBA
Adapted by Didion from her Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Award-winning memoir of the year following the deaths of both her husband and her daughter. A heartbreaking journey of grief and mourning shared with her wry candor and insight by one of America's foremost writers.
with actress Brenda Wehle and Peter Perault, MD