Seattle Repertory Theatre’s new 2009-10 season features a collaboration with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Noel Coward’s comedy “Hay Fever” and a 25th anniversary celebration of August Wilson’s beloved “Fences.”
Performances are at 7:30 Wednesday through Sunday. Unless otherwise listed, all shows are at Seattle Rep, 155 Mercer St., Seattle.
Season tickets are on sale now; single tickets go on sale in August. Call 206-443-2222, 877-900-9285 or visit www.seattlerep.org.
Here’s the new season lineup:
“Hay Fever”: By Noel Coward. Oct. 2 to 25. The show follows former stage star Judith as she, her husband, and their two children have all invited dates to their country house for the same “quiet weekend.”
“August: Osage County”: By Tracy Letts. Oct. 27 to Nov. 1. At the Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., as Seattle Rep partners with Seattle Theatre Group and Broadway Across America. The Westons are a large, extended clan that comes together at their rural Oklahoma homestead when the alcoholic patriarch disappears.
“Opus”: By Michael Hollinger. Oct. 30 to Dec. 6. Things aren’t in harmony with the Lazara string quartet. The group has been tapped to play the White House, but as they prepare for the big gig, tempers flare, relationships crumble and new ones bloom in this behind-the-curtain glimpse at professional classical musicians.
“Equivocation”: By Bill Cain. Nov. 18 to Dec. 13. King James commissions Shakespeare to write a play about a thwarted attempt to kill him. But when Will discovers the government’s version isn’t true or interesting, a choice must be made between losing artistic integrity or losing heads.
“Speech and Debate”: By Stephen Karam. Jan. 15 to Feb. 21. A ragtag bunch of misfit teens start an after-school speech and debate team to expose a possible pedophile in this hilarious and heartbreaking look at teen struggles.
“Glengarry Glen Ross”: By David Mamet. Feb. 5 to 28. In the midst of a high-stakes sales competition, a group of tough-talking Chicago agents does anything to close a deal — blackmail, bribery or even burglary.
“Fences”: By August Wilson. March 26 to April 18, 2010. Troy Maxton is a garbage collector who has long abandoned his dream of becoming a professional baseball player, then Troy’s son pushes his father to let him play football.
“An Iliad”: Created by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson from April 9 to May 16, 2010. O’Hare stars in this story that pulls tales from Homer’s sweeping fable of gods, goddesses and the Trojan War.
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