Seattle’s ACT Theatre will present five mainstage plays plus several bonus productions during its 2005 season.
The company, which performs in a theater complex in downtown Seattle, will offer a mix that includes comedy, classics, contemporary plays and new works.
“I think these plays will provide an extraordinary journey for Seattle audiences,” said artistic director Kurt Beattie. “In some cases, with comic brilliance, and in others, with enormous heart, they all explore the great resiliency of the human spirit.”
The season, with dates to be announced:
“Bach at Leipzig,” by Itamar Moses, is a comical farce about six organists scheming to get the most prestigious organist’s job in all of Leipzig.
“Vincent in Brixton,” by Nicholas Wright, won London’s Olivier Award for “Best New Play” in 2003. Its tender, romantic look at a very young Van Gogh, long before his brilliance is recognized, and the transforming effect of love, sex and artistic adventure.
“Born Yesterday” is Garson Kanin’s timely commentary on politics in America that focuses on the awakening of an uneducated but not-so-dumb blond.
“The Night of The Iguana,” by American master Tennessee Williams, chronicles the tortured journey of faith of a defrocked priest at a backwater resort in Mexico.
“Flight,” by Seattle playwright Charlayne Woodard, depicts a celebratory experience using African American folk tales, music, and dance.
ACT also has scheduled “The Ugly American,” created and performed by monologist Mike Daisey, as a bonus play, and will continue its Winter Thrills season with the production of a “The Woman in Black (a ghost play),” adapted from the book “The Woman in Black” by Susan Hill.
Ticket information online at www.acttheatre.org and by calling the box office, 206-292-7676.
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