We're celebrating the decade ! All single tickets are $20.10 *
CURSE OF THE
STARVING CLASS By Sam Shepard February 5 – 27, 2010
Sam Shepard
Winner of the 1977 Obie Award
for Best New American Play
"Shepard has fashioned a play of eloquent intensity, whirlwind farce and resonantly poignant insight."
—Time Magazine.
The setting is a farmhouse somewhere in the American West, inhabited by a family who has enough to eat, but not enough more to satisfy the other hungers that bedevil them.
Vesta Rash, Richard Johnson, Sean Adams, and Lisa Haywood
A major work by one of our theatre's most respected and celebrated writers, this award-winning examination of the dislocations of contemporary America - the benighted innocents forever pursuing a diminished dream and the illusion of fulfillment that remains ever beyond their reach.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
At Whitaker Center March 13, 2010 Curtain: 8 p. m. Celebrating our 10th Anniversary of the telling of Anne’s diary with our 11th annual production of the play.
Stuart Landon and Dorea Schmidt headline Open Stage's COURT STREET CABARET taking you on a musical journey through the oddities of love and relationships featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin, John Mayor, Jason Robert Brown, Stephen Schwartz, and the Beatles. Landon and Schmidt pair up for an uplifting evening that will guarantee to have you smiling when you leave the theatre. Pre-curtain refreshments will be provided by Breads and Spreads.
All tickets are $17.00.
Seating is general admission.
Court Street Cabaret is not part of the Open Pass subscription series.
No discounts will be honored for this program.
The Open Stage lobby opens one hour prior to curtain.
Open Stage of Harrisburg, 223 Walnut St., is located on the street level of the Walnut Street Garage in downtown Harrisburg.
August Wilson’s JITNEY April 16 – May 8, 2010 Sponsored by Char Magaro, Gerald McKee, Kristin Scofieldand Jim Scheiner
August Wilson
"Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."
—N.Y. Daily News
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best New Play and the Outer Critics Circle award for Outstanding Off Broadway Play.
Set in 1970 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that is served by a makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a beautiful addition to the author's decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the twentieth century.
"Comic, soulful and immensely moving."—Time Out
Performances: April 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 May 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
Curtain: 8 p. m. Thurs., Fri., & Sat. 2 p. m. Sun.
How to Find Us All performances, except where noted, are at the Open Stage Angino Family Theatre, 223 Walnut St., located on the street level of the Walnut Street Parking Garage in downtown Harrisburg. The garage is situated on Walnut Street between Third and Second Streets.
School-Day Matinee
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK March 9, 10, 11, 12, 2010 Curtain 9:45 a. m.
E-mail education@openstagehbg.com or call 717-214-3250 for group rates and information about student matinee performances.
Audition dates - February 15 and 16 Rehearsal begins: March 1 Production dates: April 16 - May 8 * Auditions are by appointment only. Call 214-3251. * Daytime availability is required for two student performances.
The play is set in a gypsy cab station in Pittsburgh, PA in the early fall of 1977.
Characters to be cast are:
BECKER - Well-respected man who runs the jitney station. In his 60s
TURNBO - Jitney driver who is always interested in the business of others
YOUNGBLOOD - Jitney driver and Vietnam veteran. Mid-to-late 20's
FIELDING - Jitney driver and former tailor; has a dependency on alcohol
DOUB - Longtime jitney driver and Korean War veteran
SHEALY - Numbers taker who often uses jitney station as his base
BOOSTER - Becker's son; recently released from prison. In his early 40s
RENA - Youngblood's girlfriend and mother of their young son
PHILMORE - Local hotel doorman, a reoccurring jitney passenger
FLYING SOLO FESTIVAL 2010
Submission date extended to Feb. 22 Performers should submit a cover letter, video, press packet, and SASE. Submissions should be received no later than February 22, 2010. Send material to Flying Solo Festival, Open Stage of Harrisburg, 223 Walnut St., Harrisburg, PA 17101. For information, contact casting@openstagehbg.com.
