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Still to be announced are two musicals in the 2010/2011 Season. Check back soon for an update!

Surf Report

Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre
World Premiere

Judith, faced with a demanding surfer-turned-venture capitalist boss, an underachieving husband and a wanna-be artist daughter, swims against the tide as her upwardly mobile ambitions clash with her family's needs. Annie Weisman, author of the 2001 Playhouse hit Be Aggressive, once again captures our Southern Calfiornia coastal vibe in this funny and poignant play that examines the sacrifices we make — or avoid — for our family.

By Annie Weisman

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
A Re-Imagined Classic

A Victorian Court turns upside-down — literally — when forbidden lovers escape into the forest and a jilted fiancé follows in hot pursuit. Artistic Director Christopher Ashley brings his unique, gravity-defying vision to this classic play that's for anyone who has ever felt the giddy weightlessness of true love. Featuring puppetry and an onstage orchestra performing original music as well as Mendelssohn's beloved score.

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Christopher Ashley

Notes from Underground

Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
West Coast Premiere

Dostoevsky's landmark novel is brought to the stage in a searing, honest and at times heartbreakingly funny new adaptation, hailed as a "brilliantly original and theatrical work of art" (The Boston Globe).

Adapted By Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff

From the Novel By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Directed By Robert Woodruff

Ruined

Mandell Weiss Theatre
Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

As a civil war rages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mama Nadi runs a lively brothel where soldiers can lay down their weapons. But the good-time atmosphere cannot hide the battles waged on the women who work there. Despite these atrocities, their courage, humor and hope survive in this multiple award-winning, hit Off-Broadway play.

By Lynn Nottage