Getting Out
by Marsha Norman
Directed by: Miranda Hall
Produced by: Erica Manta
in Walsh Blackbox Theater
October 8th at 8pm
October 9th at 8pm
October 10th at 8pm
October 11th at 7pm
October 14th at 8pm
October 15th at 8pm
October 16th at 8pm
October 17th at 8pm
Getting Out tells the story of Arlene, a woman who has just been released from the Kentucky prison system, determined to make a better life for herself.
But as she encounters characters that cling to the memory of her rebellious, more destructive youth, she finds she has to fight against her former self in order to fully claim her new identity. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marsha Norman fashions the play so that two different actors, often appearing onstage simultaneously, portray Arlene and her younger self, Arlie. As prison guards, the pimp ex-boyfriend, and Arlene’s mother wander through her apartment and her flashbacks, Arlene struggles against overwhelming odds in order to start a new life after prison.
Interesting in Working on the show? Contact Erica Manta at emm53@georgetown.edu
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The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by: Andrew Dolan
Produced by: Renn Andrews
A Co-Production with Mask and Bauble!
in the Devine Studio Theatre
January 21st at 8pm
January 22nd at 8pm
January 23 at 8pm
January 24th at 4pm
January 28th at 8pm
January 29th at 8pm
January 30th at 2pm and 8pm
Max harshly accuses his wife, Charlotte, of infidelity. Yet, after she slams the door, she speaks lovingly with a man named Henry in an eerily similar setting. Moments later, this playwright, Henry exchanges pleasantries with the very same Max from the previous scene. What is going on here? In The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard constantly challenges his audience to ask "what is real?" Should we focus on art itself or on what that art does to us? Ludwig van Beethoven or Lady Gaga? Can we view things like love, friendship, or music in an objective lens, or should we simply trust the goosebumps that a certain experience gives us? Stoppard dares the audience to engage a new theatrical reality, one that passes in and out of a play-within-the-play, a movie set, and Henry's personal life.
Interesting in Working on the show? Contact Renn Andrews at mra47@georgetown.edu
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The Pain and the Itch
by Bruce Norris
Directed by: Courtney Ulrich
Produced by: Alexandra Aki
in the Devine Studio Theatre
March 24 8 pm
March 25 8 pm
March 26 8 pm
March 27 2 pm and 8 pm
March 28 7 pm
Clay and Kelly share a perfect suburban house with two perfect daughters and have a perfect life. That is until Clay's mother, Carol, and his brother Cash, with his young Eastern European girlfriend come to have Thanksgiving dinner together. The events that unfold threaten to unsettle Clay and Kelly's lives as it becomes clear that their anti-Bush, liberal, philanthropic intentions don't reflect their selfish, empty, hypocritical actions. The elder daughter has a genital itch, there is a mysterious animal taking large bites out of the avocados, instead of a children's movie, porn keeps blasting out of the TV... the messiness of family life is sometimes too much for them to hold together and slowly the threads unravel as everything becomes a little less perfect.
Interesting in Working on the show? Contact Alex Aki at ana4@georgetown.edu
