Give the Gift of Perseverance Theatre this Season

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Give the gift of theatre this holiday season!

If you have a theatre-lover in your life we have wonderful, easy to give, and perfect last-minute gifts you can share! We now have TWO  holiday gift cards you can print out if you’re buying your gift online and would like to have a festive way to share your gift of theatre. (Click on the images below to download.)  Happy Holidays, and thank you!

 

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Dreaming Glacier Bay – A new play by Joel Bennett – Opens Oct 27

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Dreaming Glacier Bay by Joel Bennett
A True Story With Mystery at its Heart
JUNEAU, AK — What draws 1920s movie star John Barrymore to sail his ship into the wilderness of Glacier Bay? Who is the couple he keeps returning to visit, and how are their lives intertwined? Dreaming Glacier Bay is a new play based on true events by Juneau playwright Joel Bennett. — See Dreaming Glacier Bay October 24 to November 18 at Perseverance Theatre.Playwright Joel Bennett is a Juneau-based photographer and filmmaker. His still photographs have appeared in a variety of U.S. and foreign magazines and books, including Life, Vanity Fair, Audubon, Defenders, Sierra, BBC Wildlife and Radio Times. He was the recipient of the Environmentalist of the Year award for 1993 by the Alaska Conservation Foundation. In 2001, he was designated Alaska filmmaker of the year.

Michael Evan Haney directs the play. He has most recently worked with Perseverance Theatre directing and adapting A Christmas Carol. Peter DeLaurier plays the role of John Barrymore. The cast also features Alaskan actors Shelley Virginia and Mike Peterson as Muz and Joe Ibach, and Cate Ross as Dolores Barrymore.

Dreaming Glacier Bay features scenic design by Dana Moran Williams, Lighting design by Art Rotch, and costuming by Juneau designer Shelly Wright. Lucy Peckham is creating the sound design.

Tickets to Dreaming Glacier Bay are available at the Perseverance Theatre box office, the JACC, Hearthside Books, by calling 463-TIXS, and at ptalaska.org.

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The Complete Works of Shakespeare: Abridged

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The Black Box Series Presents:

The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)

Play by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield

Directed by Joseph Biagini

With Bryan Crowder, DeAndre King, Genevieve Wiley, Rochelle Smallwood, and Evgeniya Golofeeva

PAY-AS-YOU-CAN at Perseverance Theatre, Shows October 19th-22nd, 7:30pm Thur-Sat, 4pm Sunday Matinee

Synopsis: All 37 plays in 97 minutes! Madcap actors weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) was London’s longest-running comedy.

Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day

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Dear Theatre Friends,

Earlier this year, Gov. Walker signed a law recognizing the second Monday of October as Indigenous People’s Day. This was a holiday formerly recognized as Columbus Day, which Perseverance Theatre has not taken as a recognized holiday because we felt it was not respectful to the indigenous people of our land to do so. In light of the state’s formal recognition and re-dedication of the holiday, Perseverance will begin celebrating Indigenous People’s Day as a paid holiday, and will seek new steps we as theatre makers can take to celebrate and support the Native people of Alaska, especially as storytellers and generative artists, but also as employees, audience and board members, and throughout our organization.

With seasons in both Juneau and Anchorage, Perseverance stages performances on both Tlingit and Dena’ina land, and has traveled into countless others accross Alaska and when touring in the lower 48 states. And in nearly 40 years of business, we have worked with, for, and have celebrated Alaska Native and American Indian people and cultures. We’ve made mistakes as well as celebrated successes, and we are eager to take the next steps in our journey together to build an Alaskan theatre.

In the past several years, Perseverance recognized a need for the voice of Alaska Native people to have a larger role in our theatre, and that it needed to be in the leadership itself. We are committed to producing Alaska Native-written, directed, and performed art every season and making space to include these productions side by side with classics and other works. We pursue partnering with statewide Native organizations, and learning what more we can do to be allies and artistic supporters of Alaska Native cultures and people.

In the future, we hope to do even better. In addition to our Tlingit/Dena’ina Resident playwright, we have new plans already, including a group of four commissioned Native playwrights who are each working on new plays we hope to produce in future seasons, and supporting each other in an exploration of Alaska Native writing. But as a theatre company, we also recognize we have much more to learn about many things, including our home in Alaska and its stories, from people who have been here for over 10,000 years. We seek to be good stewards of this land, and its people. We celebrate the diverse cultures and people of Alaska, and hope to continue learning together with all of you, our community.

Art Rotch, Artistic Director

The PFD Sale is Here!

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Save on Subscriptions now through October 15

ANNOUNCING OUR PFD SUBSCRIPTION SALE!

The leaves are falling, the air is turning crisp, and the Perseverance Theatre statewide season has started, but there’s still time to subscribe and get the benefits of a subscription including great price, free exchanges, invitations to special events, and even become a Super Subscriber!

The PFD Sale is here! Get the best subscription prices of the season just until October 15 in both Juneau and Anchorage.

  • Super Subscribers can return to the theatre space available, free of charge!
  • Subscribers get special pricing on their tickets to Snow Child
  • Sign up here at ptalaska.org, or call: 463-TIXS in Juneau, and 263-ARTS in Anchorage.

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz Opens the Perseverance Theatre 2017-2018 Season

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JUNEAU, AK — When the costumes come off and the music fades in the staged world of pro wrestling, what do the wrestlers really want to say to their bosses? The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is a funny and quirky look at pro wrestling, geopolitics, and capitalism. — Chad Deity runs September 15 – October 7 in Juneau and November 9 -19 in Anchorage.

Mace is the ring name of Macedonio Guerra. He has to be better than all the champs in his pro-wrestling league so that he can make them look good. The Mace is brilliant, the best at his job. He’s so good that he’s paid well to lose. Even if he never gets credit for his skill, and his privileged bosses don’t care how good he is, he’s in love with what he does: taking a fall for the biggest champ, Chad Deity. But when he meets VP, his new friend whose charisma may be big enough to upend even Chad Deity, things start to get interesting. Audience members are ringside spectators to real pro-wrestling throw-downs and intimate, smart reflections from Mace as he’s revealed as the one spark of truth and honor in an industry based on mutual illusion and suspension of disbelief.

Chad Deity is directed by Shona Osterhaut who recently directed Chicago and Oklahoma. It features Perseverance Theatre actor-in-residence Enrique Bravo plays the role of Mace. Bravo played Atticus Finch in the recent Perseverance production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Visiting actor Vimel Sephus plays the role of Chad Deity, and Jacob Athyal is in the role of VP. Perseverance Theatre Director of Education Tom Robenolt plays the boss, Everett K Olson, and Juneau’s Richard Jay Carter plays “The Bad Guy.”

Scenic and lighting design by Greg Mitchell, and costuming by Paul Spadone. Rory Stitt is creating the sound design.

  • In Juneau tickets to The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity are available at the Perseverance Theatre box office, the JACC, Hearthside Books, by calling 463-TIXS, and at ptalaska.org. 
  • In Anchorage, tickets to The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity are available at Centertix, ptalaska.org and 263-ARTS.

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity includes strong language and is recommended for ages 14 and up.

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Seeking Proposals for The Black Box Series

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Perseverance Theatre presents The Black Box Series in the Phoenix Theatre

Is there a play you have always wanted to do?

Perseverance Theatre is looking for groups or individuals with play ideas to begin the Black Box Series, taking place in The Phoenix space at Perseverance Theatre.

 

The Black Box Series is a pilot project exploring ways to support theatre artists who want to create. Artists must be prepared to do a majority of the producing themselves, with coaching and mentoring coming from Perseverance’s superb staff and company.

The Phoenix theatre will be available from September 23nd to October 22nd for both rehearsal and theatre projects to be performed over two weekends.

A spring production will be considered later in the year with dates and details TBA.
Proposals due by August 22.

For more information or to submit your proposal, please contact Enrique Bravo at enrique@ptalaska.org

Perseverance Theatre’s 2017-2018 Statewide Season

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World Premieres, Classics, Comedies, and two Alaskan playwrights featured in Perseverance Theatre’s 2017-2018 season.

Perseverance Theatre has crafted a statewide season of professional theatre designed to entertain and delight Alaskan audiences and feature new and classic works, favorite and exciting new actors.The season includes two new works by Alaskan playwrights: Dreaming Glacier Bay by Joel Bennett and William, Inc. by Lucas Rowley. Seven plays will be presented in Anchorage and Juneau.

Perseverance Theatre set to begin 39th season of professional theatre by and for Alaskans.

by Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by Shona Osterhout
JUNEAU: September 15 -October 7, 2017
ANCHORAGE: November 10 – 19, 2017
The Mace is brilliant, the best at his job. He’s so good that he’s paid well to lose. Mace is the ring name of Macedonio Guerra. He has to be better than all the champs in his pro-wrestling league so that he can make them look good. Even if he never gets credit for his skill, and his privileged bosses don’t care how good he is, he’s in love with what he does: taking a fall so the biggest champ, Chad Deity, always wins. But when he meets VP, his new friend whose charisma may be big enough to upend even Chad Deity, things start to get interesting. Audience members are ringside spectators to real pro-wrestling throw-downs and intimate, smart reflections from Mace as he’s revealed as the one spark of truth and honor in an industry based on mutual illusion and suspension of disbelief. The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is a funny and quirky look at pro wrestling, geopolitics, and capitalism.

by Joel Bennett
Directed by Michael Haneyn
JUNEAU ONLY: October 27 – November 19, 2017
John Barrymore was the best known Hollywood actor of the 1930s with the largest yacht on the west coast. He could have travelled anywhere in the world, and he chose to visit an island in Southeast Alaska near Glacier Bay to spend time with a couple who had a fox farm and gold prospecting claim. What was his relationship with Muz Ibach–the woman choosing to live with her husband in the icy wilderness–and why did Barrymore return again and again to visit her? The play is a true story with a mystery at its heart.

by Arlitia Jones and Michael Haney based on the book by Charles Dickens
Directed By Tom Robenolt
ANCHORAGE ONLY: December 15 – 29, 2017
Witness Ebenezer Scrooge’s miraculous Christmas Eve transformation in Perseverance Theatre’s adaptation of Dickens’ famous book. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy businessman, with no place in his life for kindness, compassion, or charity, and destined to a lonely old age. But when four ghosts appear and warn him of a miserable afterlife, Scrooge is reminded of all the chances he had before to make different choices. Charles Dickens’ classic tale of redemption skillfully faithfully adapted by Arlitia Jones and Michael Evan Haney never ceases to please.

by Robert Harling
Directed by Carolyn Howarth
ANCHORAGE: September 29 – October 15, 2017
JUNEAU: December 1 – 31, 2017
Longtime friends in a small Southern town fill Truvy’s hair salon with laughter, gossip, and tears. Truvy’s new assistant Annelle, sociable M’Lynn, and her pretty daughter bride-to-be Shelby, as well as the hysterical bickering Ouiser and Clairee, support each other with love, laughter and beauty products. As hair is dried, dyed, and styled, women’s lives unfold and show the meaning of true friendship.

by Lucas Rowley
Directed by Randy Reinholz
JUNEAU: January 26 – February 17, 2018
ANCHORAGE: March 2 – 11, 2018
*A World Premiere*
William is an Alaska Native professional with a high-pressure job and demands at home too. To cope with his stress, he has formed a Native corporation inside his head, but the strategy backfires when his board of directors get out of control and start hijacking his real life. Though it costs him a relapse and lots of problems at home, he negotiates his politics to find the balance he needs. Getting there is both affirming and hilarious.

by Edmond Rostand. Translated and adapted by David Grimm
Directed by Eleanor Holdridge
JUNEAU: March 16 – April 14, 2018
ANCHORAGE: April 27 – May 6, 2018
*A World Premiere of this new adaptation.*
Cyrano de Bergerac–soldier, poet, and musician, is clever, charming, and disarming, but he’s ashamed of his appearance and believes he’ll never win the love of the beautiful Roxanne. To ensure her happiness, he helps his fellow soldier Christian to woo her. Panache–Cyrano’s word for living life with flair, honor, and eloquence–prevents Cyrano from ever telling Roxanne the truth about Christian and his own deep love for her, until it is too late. Panache undoubtedly killed Cyrano, but without it, he would not have found a life worth living in the first place.

by Jacqueline Goldfinger
Directed by Art Rotch
ANCHORAGE: January 12 – 21, 2018
JUNEAU: May 1 – 19, 2018
* An NNPN Rolling World Premiere *
After running out of a cloud of smoke and sirens with a large, slightly bloody bundle, a woman hides the package under the floorboards of her cabin, changes her clothes, and hides with the lights off until the sirens fade off in the distance. When the coast is clear, she sings songs with her father, packs for a long trip, and burns the cabin down to leave no evidence behind. Based in part on the myth of Electra, The Arsonists is the story of a woman who comes of age in the family arson business before an unexpected accident sends her out on her own.

Treadwell Gold: A World Premiere

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Treadwell Gold
June 22 – July 3
On the Mainstage in Juneau

In 1916, no one knew the booming town of Treadwell–home to the largest gold mine in world–was on the brink of its ultimate destruction. In one momentous year, as infrastructure crumbles, fires rage, and war looms, young engineer George Barnett arrives in the territory of Alaska with “guts and genius,” not expecting to fall in love or carry the safety of the miners and the town on his shoulders. Treadwell Gold is inspired by the book of historical nonfiction by Sheila Kelly and based on real people and events. Treadwell Gold takes us to a time when science and engineering were looked to with faith that progress was always an option and engineering could always make our lives better.
PERFORMANCES:
Pay-as-you-can preview: Thursday, June 22, 7:30 pm
Opening Night: Friday, June 23, 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 24, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 25, 4 pm
Thursday, June 29, 7:30 pm
Friday, June 30, 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 1, 7:30 pm
Sunday July 2, 4 pm
Special Closing Performance, Monday, July 3, 7:30 pm
Are you looking for the subscriber, military, student, or senior price? Add your seats to the cart, and you’ll see a drop-down with the pricing options. Please feel free to call the box office at 463-TIXS with questions. Thank you!