Use of Sensitive Language in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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Dramaturg Julie Coppens addresses the use of the “n-word” in the stage adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
The “n-word” appears dozens of times in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and so it is spoken by many of the play’s characters here— even children. This usage accurately reflects the play’s American setting during the 1930s, dramatizing divisions of race and class.
 
Originally a variant spelling and pronunciation of “Negro,” the “n-word” was in common use on both sides of the Atlantic for many years. Blacks and abolitionists began to object to the term as a racial slur by the early 19th century, and by the mid-20th, it was considered deeply offensive; this is one reason (along with other profanities and the rape trial) Harper Lee’s book has been banned by many schools and communities around the country. More recently, casual use of variants among younger African Americans has become a pop-culture norm, but not to everyone’s comfort.
 
We address the N word more fully in our Play Guide for educators and students, and we welcome audiences to explore their own reactions to all the play’s language with one another and in post-performance talks with the cast.
 
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD runs through April 15 in Juneau, and it runs April 27-May 7 in Anchorage.
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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 set to begin 39th season of professional theatre by and for Alaskans

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.

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
by Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by Shona Osterhout
JUNEAU: September 15 – October 7, 2017
ANCHORAGE: November 10 – 19, 2017
Mace is the ring name of a Puerto Rican “jobber” paid to lose to the champion of his pro-wrestling league. Mace wants a break from losing, so he introduces his bosses to a friend he met playing basketball in Brooklyn. A botched job means a win for the new guy and embarrassment for the champ. Efforts to repair the damage get more and more complicated, leading Mace to look for just one true moment in his athletic career. Chad Deity is a funny and quirky look at the world of pro wrestling.

Dreaming Glacier Bay
by Joel Bennett
Directed by Michael Haney
JUNEAU ONLY: October 27 – November 19, 2017
*A World Premiere*
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.

A Christmas Carol
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.

Steel Magnolias
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.

William, Inc
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 gets out of control and starts 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.

Cyrano de Bergerac
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.

The Arsonists
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.

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Prize List for the 33rd Annual Travel Raffle

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Prize List for the 33rd Annual Travel Raffle

This travel raffle is a fundraiser to benefit Perseverance Theatre. The drawing will be held Monday, May 22, 2017 at Perseverance Theatre in Douglas, Alaska. You need not be present to win. The chances of winning a prize are approximately 1:160, based on the sale of 4000 tickets.

Tickets are $10 each.  Permit No 34.

GRAND PRIZE – Two round-trip tickets from Alaska Airlines, plus $2000 in cash, and a one-night stay at the Hotel Beacon in New York. Value: $5500

2nd Prize – Bear watching for two from Alaska Charter Adventures and a Stikine River Tour from Alaska Waters in Wrangle. Value: $1062

3rd Prize – Two tickets on Level One or Level Two Helicopter Tours from NorthStar Trekking (space available) and 2 tickets to any performance in Perseverance Theatre’s 2017-2018 season. Value: $920

4th Prize – Two pairs of tickets to any performing arts events in the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council in season 44, a pair of season tickets to the Juneau Symphony, and a pair of season tickets to Perseverance Theatre’s 2017-2018 Juneau season. Value: $712

5th Prize – Misty Fjords Flightseeing Tour for 2 from Spirit of Alaska Tours and a walk-on trip for two on the inter-island ferry in Ketchikan. Value: $603

6th Prize – A one night stay for two at the Oscar Gill House and a season subscription for two to Perseverance Theatre’s 2017-2018 Anchorage season. Value: $572

7th Prize – A pair of tickets for a zipline tour from Alaska Canopy Adventure and a one night stay for two plus breakfast at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. Value: $497

8th Prize – A one night stay for two with breakfast at Alaska’s Capital Inn Bed & Breakfast in Juneau and a $75 gift certificate for Taku Smokeries. Value $464

9th Prize – One night stay for two and dinner at the Prospector Hotel in Juneau and a one-day kayak rental for two people from Above and Beyond in Juneau. Value $375

10th Prize – One night stay for two at the Driftwood Hotel in Juneau and a one-week bike rental from Cycle Alaska. Value: $299

11th Prize – Columbia Glacier Cruise for two from Stan Stephens Wildlife Cruises in Valdez. Value: $250

12th Prize – Two tickets to a performance at Portland Center Stage in Portland, Oregon and two tickets to any performance at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau or Anchorage. Value: $245

13th Prize – One night stay for two at the Oscar Gill House in Anchorage and a $50 gift certificate to the Moose’s Tooth or Bear’s Tooth. Value: $190

14th Prize – A one hour theatre rental at the Gold Town Nickelodeon with popcorn in Juneau, two free yoga classes with Rainforest Yoga, and picnic supplies from Nugget Alaskan Outfitters. Value: $190

15st Prize – One night stay for two at the Historic Skagway Inn. Value: $189

16th Prize – One night stay for two at the Alaska Guardhouse in Haines and a $15 gift certificate to the Haines Brewing Company. Value: $170

17th Prize – Two tickets to any performance in Perseverance Theatre’s 2016-2017 season in Juneau and two free yoga classes from Rainforest Yoga. Value: $112

18th Prize – Two tickets to any show in the Juneau season at Perseverance Theatre for the 2017-2018 season and a $30 gift certificate for Brown Boots Costume Company in Juneau. Value: $112

19th Prize – $50 gift certificate to the Island Pub and a $50 gift certificate to Louie’s Douglas Inn in Douglas. Value: $100

20th Prize – Two tickets to a regular feature film, plus popcorn and soda from the Goldtown Nickelodeon in Juneau and a Heritage Coffee gift basket. Value: $96

Thank you to the generous businesses that donated prizes! You can still help by volunteering to sell raffle tickets. For every book you sell, your name will be entered in a special drawing to win 2017-2018 season tickets to Perseverance Theatre. For more information visit ptalaska.org, or call the theatre at 907-364-2421 x228. You may also email Development Associate Frank Henry Kaash Katasse, frank@ptalaska.org.

2017-2018 Technical Direction Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Technical Direction Intern

Department: Production
Reports to: Technical Director
Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Technical Director, this position will learn from and participate in all mainstage builds, load-ins, transfers and load-outs of the Mainstage season and special projects.

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in coverage of load-ins, technical rehearsals, load-outs, run-outs, special projects, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Serve as a shop carpenter alongside the TD and ATD in fabricating scenic elements for each production.
  • Practice safe work practices in line with PT policy.
  • Complete individual projects as assigned in a timely manner.
  • Act as run crew/props crew/etc on 3 production over the season.
  • Oversee a load-in or entire projected as proven capable.
  • Lead and/or assist departments as needed and capable.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Able to read and understand technical drawings.
  • Carpentry skills and ability required. Welding, rigging and scenic artist skills are a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Standing, walking, bending, frequent use of hands, stooping and heavy lifting (at least 50 pounds overhead) as needed.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

2017-2018 Stage Management Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Stage Management Intern

Department: Production
Reports to: Director of Production
Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Director of Production and contracted professional Stage Managers, this position will assist in the smooth operations of performances in the Assistant Stage Management role with the opportunity to take on larger projects as proven capable.

Work Schedule

  • During rehearsals: Tuesday-Sunday 2:00pm-11:30pm
  • During runs/between shows: Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in coverage of performances, load-ins, technical rehearsals, load-outs, run-outs, special projects, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in creation and maintenance of Stage Management paperwork including but not limited to: Run Sheets, Tracking Sheets, Contact Sheets, Call Sheets, etc.
  • Support and work with Stage Managers on productions as assigned.
  • Tracking and running properties, scenic elements, costumes, etc. as needed for the successful excecution of a production.
  • Lead and direct crews from 1 to 10 individuals in the completion of the above duties.
  • Assist in production department calls as needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Ability to multi-task both large and small scale projects simultaneously.
  • Clear, concise and empathetic communication skills.
  • Attentive to the needs of others in supporting artists in working at their highest level.
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft and Mac environments.
  • Able to read and understand technical drawings.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Standing, walking, running, bending, frequent use of hands, stooping and lifting (at least 20 pounds overhead) as needed.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

2017-2018 Production Management Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Production Management Intern

Department: Production
Reports to: Director of Production
Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Director of Production, this position will assist in the management, tracking and facilitating of all production operations across PT’s two city producing season.

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in coverage of load-ins, technical rehearsals, load-outs, run-outs, special projects, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in creation and maintenance of organizational calendar, production calendars and departmental calendars.
  • Track and reconcile budgets and expenses for productions.
  • Schedule and assist in the running of regular Production Meetings.
  • Maintain inventories of tools, equipment and fixtures.
  • Track consumables and coordinate orders across productions.
  • Assist in contract creation, distribution and execution.
  • Lead and/or assist departments as needed and capable.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience.
  • Diverse breadth of knowledge of production departments.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Ability to multi-task both large and small scale projects simultaneously.
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft and Mac environments.
  • Able to read and understand technical drawings.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Standing, walking, bending, frequent use of hands, stooping and lifting (at least 20 pounds overhead) as needed.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

2017-2018 Arts Administration Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Arts Administration Intern

Department: Admin

Reports to: Director of Operations and Development Director

Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Director of Operations or the Development Director, based on area of interest, this position will assist in development and company management related activities. Intern with work in both departments but area of focus will depend on interest of applicant.

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in coverage of special events, fundraisers, artist liaison needs, and other office coverage.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in finding, booking and communicating artist travel and housing;
  • Assist in tracking of budgets and expenses for artist travel, housing and transportation;
  • Assist in upkeep of company vehicles;
  • Assist in creation and distribution of correspondence to donors;
  • Assist in planning and implementation of donor events;
  • Assist in coordinating board and artists participation in fundraising activities;
  • Assist in fundraising activities related to fundraisers, raffle, and/or annual campaign;
  • Assist in grants research and preparation;
  • Assist in entering and maintaining donor, artist and patron information in our CRM database;
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience;
  • Meticulous attention to detail;
  • Ability to multi-task both large and small scale projects simultaneously;
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills;
  • Strong interpersonal and/or customer service skills;
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft and Mac environments;
  • Driver’s license preferred, but no mandatory.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Long hours of desk work, driving, walking, standing;
  • Ability to focus in a small and noisy office environment.

2017-2018 Artistic Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Artistic Intern

Department: Artistic

Reports to: Artistic Director and Artistic Associate

Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Artistic Director and Artistic Associate, this position will assist in the management and tracking of all jobs that take place in within the Artistic department.

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in Mainstage productions, new play development workshops, staged readings and special projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in casting and tracking all Mainstage and second stage productions as well as staged readings and special projects within the 2017-2018 season
  • Assistant Direct one Mainstage production
  • Assistance with Educational programs
  • Some duties will be determined with the Artistic Director depending on the applicants skills and interests

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience.
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to multi-task both small and large scale projects within a fast paced work environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft programs; word, excel etc.
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Perseverance Theatre 2017-2018 Season

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We are happy to offer Super-Subscriber packages now in the Perseverance lobby in Douglas, or by calling 463-TIXS.

  • Super-subscribers have the earliest chance to sign up or renew their seats, and get the best seats in the house. If you are renewing, your seats will be held until the end of our early bird campaign. Flex subscriptions (for 5 or fewer shows) will go on sale March 1.
  • Super-subscribers can return to see any show for FREE space-available.
  • Subscription forms will be available in the lobby during They Don’t Talk Back. You can subscribe in person at the theatre, by calling 463-TIXS, subscriptions will be available soon online at ptalaska.org.

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
by Kristoffer Diaz
September 15 – October 7, 2017
Mace is the ring name of a Puerto Rican “jobber” paid to lose to the champion of his pro-wrestling league. Mace wants a break from losing, so he introduces his bosses to a friend he met playing basketball in Brooklyn. A botched job means a win for the new guy and embarrassment for the champ. Efforts to repair the damage get more and more complicated, leading Mace to look for just one true moment in his athletic career. Chad Deity is a funny and quirky look at the world of pro wrestling.

Dreaming Glacier Bay
by Joel Bennett
October 27 – November 18, 2017
*A World Premiere*
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.

 

Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
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.

 

William, Inc
by Lucas Rowley
January 26 – February 17, 2018
* A World Premeire *
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.

Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand. Translated and adapted by David Grimm
March 16 – April 14, 2018
*A World Premeire 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.

The Arsonists
by Jacqueline Goldfinger
May 4 – May 19, 2018
* A World Premeire *
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.

 

Anchorage 2017-2018 Season

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We are happy to announce our 2017-2018 Season at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

Performance dates are currently subject to change.
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Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
September 29 – October 15, 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.

 

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
by Kristoffer Diaz
November 10 – 19, 2017
Mace is the ring name of a Puerto Rican “jobber” paid to lose to the champion of his pro-wrestling league. Mace wants a break from losing, so he introduces his bosses to a friend he met playing basketball in Brooklyn. A botched job means a win for the new guy and embarrassment for the champ. Efforts to repair the damage get more and more complicated, leading Mace to look for just one true moment in his athletic career. Chad Deity is a funny and quirky look at the world of pro wrestling.

 

A Christmas Carol
by Arlitia Jones and Michael Haney based on the book by Charles Dickens
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.

The Arsonists
by Jacqueline Goldfinger
January 12 – 21, 2018
* A World Premeire *
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.

William, Inc
by Lucas Rowley
March 2 – 11, 2018
* A World Premeire *
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.

Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand. Translated and adapted by David Grimm
April 27 – May 6, 2018
*A World Premeire 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.

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