Southern Rep's 23rd Season
2009-2010 Season
Aimée Hayes, Artistic Director of Southern Rep, recently announced Southern Rep’s provocative new 2009/2010 season. Join us for an entire year of world and regional premieres produced by New Orleans’ premiere professional theatre. To learn about being part of this exhilarating season by becoming a subscriber, click here. Subscribers enjoy:
- Up to 20% off regular ticket prices
- Priority, reserved seating
- Personal customer service
- Free, no-hassle ticket exchanges
- Invitation to SRT’s yearly subscriber party
September 16 – October 11, 2009
Regional Premiere & Off-Broadway Triumph
OPUS
By Michael Hollinger, directed by Mark Routhier
In association with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Violinist turned playwright, Michael Hollinger, creates a witty and telling portrait of a high-caliber yet high-strung string quartet. OPUS explores power and glory, loyalty and madness…and what a girl’s gotta do to play with the big boys. Mark Routhier, director of this season’s sell-out hit THE SEAFARER, will helm this masterful piece.
“Sex, drugs and chamber music!“ — New York Times
“It's unarguably theater at its finest.” — TheaterMania
“A taut, smart, thoroughly entertaining drama about that most rarified of heady glories” — Newsday
“So entertaining and insightful that you'll never quite listen to a chamber music group the same way again.” — The NY Post
Family Rating: "R"
November 4 – December 6, 2009
Regional Premiere, Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize Winner
I AM MY OWN WIFE
By Doug Wright, directed by Carl Walker
Co-Production with All Kinds of Theatre
Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner for Best Play, I AM MY OWN WIFE is the hauntingly complex true tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who successfully outwitted not only the Nazis and Communists, but could also spot a priceless antique at 100 yards.
“The most exquisite offering on Broadway...” — New York Times
“[A] rich, riveting and thrilling mystery” — Newsday
“Astonishing and extraordinary” — Daily News
“Don’t even think of missing it” — The Washington Post
Family Rating: "R"
January 14 – 31, 2010
Back by Popular Demand
SOUTHERN REP NEW PLAY BACCHANAL
Featuring Gulf Coast South writers
Come gorge yourself on the new, the daring, the theatrical at SRT’s New Plays Festival. Experience the birth of new work. Revel in the voices of the South. Feast on workshops, readings and explorations featuring New Orleans’ own actors. Southern Rep presents our Southern 10-Minute Play Riot. The winner will be our curtain-raiser for THE PIANO TEACHER, the final show in our 2009/10 Season.
“[Southern Rep became]…a major regional theater, and a place where new plays [are] the mainstay." — Associated Press
“The theater is the adventurous Southern Rep, which specializes in new plays” — The Times-Picayune
Family Rating: "R"
February 24 – March 7, 2010
Regional Premiere
AMERIVILLE
By Universes, directed by Chay Yew
Co-Presentation with JuneBug Productions, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, and Tulane University
SRT and our presenting partners bring you the amazing theatre collaborative, Universes performing in their newest work, AMERIVILLE. This young group fuses poetry, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues and smoldering Spanish melodies, creating an unforgettable theatre experience. AMERIVILLE takes on what it means to be an American – with heart, impassioned dance and incandescent harmonies.
“Their energy and realness is unmatchable." — The Village Voice
“A headlong explosion of poetry, percussion, and multi-culti musical exploration that absolutely demands to be seen.” — The Boston Globe
"…Exuberant, insightful…a work of heart and soul" — New York Times
“Spilling over with humor, passion, insight and political awareness — Anchorage Daily News
Family Rating: "PG"
March 24 – April 18, 2010
World Premiere Comedy
WITH A BANG
By Peter McElligott, directed by Aimée Hayes
Co-Production with The NOLA Project
WITH A BANG is a ridiculously absurd, terrifyingly comedic tale penned by NOLA Project member, Peter McElligott. Our young heroine, Margaret, finds out that her father has died…again. When she’s confronted by one very awkward messenger who vehemently denies being an angel, Margaret realizes she must take on her father’s mission – to save the world. This brand-new piece is sure to be an exhilarating ride, as it features members of the much ballyhooed NOLA Project.
“[Southern Rep] continues to provide top-notch productions of contemporary plays that challenge and entertain.” — Gambit Weekly
On The NOLA Project: “brash,” “daring” and “a youthful, live-wire theater company” — The Times-Picayune
Family Rating: "R"
May 6 – 23, 2010
Regional Premiere & Tony Winner on Le Petit Theatre’s Stage
GREY GARDENS
Book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie, directed by Aimée Hayes
Co-Production with Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré
It’s a scandalously entertaining musical! A witty and gorgeous “riches to rags” epic, GREY GARDENS is about Jackie O’s most infamous relations, Big Edie and her “fashion-forward” daughter, Little Edie. A Tony Award-winning musical, a land-mark documentary, and now a film, it’s a survivors’ story of two giddily eccentric women who started as American aristocrats and ended up secluded in their decaying genteel mansion.
“#1 Show of the Year!” — Time Magazine
“An experience no passionate theatergoer should miss.” — The New York Times
“A darkly thrilling, quirky, and heartbreaking musical.” — New York 1 News
“Here’s living, breathing proof that the serious Broadway musical isn’t dead!” — The Observer, U.K.
Family Rating: "PG"
GREY GARDENS will be performed at Le Petit Theatre
May 19 – June 13, 2010
Regional Premiere & Off-Broadway Hit / World Premiere
THE PIANO TEACHER
By Julia Cho, directed by Mark Routhier
Paired with the World Premiere of the
10-MINUTE PLAY RIOT WINNER
When the sweet, cookie loving Mrs. K, the epitome of the caring grandmotherly piano teacher, reaches out to her old students, she unleashes a creepily dark mystery she can’t quite keep in her piano bench. Featuring a stunning tour de force role for Mrs. K, it will keep you guessing until the very end. Paired with this quiet wonder, SRT continues its tradition of championing new work by showcasing the winner of our Southern 10-Minute Play Competition.
"A shattering new play. — Associated Press
“An effective chiller! Julia Cho has constructed her play with a keen sense of suspense." — New York Times
“…Can’t fail to grip you.” —Village Voice
“A riveting night at the theatre… spellbinding” — The NY Sun
Family Rating: "PG"
Regular Tickets go on Sale August 15th.
