OF MICE AND MEN

by John Steinbeck

SEPT 20 - OCT 7, 2001

Produced in the aftermath of the Great Depression, it remains one of the most startling examinations of the American dream of individual liberty, moving right to the heart of things. His classic story of itinerant workers on a California ranch throws brilliant light on the kinship of powerlessness...and the power of friendship.

DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES

by Georges Bernanos

NOV 1-NOV 18, 2001

The French Revolution served as a backdrop for this story of sixteen women expelled from their convent and sentenced to death as enemies of the State. Fear, faith, providence and courage are the subjects of this spiritual drama of great beauty.

M. BUTTERFLY

by David Henry Hwang

JAN 9 - JAN 27, 2002

A French diplomat and a Chinese opera singer are charged with espionage after a two-day trial that traces a story of clandestine love and mistaken sexual identity. This audacious and compelling play, winner of many awards when it appeared in 1988, is charged with passion, mystery, and sweeping theatricality.

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN

by Tennessee Williams

FEB 20 - MAR 10, 2002

Tragic, comic, suspensful...the realization of Williams' lifelong dream to reinterpret Chekhov's The Seagull. There are fireworks to be found in the encounter of two masterful playwrights, separated by a century but linked in one extraordinary evening of theatre.

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

by Nikolai Gogol

APR 3 - APR 21, 2002

The year is 1836. A backwater Russian town with big pretentions awaits the imminent arrival of a bigwig from out of town. Vanity, petty ineptitude (absent from our lives) seize the stage. The wackiest Russian farce ever!

THE TEMPEST

by William Shakespeare

MAY 22 - JUNE 2, 2002

From the opening storm to the closing plea for forgiveness, it smashes the boundaries between illusion and reality, science and art, liberation and enslavement. A whirlwind of ideas bursts through in music, extraordinary stage images and a challenging text of lasting beauty.