The Evolution Is Here!
ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE FINAL 2006-07 SEASON WITH DATES ANNOUNCED
SARASOTA, FL (August 1, 2006) – The newly re-branded Asolo Repertory Theatre, finalized the dates for its exciting and much-anticipated schedule of shows for the 2006-2007 Asolo Rep season.
This season holds special interest and excitement as Asolo Rep’s new Producing Director Michael Edwards kicks off his first full season with the celebrated professional acting company.
The Asolo Rep’s 2006-2007 line-up includes a blockbuster opening show, world premieres and musical theatre productions. An additional play will be presented in the Jane B. Cook Theatre later in the season and one in the newly refurbished RinglingMuseum’s Historic Asolo Theater. The FSU/Asolo Conservatory season, which features second-year students, will consist of a series of plays in the Jane B.Cook Theatre and opening the season in the Historic Asolo Theatre at the RinglingMuseum.
2006-2007 Season
Asolo Repertory Theatre Productions in The Harold E. & Esther M. Mertz Theatre
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
A Thrilling, Wickedly Funny!
November 10 – March 7
Set amidst the opulence and splendor of 18th century Vienna, raw ambition is pitted against heavenly genius. The most successful composer
in the city of music, Salieri must face demotion by the entry of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Unable to accept the limitations
of his own talent and feeling abandoned, Salieri embarks on a desperate crusade.
Men of Tortuga by Jason Wells
Smart, Sharp and on Target - World Premiere Play
November 17 – March 8
Conspiracy is the name of the game in this shrewdly tailored world premiere about three businessmen who scheme with a weapons
specialist to eliminate a member of the "opposition." But the question is how best to do the deed? And more importantly, do the ends justify the means?
The Plexiglass Slipper
Music by Scott Warrender; Book and Lyrics by Jim Luigs
Cinderella with a Twist
November 25 – January 4
A great big holiday treat for the entire family! Cinderella's story takes on a comedic twist in a fresh adaptation of a classic fable of love,
family and poetic justice. Filled with hip humor and catchy songs, this new musical will have children and grown ups laughing and tapping their feet.
Nobody Don’t Like Yogi by Thomas Lysaght
Performed in the Historic Asolo Theater at the RinglingMuseum!
January 5 – 27
This one-person play, starring David S. Howard, celebrates Yogi Berra’s humor, loyalty and wisdom as he reflects on
his baseball career and the great players who have worn pinstripes over the years.
Expecting Isabel by Lisa Loomer
The Baby Chase
January 19 – April 25
Miranda and Rick want to have a baby. But when conceiving becomes a marathon of fertility experts, support groups, adoption facilitators,
hormones and plastic cups, are these two ready to do all that it takes? As hilarious as it is deeply moving, this modern tale of a
New York couple on the path to Pampers resonates with truth and humanity. (Suited for mature audiences)
A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin
Broadway and Hollywood Hit
February 9 – May 5
Keeping the audience on the edge of its seats, the plot skillfully unravels the path to justice as two lawyers, one male and one female, fight to save a pair of wrongfully imprisoned marines. Sorkin turns up the heat on traditional judicial thrillers with strong doses of military intrigue, sexual tension,
and conflicting dilemmas of duty, honor and the rule of law.
Pride and Prejudice
New adaptation of Jane Austen's book by Catherine Sheehy and Mark Rucker
A World Premiere
March 23 – May 6
Jane Austen's classic novel comes alive, sparkling with wit and passion. An independent young woman has everything but romance on her mind when the enigmatic Mr. Darcy enters her world. Can they look beyond his pride and her prejudice to find true love?
ELLA
The Musical!
Book by Jeffrey Hatcher conceived by Rob Ruggiero & Dyke Garrison
Musical direction & arrangements by Danny Holgate
MAY 10 – JUNE 3
(A co-production with Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Playhouse and San Jose Rep)
The year is 1966 and Ella Fitzgerald invites a combo of her favorite musicians to jam with her at a Los Angeles studio. As the session unfolds,
we meet the singer as we’ve always wanted to know her. Swept along by a cascade of her best-loved songs,
we experience Ella’s highs and lows as she breaks through to a celebration of music and life.
AN ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE PRODUCTION IN THE JANE B. COOK THEATRE
Darwin in Malibu by Crispin Whittell
MAY 16 – JUNE 10
Charles Darwin peacefully spends his later years in a beach house overlooking the Pacific with a free-spirited young girl, until two old friends come to visit, one determined to save Darwin’s eternal soul and the other to preserve the theory of evolution. Caught in the middle of the debate between science and religion, this group of friends struggles to find the meaning of life, death and plastic surgery. It’s a charming comedy full of an amusing juxtaposition of ideas.
FSU/ASOLO CONSERVATORY FOR ACTOR TRAINING SEASON IN THE COOK THEATRE
The Parisian Woman by Henri Becque
NOVEMBER 1 – 19
A sparkling and disturbing comedy of character and manners from the French theatre of the late 19th century. A young wife manipulates her husband and
her lover - or are they manipulating her? An intriguing and subtle play. To be performed in the Historic Asolo Theatre at the RinglingMuseum.
This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan
JANUARY 3 – 21
A runaway Broadway hit. It's 1982, and on New York's Upper West Side, three wealthy teenagers take awkward and hesitant steps toward adulthood. Articulate, drug obsessed and terrified of facing adulthood, each of the three reveal themselves to be much more sophisticated than their parents and far less prepared for life than even they ever imagined! A funny, cruel, compassionate and ultimately very moving play about life in the real world.
The Bacchae by Euripides
FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 18
The god Dionysius returns to earth to secure his position as a deity worthy of reverence, while Pentheus, the young and headstrong ruler of
Thebes struggles to assert his own power on earth. The clash between the two leaves behind a trail of blood, madness and murder
in Euripides' fascinating play about religion, modern man and obsession.
Blue Window by Craig Lucas
APRIL 18 – MAY 6
Setting the table for friendship, seven people assemble for a dinner party in New York. They dress, argue, arrange flowers, obsess about the success
of the evening, and then settle in for simple conversation among near strangers. Relationships shift, painful stories are told and quickly avoided, a song is sung, and life moves on. In the end, somehow they all come to a deep and moving understanding of the very fragile beauty of life.
A gorgeous and moving play that is both deceptively simple and wildly theatrical.
For information about the Asolo Rep’s 2006-2007 season, call the Box Office at 941-351-8000, toll-free 800-361-8388, or visit us on the Web at www.asolo.org. 2006-2007 Season Subscriptions are on sale at this time and single tickets go on sale in October 2006.
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The Asolo Repertory Theatre (AKA: Asolo Repertory Theatre Company, Inc.) is funded in part by the Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Department of State, The Florida Arts Council, the City and County of Sarasota and the Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, and the Sarasota Arts Council. The Asolo Rep’s Shakespeare productions are sponsored in part by Shakespeare in American Communities, a national theater initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Sallie Mae Fund in cooperation with Arts Midwest. Additional funding is also received through the efforts of support groups including the Asolo Angel Association, the Asolo Theatre Guild, The Directors Emeritus and the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations.