2018–19 SEASON
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IN THE 2018–19 SEASON,
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PLAY PACKAGE
HUBBARD THEATRE
TWELFTH NIGHT By William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Moscone
THE CARPENTER By Robert Askins Directed by Will Davis
THE HUMANS By Stephen Karam Directed by Brandon Weinbrenner
WORLD PREMIERES ALLEY ALL NEW FESTIVAL
FRESH VOICES RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY FAMILY FAVORITES
The Alley’s 2018-19 season includes the world premiere of The Carpenter by Robert Askins, a hilarious farce full of mistaken identities, family secrets, and so many laughs. Additionally, we’re thrilled to bring some of the most exciting new theatrical voices to our stages next season with Stephen Karam’s Tony Award®-winning play The Humans, Dominique Morisseau’s fiercely American play Skeleton Crew, Eliza Clark’s new comedy Quack, and Nick Payne’s spellbinding, Broadway hit Constellations. The 2018-19 season lineup features familiar titles including Shakespeare’s tale of unrequited love, quick wit, and genderbending hijinks and one of the Bard’s most dynamic heroines, Viola, in Twelfth Night; Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Crimes of the Heart about three Mississippi sisters who are facing the present and embracing their future; and the familyfriendly, swashbuckling saga The Three Musketeers by Ken Ludwig. BE PART OF THE MAGIC – SUBSCRIBE TODAY!
CRIMES OF THE HEART By Beth Henley Directed by Theresa Rebeck
THE THREE MUSKETEERS By Ken Ludwig Adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas Directed by Mark Shanahan
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PLAY PACKAGE
HUBBARD & NEUHAUS THEATRES
SKELETON CREW By Dominique Morisseau Directed by Taibi Magar
QUACK By Eliza Clark
CONSTELLATIONS By Nick Payne Directed by Leslie Swackhamer
2018–19 SEASON
THE STAGE IS WHERE ALL THE MAGIC HAPPENS
*PLAY TITLES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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PLAY PACKAGE
HUBBARD THEATRE
SHAKESPEARE’S
COMEDY CLASSIC UNREQUITED
LOVE
GENDER-BENDING HIJINKS
QUICK WIT
By William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Moscone
By Robert Askins Directed by Will Davis
Shakespeare’s hilarious tale of unrequited love, Twelfth Night crackles with quick wit and gender-bending hijinks. Stranded on the coast of Illyria, Viola assumes the disguise of a page boy for Duke Orsino and finds herself at the center of an explosive love triangle in which identity, passion, and gender all threaten to come undone. Bursting with vitality and romance, Twelfth Night gives us one of Shakespeare’s most dynamic heroines, matching wits with a host of captivating characters. Suitable for high school-aged audiences and up.
Developed during the 2017 Alley All New Festival, this world premiere farce comes from the author of the Alley’s hit Hand to God. Dan is a self-made man from blue collar Houston while his fiancé is from Dallas — Highland Park, to be exact. As they arrive at her father’s palatial mansion for their wedding, Dan starts to get cold feet. His college buddies are trying to get him drunk, his future father-in-law keeps shooting his rifle into the ceiling, and his sassy sister can’t put the pill bottle down. When the carpenter shows up to build the wedding gazebo, looking suspiciously like Dan, all hell breaks loose. There are mistaken identities. Family secrets. Accidental partner swaps and laughs. So many laughs. Suitable for ages 18 and up.
OCT. 5 – OCT. 28, 2018 #Alley12Night
WORLD PREMIERE
NEW COMEDY
A BY A TEXAS PLAYWRIGHT
MISTAKEN IDENTITIES FAMILY SECRETS
JAN. 18 – FEB. 10, 2019 #AlleyTheCarpenter 4
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By Stephen Karam Directed by Brandon Weinbrenner Hopeful, heartbreaking, and at times “blisteringly funny” (The New York Times), The Humans takes place on Thanksgiving as three generations of the Blake family gather at the youngest daughter and her boyfriend’s new apartment in Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown. As darkness falls outside and around the pre-war duplex, tensions rise and secrets are divulged. The hopes and fears of each generation – and the American middle class – are revealed in this Tony® Award -winning Best Play that The New York Times hailed as “the best play of the year.” Suitable for ages 18 and up.
MAR. 1 – MAR. 24, 2019 #AlleyTheHumans
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By Beth Henley Directed by Theresa Rebeck
DRAMA
A pulsating with life
HOPEFUL LOWER MANHATTAN
TONY AWARD WINNING FAMILY
Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Beth Henley’s first play brings you to the Mississippi home of the Magrath sisters. Babe has just shot her husband because she didn’t like his looks. This brings middle sister Meg back to town from Los Angeles, where she is unsuccessfully pursuing a music career. And poor Lenny, everyone has forgotten her birthday! Warmhearted, irreverent, and imaginative, Crimes of the Heart teems with humanity as the sisters forgive the past, face the present, and embrace the future. Renowned Director Theresa Rebeck returns to the Alley to direct. Suitable for high school-aged audiences and up.
THREE SISTERS
FROM THE SOUTH IN A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAY
WARM HEARTED IMAGINATIVE
IRREVERENT
Jerry and Nanette Finger Foundation Associate Producers
APR. 12 – MAY 5, 2019 #CrimesOfTheHeart
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By Ken Ludwig Adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas Directed by Mark Shanahan
ADVENTURE
ACTION-PACKED FAMILY-FRIENDLY
ROMANCE SUMMER HIT
Carol and Mike Linn Associate Producers
PLAY PACKAGE
HUBBARD & NEUHAUS THEATRES
By Dominique Morisseau Directed by Taibi Magar
All for one and one for all! A swashbuckling romp of romance, danger, and comedy, perfectly suited for the whole family. Alexandre Dumas’ timeless tale springs to life as the young D’Artagnan, joined by his sister Sabine, discovers honor amid intrigue and high-stakes adventure when he meets the famous Three Musketeers. En garde for this action- and humor-packed summer hit. Suitable for ages 6 and up.
2008. The start of the Great Recession. In the breakroom of one of Detroit’s last auto stamping plants, a makeshift family of coworkers swaps stories, shares dreams, and takes pride in their work. When confronted with the life-altering choices they must face if the factory closes, dynamics shift and each is pushed to the limits of survival. Loyalties are tested and boundaries are crossed in this “deeply American play” (The New York Times). Suitable for high school-aged audiences and up.
MAY 31 – JUNE 30, 2019 #AlleyMusketeers
SEP. 7 – OCT. 7, 2018 #AlleySkeletonCrew
AMERICAN PLAY COMPASSIONATE TALE FAMILY OF CO-WORKERS
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By Eliza Clark
ALLEY ALL NEW
AMERICA’S DOCTOR SOCIAL MEDIA
HEALTH
Developed during the 2018 Alley All New Festival, Irving Baer is America’s doctor. His daytime health and wellness show is watched by millions of women. When enterprising young blogger River Thumbolt publishes an article implicating Dr. Baer in a national health crisis, America begins to turn on him. But Dr. Baer adores being adored. With his career suddenly hanging in the balance, his marriage on the rocks, and his carefully maintained public persona in peril, one thing becomes clear… If Irving Baer is going to fall from grace, he’s bringing River Thumbolt with him. Quack is a play about what happens when good people forget their best intentions. Suitable for ages 18 and up.
By Nick Payne Directed by Leslie Swackhamer One couple. Infinite possibilities. Science and romance collide in this spellbinding play that imagines what happens when boy meets girl. And when boy meets girl again. And again. Defying the boundaries of the world we think we know, Constellations delves into the universal truth of finding and losing love and questions the difference between choice and destiny. “Who knew that higher physics could be so sexy, so accessible—and so emotionally devastating?” (The New York Times). Suitable for ages 13 and up.
BROADWAY AND LONDON HIT INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
SCIENCE ROMANCE LOVE
MAY 3 – JUNE 2, 2019 #AlleyConstellation
FEB. 8 – MAR. 10, 2019 #AlleyQuack
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SEASON EXTRAS
By Agatha Christie Directed by James Black The ExxonMobil Summer Chills returns with the longest running show in world theatre history, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. James Black, Interim Artistic Director, will direct this classic whodunit that recently celebrated its 66th anniversary on London’s West End and yet still thrills audiences today. A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a British boarding house during a snow storm with a murderer afoot. It’s an Agatha Christie plot twist finish you won’t want to miss. Come chill out with the Alley once again this summer. Suitable for ages 12 and up.
AUG. 10 – SEPT. 2, 2018 #AlleyMousetrap
AGATHA CHRISTIE
LONGEST RUNNING SHOW
CLASSIC MURDER
By Charles Dickens Adapted and originally directed by Michael Wilson Directed by James Black Houston’s seasonal favorite returns! A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas is a family-friendly re-telling of Charles Dickens’ classic story, which follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey with the three ghostly spirits who visit him on Christmas Eve. A Christmas Carol instills a powerful message about redemption and the spirit of the holiday season. Suitable for ages 6 and up.
NOV. 16 – DEC 30, 2018 #ChristmasCarolHOU
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ALLEY ALL NEW THE ALLEY IS COMMITTED TO PRODUCING MORE WORLD PREMIERES, COMMISSIONING NEW PLAYS, AND ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING PLAYWRIGHTS YEAR ROUND. Alley All New is comprised of a variety of public and in-house programs designed to support playwrights and the development of new work. Alley All New culminates in an annual new play festival! The fourth annual Alley All New Festival will be held January 18 –27, 2019. alleytheatre.org/allnew
Director Bob Balaban and the Company at the reading for Cleo
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The Company in rehearsal for The Carpenter
Playwright Robert Askins and James Black in rehearsal for The Carpenter
Melissa Pritchett and Julia Krohn in the reading of Cinched and Strapped
Justin Doran and Brandon Weinbrenner in rehearsal for Quack
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MORE THAN YOU SEE ON STAGE YOUR GENEROSITY EXTENDS BEYOND THE ALLEY STAGE Please consider a contribution as we continue to produce epic productions, dynamic education programs, and Alley All New. As a non-profit theatre, ticket sales alone can’t support the great theatre brought to life by our Resident Company of Actors, or the broad impact of our education programs. Not only will your gift support all you see on stage, but it will also make a lasting impact on the youngest members of our audience in the Greater Houston community. alleytheatre.org/support-us
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SCENE SCENE young supporters receive special ticket offers, exclusive access to post-show receptions, and networking opportunities through special events and social activities at the theatre. alleytheatre.org/scene
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Your Generosity Extends Beyond the Alley Stage Please consider a contribution to our 2018-19 Season as we continue to produce epic productions, world premieres, and Alley All New. As a non-profit theatre, ticket sales alone can’t support the great theatre brought to life by our Resident Company of Actors, or the broad impact of our education programs. Not only will your gift support all you see on stage, but it will also make a lasting impact on the youngest members of our audience in the Greater Houston community.
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