2013/14 Fall Season Brochure

2013/14 fall season Columbinus

Poignant drama

Back to Baritone: an Unauthorized History In Song

One enchanted evening Kiss & Cry

Unique blend of theatre, film and dance

Waiting for Godot

60th anniversary production

Step Afrika!

If you like STOMP, you’ll love this!

Sleeping Beauty

Magnificent marionettes

Mies Julie

Explosive South African adaptation

House / Divided

Inspired by The Grapes of Wrath

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WELCOME

THE WORLD ON STAGE

Dear Friend, There’s something for everyone at ArtsEmerson.

This fall, works from all over the globe will be appearing right here on our stages in Downtown Boston. From Belgium to Ireland, from South Africa to Italy, we’ll host some of the most innovative, sublime and resonant works currently available in the theatre world.

We continue to add to the cultural choices in Boston—acclaimed artists and institutions making history around the world, young artists showcasing their distinctive voices and works that can be embraced by families of all ages.

Whether you are interested in one of our Fall Packages or choosing various productions as you go, make sure to become a Member (it pays for itself on your first order). Member Services is ready to help you plan your theatregoing adventure and the full advantage of all its benefits and discounts. While you will get a thorough idea of the productions we will be rolling out this fall in this brochure, this is only the beginning of our 2013/14 Season! In the fall, we’ll be announcing the spring season of must-see projects, ensuring we deliver the most current, ground-breaking work emerging from the theatre world, both near and far.

We do hope you’ll join us in the coming months for the innovation, celebration, inspiration and explosion of the 2013/14 Fall Season. And, please stay tuned for more exciting announcements from ArtsEmerson.

Best,

Rob Orchard Executive Director

ArtsEmerson’s theatre, film and music programming provides a new level of cultural choice for Greater Boston audiences. Our theatrical programming, described in this brochure, brings world class productions from across the country and around the globe that would otherwise never be seen in Boston, and is centered around:

LEGENDS

Established, highly regarded institutions and artists whose work is celebrated around the world.

PIONEERS

A new generation of acclaimed artists whose ideas are redefining the performing arts and pointing to the future.

Family

As part of ArtsEmerson’s commitment to including works that appeal to all ages, we have productions that will engage the whole family— young and old alike.

Much of the work of ArtsEmerson will evolve out of periodic, multi-year residencies designed to facilitate the creation of new work and to provide a glimpse into the creative process for the Greater Boston community. We hope you’ll join us for this adventure by becoming a Member of ArtsEmerson.

David Dower Director of Artistic Programs Photo: Mike Ritter

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We want to make it as easy as possible for you to experience everything ArtsEmerson has to offer. An ArtsEmerson membership includes one free ticket* that you can use immediately—plus, you will never pay ticket fees, exchanges are free and each of your tickets will cost $10 less! Plus, you get to enjoy all the benefits listed below!

Savings and free tickets:

• One complimentary ticket* • Savings of $10 off per ticket** • 25% off film screenings • No service fees on ticket purchases—NEW! • If ticket prices go up, Member prices stay the same—NEW! Convenience:

• Complimentary ticket exchange, even to another event • $7 parking, steps away • Dining deals and discounts to neighborhood restaurants • Performance schedule reminders Special treatment:

• Priority booking—get the best seats before they go on sale to the general public • Insider access to artist workshops, private performances and special events If you’re going to buy tickets, you’ll save more if you become a Member first!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE— BECOME A MEMBER PLUS Please consider providing vital support with a tax-deductible donation to ArtsEmerson. Beyond the perks that come with an ArtsEmerson membership, you’ll receive additional benefits based on your level of support. To learn more about our giving levels and donor benefits, visit artsemerson.org or contact Julia Propp at 617.824.8413.

* Up to a $60 value. ** Member discount applies to tickets priced above $25.

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2013/14 FALL SEASON

September 2013 – January 2014

COLUMBINUS

American Theater Company

SEP 17-29, 2013 10 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

BACK TO BARITONE: AN UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY IN SONG

Marc Kudisch & Friends World Premiere

OCT 08-20, 2013 12 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

KISS & CRY

Charleroi Danses

OCT 10-12, 2013 3 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

WAITING FOR GODOT Gare St Lazare Players Ireland and Dublin Theatre Festival U.S. Premiere

OCT 31-NOV 10, 2013 10 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

STEP AFRIKA! Step Afrika!

NOV 07-09, 2013 3 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

SLEEPING BEAUTY Colla Marionette

NOV 13-17, 2013 6 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

MIES JULIE

Farber Foundry

NOV 30-DEC 08, 2013 8 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

HOUSE / DIVIDED

The Builders Association

JAN 30-FEB 02, 2014 4 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

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2013/14 Spring SEASON Sneak Peek

Productions on sale to Members first in September!

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bristol Old Vic/Handspring Puppet Company :: England/South Africa The collaborators behind the internationally acclaimed War Horse reunite for Shakespeare’s irresistible A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this Midsummer, produced by the legendary Bristol Old Vic, it’s not just the lovers, foes and fairies who are spellbound. Trees, objects and tools all pulse and tingle with the possibility of existence in a future primitive world where, thanks to the magic of South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company alongside a brilliant company of actors, all objects are granted the right to life.

LEBENSRAUM (HABITAT) Jakop Ahlbom :: Netherlands Two men, one tiny room. That’s just about all this remarkable live-action silent movie needs to create a joyful, surprising and virtuosic evening of theatre. That, and the doll they’ve conscripted for cleaning duties. But this doll has a mind of her own, and soon merry mayhem descends. With a knowing nod to Buster Keaton, creator Jakop Ahlbom along with a supremely gifted cast and the on-stage band Alamo Race Track have fashioned a classic that is as fresh as the greasepaint on their faces.

RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental :: Philadelphia Director/performer Thaddeus Phillips teams up with the musical duo Wilhelm Bros. & Co. to weave a spellbinding action-opera that follows the mysterious last days of Edgar Allen Poe. Set in September 1849, RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE follows Poe on a tour from Virginia to New York, focusing on a stop in Maryland where a train conductor saw Poe in a stranger’s clothes, headed south…where he would die just days later. Working with 19th century train routes, historical accounts and Poe’s letters to his mother-inlaw Muddy, RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE mines Poe’s musings on the gold rush, fools, furniture and the universe, and casts Poe in a new, and tuneful, light.

Man in a Case Annie-B Parson & Paul Lazar/Big Dance Theater :: NYC Adapted from Two Stories by Anton Chekhov Featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, the team behind the internationally acclaimed Big Dance Theater, bring their signature style—fusing theatre, dance, music and video—to this adaptation starring Mikhail Baryshnikov. Man in a Case creates a bridge between our time and that of two brilliant 19th-century anti-love stories by the legendary Russian author Anton Chekhov: The Man in a Case and About Love. Though seemingly different, both are tales of fear trumping the pursuit of life’s most promising possibilities.

Members will have the first opportunity to purchase tickets— don’t miss out! Become a Member today.

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SEP 17 – 29, 2013

COLUMBINUS

AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY

In Littleton, Colorado, in 1999, two teenagers devastated a community and shocked the country when they walked into their suburban high school and killed 12 students and one teacher.

Based on interviews with teenagers across the country, as well as with the survivors and community members in Littleton, this poignant drama weaves together these testimonies with excerpts from diaries and home video footage to bring to light the dark recesses of American adolescence. Director PJ Paparelli returns to Littleton, CO ten years later to conduct new interviews and add additional material to this gut-wrenching and highly theatrical production. Without answering, columbinus lays out the circumstances and lets the audience grapple with the ultimate question: “why?”

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The Jackie Liebergott Black Box in the Paramount Center

BY: The United States Theatre Project

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WRITTEN BY: Stephen Karam & PJ Paparelli

AGES: 14+

Patricia Hersch

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CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY: PJ Paparelli

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2 hours and 30 minutes with 2 intermissions

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DRAMATURGY BY:

“Violence touches all of our lives, as we in Boston know all too well. Here we have an opportunity to look at Columbine—before, during and after—to try to make sense of the senseless and to provide moments for reflection and dialogue. This is a theatrically vivid, honest, gripping and important work.”

Rob Orchard, ArtsEmerson

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“REMARKABLE ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT… YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS.” CHICAGO TRIBUNE

photo: Michael Brosilow

About AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY CHICAGO, IL

American Theater Company is an ensemble of artists committed to producing new and classic American stories that ask the question: “What does it mean to be an American?”

ATC produces Chicago’s most innovative work by nationally renowned playwrights—including Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama—within its intimate space that has quickly become Chicago’s public theatre, a home for diverse audiences.

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OCT 08 – 20, 2013

BACK TO BARITONE: AN UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY IN SONG MARC KUDISCH & FRIENDS

In this brand new musical event conceived by Broadway leading man Marc Kudisch, three dynamite baritones take the stage to give us a captivating musical tour of the baritone voice throughout history. : Veteran signers Jeff Mattsey and Ben Davis join Kudisch in an illuminating performance studded with classics from Broadway, opera and beyond. From Gregorian chants to well-known arias (“Ah persempre,” “Largo”) including show tunes (“I am a Pirate King,” “Oh What a Beautiful Morning,” “Pretty Women”) and popular music (“It Was a Very Good Year,” “It’s Now or Never”), Back to Baritone: An Unauthorized History In Song is a celebration of the baritone voice and its emergence as the revolutionary sound of the common man in one enchanted evening ringing with music, laughter and showmanship. world Premiere

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2 hours with one intermission

CONCEIVED BY: Marc Kudisch CREATED BY: Marc Kudisch with Merwin Foard, Jeff Mattsey and Timothy Splain PERFORMED BY: Marc Kudisch, Jeff Mattsey, Ben Davis, accompanied

by Timothy Splain on piano MUSIC DIRECTION AND ARRANGEMENTS BY: Timothy Splain DIRECTED BY: David Dower PRODUCTION DESIGN BY: Alexander V. Nichols

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“What fun to follow the history of the distinctive baritone voice in the company of these consummate singers and entertainers, with a song list that includes the great baritone arias, Broadway ballads and crooners from Crosby to Elvis.”

David Dower, ArtsEmerson

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Mozart Wagner Rodgers and Hammerstein Stephen Sondheim Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby

About MARC KUDISCH, MERWIN FOARD, JEFF MATTSEY, TIM SPLAIN NEW YORK, NY

Marc Kudisch has won awards and critical acclaim in his most recent Broadway stint, in Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. Merwin Foard has appeared with symphony orchestras, in numerous Broadway productions and voice work for eight Disney films. Jeff Mattsey appears regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and at opera companies worldwide. Tim Splain’s work includes productions Off-Broadway at the Lincoln Center and other theatres.

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“A MIXTURE OF MELANCHOLY, HUMOR AND POETRY THAT IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL… A MOMENT OF PURE HAPPINESS, A SMALL MIRACLE OF COLLECTIVE CREATION.” LE SOIR

OCT 10 – 12, 2013

KISS & CRY

CHARLEROI DANSES

A poetic piece that blurs the boundaries between artistic disciplines, Kiss & Cry brings together a diverse group of Belgian artists to create this sweeping, romantic work. A woman near the end of her life reminisces and recounts her greatest loves, starting with her first and truest: a boy whose hand she touched for a few seconds on a crowded train when she was 12 years old. Hands visually portray these main characters and are projected with a beautifully engaging sensual presence, moving around a set of miniatures with absolute precision. In this blend of film, dance, text and theatre, the audience witnesses a film screened and simultaneously made in front of their eyes.

A unique event told with tender and poignant eloquence, Kiss & Cry is an unforgettable experience.

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Cutler Majestic Theatre SERIES:

Pioneer

BASED ON AN ORIGINAL IDEA BY: Michèle Anne De Mey and Jaco Van Dormael IN COLLECTIVE CREATION WITH: Grégory Grosjean, Thomas Gunzig, Julien Lambert, Sylvie Olivé, Nicolas Olivier DIRECTED BY: Jaco Van Dormael

AGES: All Ages

PERFORMED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michèle Anne De Mey and Gregory Grosjean

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PERFORMED IN ENGLISH WITH THE VOICE OF: Toby Regbo

90 minutes with no intermission

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Production Charleroi Danses, Centre chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / le manège.mons, Centre Dramatique. Co-production Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg. Represented by Menno Plukker Theatre Agency.

“This is a visually ravishing, deeply romantic performance from two of Europe’s leading contemporary artists. It cast a spell so complete it literally left me speechless. A world-wide hit, stunningly inventive, this epic tale of love and loss is rendered with complete grace and remarkable beauty.”

David Dower, ArtsEmerson

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KISS & CRY Coming to you from: Mons

Belgium

Paris

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Charleroi

Belgium

Santiago Tournai

Chile

Belgium

Beyrouth

Lebanon

Montreal

Canada

Turnhout

Belgium

Namur

Belgium

Bruxelles

Belgium

Hamburg

Denmark

Tarrega

Spain

Louvain-la-Neuve Le Mans

Belgium

France

Genève Switzerland Turin

Italy

Reims

France

Viseu

Portugal

Luxembourg Nivelles Bruges Liège photo: Maarten Vanden Abeele

About CHARLEROI DANSES BELGIUM

Belgian choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey is an Associate Artist at Charleroi Danses, the Choreographic Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Early in her 30-year career on stage and in film, she took contemporary dance in a new direction. Her partner, Belgian filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael, has written and directed short films, documentaries and feature films, including Toto the Hero (1991 Camera d’Or at Cannes).

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Belgium

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Villeneuve d’Ascq

France

Saarebruck

Denmark

Montpellier

France

Helsinki

Finland

Pittsburgh

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OCT 31 – NOV 10, 2013

WAITING FOR GODOT

GARE ST LAZARE PLAYERS IRELAND and Dublin Theatre Festival

Samuel Beckett ranks among the great artists of the Western world and Waiting for Godot is considered by many to be his masterpiece. On a country road towards the end of day, two friends wait for a man named Godot to arrive. By nightfall, they’re still waiting.

No one does Beckett better than those from his native land, and Gare St Lazare Players Ireland is internationally recognized as among the foremost interpreters of Beckett’s work. Director Judy Hegarty Lovett and actor Conor Lovett have 17 Beckett titles in their repertory. In 2011 the company performed their solo adaptation of Moby Dick by Herman Melville at ArtsEmerson and now they return with the play that changed the course of modern theatre, in its 60th anniversary year. This production, laced with heart and humor, comes to ArtsEmerson directly from its premiere at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre.

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Paramount Center Mainstage

Samuel Beckett

SERIES:

Judy Hegarty Lovett

AGES: 12+

Conor Lovett

Legend

DIRECTED BY: STARRING:

“The humanity and humor in this play always amazes me. It speaks to me differently and profoundly every time I see it.”

Rob Orchard, ArtsEmerson

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2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission

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GARE ST LAZARE PLAYERS IRELAND Coming to you from: Portland

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CA

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Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA

New York City

NY

Annandale-on-Hudson Calabasas Melbourne

AUSTRALIA

Brisbane

AUSTRALIA

Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

Shanghai

CHINA

Pretoria

SOUTH AFRICA

Grahamstown

SOUTH AFRICA

Edinburgh

UK

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London

UK

Crymych Belfast

“LOVETT PUTS A HEX ON THE AUDIENCE! HEGARTY LOVETT...PLAYS THIS INSTRUMENT LIKE A TRUE MAESTRO.”

UK

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UK

Lleida

SPAIN

Rotterdam

VARIETY

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Cape Town Oxford

Haarlem

THE NETHERLANDS

THE NETHERLANDS

Krakow

POLAND

Tel Aviv

ISRAEL

Athens

GREECE

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ROMANIA

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TURKEY

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INDIA

Koln Kiel

GERMANY GERMANY

Frankfurt am Oder Berlin

About GARE ST LAZARE PLAYERS IRELAND IRELAND

Run by artistic directors Conor Lovett and Judy Hegarty Lovett, Gare St Lazare Players Ireland have toured to over 80 cities outside their native Ireland. Over the last 14 years GSLPI have built a repertory of work that includes 17 Samuel Beckett titles, gaining them an international reputation as leading interpreters of Beckett’s work. The company has also received awards in Ireland, China, the U.S. and Germany.

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NOV 07—O9, 2013

STEP AFRIKA!

STEP AFRIKA!

If you liked STOMP then you’ll love the astounding energy of Step Afrika! Like tap without shoes, or a band without instruments, stepping is percussive dance that uses kicks, stomps, claps and chants—all linked to African and modern dance traditions. As the first professional company devoted to stepping, the world-renowned Step Afrika! brings a high-energy performance to the stage in this feast for both the eyes and ears.

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Cutler Majestic Theatre SERIES:

Pioneer Family AGES: All Ages running time:

80 minutes with no intermission

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“The wild exuberance of youth mixes with the ancient rhythms of the ancestors to make the best case yet for the enduring power of step. A virtuosic company out of D.C., with deep roots on the African continent, they’ll make your heart soar.”

David Dower, ArtsEmerson

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“ELECTRIFYING TALENTS… ALWAYS VISUALLY AND MUSICALLY EXCITING”

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Fort Collins Podgorica Photo Courtesy of The Napoleon Complex Project

Step Afrika! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Founded in December 1994, the company is celebrated internationally for its efforts to promote an appreciation for stepping and the dance tradition’s use as an educational tool for young people. Step Afrika! reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year and has performed on many stages worldwide.

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“MAGICAL AND INSPIRING PERFORMANCES.” CHARLESTON MAGAZINE

NOV 13—17, 2013

SLEEPING BEAUTY

COLLA MARIONETTE

Journey into the fantastical land of fairy tales as Colla Marionette’s incredible puppetry takes on Sleeping Beauty. This legendary Italian marionette company – considered the best in the world – depicts the beloved classic, using Tchaikovsky’s score and intricately involved puppet technique to breathe new life into the story. Fantastic visions unfold showing visual movement that no book of fairy tales has ever contained, such as a luxuriant forest that rises up to protect Sleeping Beauty’s world. Dozens of intricate puppets and settings will make theatregoers of all ages delight in the vast and lush landscape of this colorful and spectacular rendition. This is a rare opportunity for the whole family to experience the stunning vistas of the lost art of marionette theatre.

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CREATED BY: Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli—Colla Marionette ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY: Eugenio Monti Colla MUSIC BY: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky PRODUCED BY: The Associazione Grupporiani

AGES: All Ages

Performed in English

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“Glorious marionette theatre is a joy and this company is among the best in the world. The story is well known— a rare experience for the whole family.”

Rob Orchard, ArtsEmerson

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COLLA MARIONETTE Coming to you from: Milan

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Founded in the 19th century, The Carlo Colla and Sons Marionette Company have become a representative for Italian culture and one of the most recognized puppet theatres in the world.

Based in Milan, the company has toured five continents while participating in prestigious festivals. In 1984, the new generation of puppeteers created the Associazione Grupporiani under the artistic direction of Eugenio Monti Colla, the last puppeteer of the Colla family.

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NOV 30 – DEC 08, 2013

MIES JULIE

FARBER FOUNDRY

South African-born and internationally acclaimed director Yael Farber sets her explosive new adaptation of Strindberg’s classic Miss Julie in the smoldering kitchen of a remote estate 18 years after the end of apartheid. In a brutal and tender single night we witness the shifting dynamics between a black farm laborer, his “master’s” daughter and the woman who has raised them both.

The visceral struggles of contemporary South Africa are revealed in a fierce battle over power, sexuality, memory, mothers and land. Haunting and violent, intimate and heartbreaking, the struggles take place among the characters and with their ancestors, laying bare questions of what restitution and freedom can really mean and what losses can and cannot ever be recovered. An international success, Mies Julie is the recipient of seven awards (including a Fringe First) and has received nearly 30 five-star reviews.

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Paramount Center Mainstage SERIES:

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AGES: 16+ (nudity/sexual content)

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:

Yael Farber

Based on Miss Julie by August Strindberg

“For me, this explosive, erotic and poignant post-Apartheid interpretation of Strindberg’s great play is among the most memorable theatre experiences I’ve had in the past few years.”

Rob Orchard, ArtsEmerson

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“THE TEMPERATURE NEVER STOPS RISING…THERE IS MORE EROTIC HEAT GENERATED BY THE TWO CENTRAL CHARACTERS…SEAMLESSLY BLENDS THE VISUAL POETRY INTO THE NATURALISTIC.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

FARBER FOUNDRY Coming to you from: Johannesburg

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Athens

Pretoria

The Farber Foundry encompasses the productions created by Yael Farber in collaboration with South African and internationally-based artists since 2004, reaching every corner of the globe. Farber’s brilliant work in the post-apartheid theatre movement of South Africa brought her worldwide attention, and the company has not stopped building and shaping its essential body of work since.

7:30Pm 7:30Pm 8 Pm

Oxford

Philadelphia

About FARBER FOUNDRY SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

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“MOVING, INVENTIVE PRODUCTION… ARTFULLY INTERLACED.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

JAN 30 – FEB 02, 2014

HOUSE / DIVIDED

THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION Inspired by The Grapes of Wrath

An incisive and bold examination of the American Dream, HOUSE / DIVIDED juxtaposes scenes from the current mortgage crisis with passages drawn from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, revealing how deeply the foreclosure crisis has affected and undermined our collective sense of American character and identity. In a set constructed from the bones of an actual foreclosed home, The Builders Association interweaves the Joads’ struggles on their way West with the perpetrators and participants in our own fast-moving, mediated and leveraged banking and housing systems. A highly immersive theatre experience, HOUSE / DIVIDED presents a shifting sense of place while tracing a line through American experience—a modern theatrical allegory of finding and losing refuge from Oklahoma all the way to our mediasaturated, precariously financed global society.

venue:

DIRECTED BY:

Cutler Majestic Theatre

Marianne Weems

SERIES:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Pioneer

AGES: 12+ running time:

80 minutes with no intermission

Inspired by:

“Take a classic American novel, The Grapes of Wrath, mix in a mortgage crisis and the collapse of Bear Stearns, place it on stage within the frame of an actual foreclosed house, layer it with astonishing visuals and music and you have the powerful alchemy of great theatre.”

Rob Orchard, ArtsEmerson

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THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION Coming to you from: New York City Zurich

Brussels Paris

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THE NETHERLANDS GERMANY

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Bogota

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About THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION NEW YORK, NY

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Budapest

Founded in 1994 ,The Builders Association is a New York-based OBIE award-winning performance and media company that creates original productions based on stories drawn from contemporary life. The company uses the richness of new and old tools to extend the boundaries of theatre. Based on innovative collaborations, theyt blend stage performance, text, video, sound and architecture to tell stories about human experience in the 21st century.

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photo: Jay LaPrete

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Singapore And now...

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CALENDAR

productions, LOCATION + PRICING 2013/14 FALL season October 2013

September 2013 DATE

PERFORMANCE

TIME

price

PLACE

DATE

PERFORMANCE

Tu 17

columbinus

7:30p

PK

BlkBx

Tu 08

We 18

columbinus

7p

PK

BlkBx

Fr 20

columbinus

8p

PK

BlkBx

Sa 21

columbinus

8p

PK

BlkBx

Su 22

columbinus

2p

PK

BlkBx

We 25

columbinus

7:30p

PK

BlkBx

Th 26

columbinus

7:30p

PK

BlkBx

Fr 27

columbinus

8p

PK

BlkBx

Sa 28

columbinus

8p

PK

BlkBx

Su 13

Su 29

columbinus

2p

PK

BlkBx

Tu 15 We 16

TIME

January 2014 price

PLACE

DATE

price

PLACE

Back to Baritone 7:30p

OP

Para

Th 30 HOUSE / DIVIDED 7p

OP

Maj

We 09

Back to Baritone 7p

OP

Para

Fri 31 HOUSE / DIVIDED 8p

PK

Maj

Th 10

Kiss & Cry

PK

Maj

OP

Para

PK

Para

February 2014

8p

PK

Maj

DATE

price

PLACE

Sa 12 Back to Baritone 8p

PK

Para

Sa 01 HOUSE / DIVIDED 8p

PK

Maj

8p

PK

Maj

Su 02 HOUSE / DIVIDED 2p

PK

Maj

Back to Baritone 2p

PK

Para

Back to Baritone 7:30p

OP

Para

Back to Baritone 7:30p

OP

Para

Th 17

Back to Baritone 7:30p

OP

Para

Fr 18

Back to Baritone 8p

PK

Para

Sa 19

Back to Baritone 8p

PK

Para

Su 20

Back to Baritone 2p

PK

Para

Para Paramount Center Mainstage

Th 31

Waiting For Godot 7:30p

OP

Para

BlkBx The Jackie Liebergott Black Box

VEnue Seating maps

7p

Back to Baritone 7:30p Fr 11 Back to Baritone 8p Kiss & Cry Kiss & Cry

DATE

PERFORMANCE

price

PLACE

Fr 01

Waiting For Godot 8p

PK

Para

Sa 02

Waiting For Godot 8p

PK

Para

Su 03

Waiting For Godot 2p

PK

Para

We 06

Waiting For Godot 7:30p

OP

Para

Th 07

Step Afrika!

PK

Maj

OP

Para

Fr 08 Waiting For Godot 8p

PK

Para

Step Afrika!

8p

PK

Maj

Sa 09 Waiting For Godot 2p

PK

Para

Waiting For Godot 8p

PK

Para

Step Afrika!

8p

PK

Maj

Su 10 Waiting For Godot 2p

PK

Para

We 13 Sleeping Beauty 7p

OP

Para

Th 14 Sleeping Beauty 7:30p

OP

Para

Fr 15 Sleeping Beauty 8p

PK

Para

Sa 16 Sleeping Beauty 2p

PK

Para

Sleeping Beauty 8p

PK

Para

Su 17 Sleeping Beauty 2p

PK

Para

Sa 30 Mies Julie

PK

Para

7p

Waiting For Godot 7:30p

8p

PERFORMANCE

TIME

TIME

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NOvember 2013 TIME

PERFORMANCE

PK

Please refer to the peak prices in the chart

op

Please refer to the off peak prices in the chart

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Cutler Majestic Theatre

PARAMOUNT CENTER MAINSTAGE 559 Washington St.

BALCONY

ORCHESTRA

STAGE

CUTLER MA JESTIC THEATRE 219 Tremont St.

December 2013 DATE

PERFORMANCE

TIME

price

PLACE

Su 01

Mies Julie

2p

PK

Para

We 04

Mies Julie

7:30p

OP

Para

Th 05

Mies Julie

7:30p

OP

Para

Fri 06

Mies Julie

8p

PK

Para

Sa 07

Mies Julie

2p

PK

Para

Mies Julie

8p

PK

Para

Su 08 Mies Julie

2p

PK

Para

STAGE

The Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Paramount Center is general admission.

ArtsEmerson facilities are fully accessible. Please call 617.824.8400 to purchase your tickets.

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BACK TO BARITONE

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$79

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KISS & CRY

$79

$59

$39

$79

$59

$39

WAITING FOR GODOT

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$49

$29

$79

$59

$39

STEP AFRIKA!

$55

$35

$25

$55

$35

$25

SLEEPING BEAUTY

$59

$39

$29

$69

$49

$39

MIES JULIE

$69

$49

$29

$79

$59

$39

HOUSE / DIVIDED

$55

$35

$25

$65

$45

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