Everyman Theatre 2013-14 Season Brochure (Full Season)

EVERYMAN THEATRE The 2013/14 Season

LINE UP SIX MOVING EXPERIENCES CAREFULLY CHOSEN TO ENGAGE. INSPIRE. TRANSFORM.

VINCENT M. LANCISI

Founding Artistic Director

One of my favorite things about live theatre is its ability to show us something genuine.

Something authentic. It gives me great pride that Everyman productions over the last 22 seasons have become known for this authenticity — a quality that has remained truer than ever in the intimacy of our beautiful new, 250-seat home on Fayette Street.

It is because of this intimacy that the stories I have chosen for our 2013/14 season will haunt you. Inspire you. Tickle you. Move you.

Challenge you. Yes, you’ll see three giants of the theatrical world — The Glass Menagerie, Crimes of the Heart and The Dresser — and three plays that recently took New York and London by storm — Red, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark and Tribes — but at Everyman, you will feel them. Closely. Genuinely.

Intimately. Each play has been carefully chosen to engage, inspire and transform us.

And becoming a new subscriber has never been more affordable. At just $14/show, our Check Us Out subscription begs you to ask yourself: What do I have to lose! I hope you join us for our first complete season on Fayette Street. We’ve settled in, hunkered down and geared up for an incredible journey.

Come along for the ride!

THE

2013/ 2014 SEASON

SEPT 4 thru OCT 6

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

By TENNESSEE WILLIAMS NOV 6 thru DEC 1

RED

By JOHN LOGAN JAN 8 thru FEB 2

CRIMES OF THE HEART

By BETH HENLEY

FEB 26 thru MAR 23

THE DRESSER

By RONALD HARWOOD

APR 16 thru MAY 11

BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK

By LYNN NOTTAGE MAY 28 thru JUN 22

TRIBES

By NINA RAINE

SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR

WHAT IS EVERYMAN THEATRE? We are a professional theatre company with a resident ensemble of artists from the Baltimore/Washington area dedicated to presenting high quality plays that are affordable and accessible to everyone. The vision of Everyman is to engage, inspire and transform.

How beautiful it is.

How easily it can be broken.

“The greatest play ever written.” —Pittsburgh City Paper BY

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS VINCENT M. LANCISI

FEATURED RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBERS

DIRECTED BY

CLINTON DEBORAH BRANDHAGEN HAZLETT

Amanda Wingfield, a faded Southern belle, holds tight to her two children: Tom, an aspiring poet, and Laura, his painfully shy sister. After receiving pressure from his mother, Tom brings home a gentlemen caller to meet his sister. What follows is an encounter that becomes one of the most compelling and heartbreaking stories ever told. A classic of the American stage, Tennessee Williams’ deeply personal and haunting “memory play” is a touching and profound tale of love and loss, illusion and escape.

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!

SEPTEMBER 4 thru OCTOBER 6

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Rothko’s most provocative masterpiece.

His apprentice.

“A stunning new play… the most compelling drama I’ve seen all year.”” —Chicago Tribune BY

JOHN LOGAN DONALD HICKEN DIRECTED BY

FEATURED RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBERS

ERIC NELSON BERRYMAN

BRUCE RANDOLPH

Winner of six 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Play, Red sends you crashing into the vivid and visceral mind of an artistic genius — abstract expressionist Mark Rothko. Set against the changing landscape of the early 1960s, the celebrated artist has just landed his biggest commission: a series of massive murals for New York’s posh Four Seasons Restaurant. In the midst of his creation, Rothko’s young, new assistant questions his artistic integrity, forcing the famed artist to confront the possibility that his crowning achievement could be his ultimate downfall. A searing portrait of an artist’s determination and vulnerability, Red is a stirring and captivating story of one of the most celebrated artists in modern times.

NOVEMBER 6 thru DECEMBER 1

Nothing brings your sisters together like shooting your husband.

“An evening of antic laughter!” —New York Times BY

BETH HENLEY SUSANNA GELLERT

FEATURED RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBERS

DIRECTED BY

MEGAN BETH ANDERSON HYLTON

Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the NY Drama Critics Circle Award, Beth Henley’s comedy brings you into the Mississippi household of the Magrath sisters. Babe has just shot her husband because she didn’t like his looks. Meg is back in town after a failed attempt in the music business and a nervous breakdown. And poor Lenny — everyone has forgotten her 30th birthday... plus, her pet horse was just struck by lightning! Bad luck certainly runs deep among the Magrath clan. But with warm-hearted laughs and touching family moments, the sisters forgive the past, face the present, and embrace the future in this contemporary American stage classic.

JANUARY 8 thru FEBRUARY 2

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It takes more than clothes to make the man.

“Enthralling, touching and funny!” —New York Post BY

RONALD HARWOOD DEREK GOLDMAN DIRECTED BY

FEATURED RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBERS

MEGAN DEBORAH ANDERSON HAZLETT

WIL LOVE

BRUCE RANDOLPH

NELSON

CARL SCHURR

Both hilarious and heartbreaking, The Dresser is a backstage tale of life upon the wicked stage and the power that theatre has to lift the human spirit in times of great strife. As Britain is under attack from German aircraft, a group of traveling, ragtag Shakespearean players tours the English countryside performing the Bard’s tragic masterpiece — King Lear. Sir is the last of the great actors of a generation that has since passed. As he prepares to play his 227th performance as Lear, he suddenly realizes he cannot recall his first line. It is only his dedicated and loyal dresser, Norman, who would do anything to help lift his master, that can bring the once-great actor to the stage for a final curtain call.

FEBRUARY 26 thru MARCH 23

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Maid to be a star.

“A not-to-be-missed new work. Moves from innocent to sexy to funny without breaking a sweat.” —Vogue BY

LYNN NOTTAGE WALTER DALLAS DIRECTED BY

FEATURED RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBERS

BETH HYLTON

WIL LOVE

DAWN URSULA

It’s the height of 1930s Hollywood. Film studios are filled with glitz, glamor, and eager starlets just waiting to be discovered. Enter Vera Stark, a determined and headstrong African-American maid to a white movie star. But it turns out that Vera is an actress, too! When the stars align and both actresses are cast in the same Southern epic, the story behind the cameras leaves Vera with an unexpected and controversial legacy scholars will question for decades to come. Deliciously funny and wildly entertaining, Vera Stark uses today’s obsession and fascination with tabloids and celebrity gossip to get to the truth behind this mysterious legend of Hollywood.

APRIL 16 thru MAY 11

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Love can always be heard.

“The best-written, most daring and funniest new play in recent years!” —Wall Street Journal BY

NINA RAINE VINCENT M. LANCISI

FEATURED RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBERS

DIRECTED BY

CLINTON MEGAN BRANDHAGEN ANDERSON

Billy is a young man who lives with an intellectual, chaotic and sharp-tongued family. Arguments and insults regularly fly around the dinner table, all while Billy silently watches the scene unfold — he has been deaf since birth. He has managed to adapt to his family’s unconventional ways, but they’ve never really returned the favor. His world is turned upside down when he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the cusp of deafness herself. Fresh out of London and New York, and winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Tribes is the hysterical and touching coming-of-age story about the struggle for self-identity and what it truly means to be understood.

MAY 28 thru JUNE 22

MEDIA SPONSOR

WHY I TEACH.

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EVERYMAN THEATRE RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBER

BRUCE RANDOLPH NELSON

They say that we teach what we want to know for ourselves. I want to know acceptance. In my teaching I offer a safe place for people to express their creativity, express who they are and feel welcomed.

While I do teach professionals, I also get a lot of adult learners: the retired business-person who always had a creative desire but for various reasons had to put this on the back burner. It reminds me of my father who, upon retirement from work as a dentist, returned to school to major in theatre. I have dedicated my teaching efforts to empowering people to connect with their creativity.

In this life I was called to act and teach. How lucky that I get to do both.

Improv I, Improv II (Offered in the spring)

CLASSES BRUCE TEACHES

Check everymantheatre.org/education for class opportunities

TAKE A FALL CLASS TAUGHT BY THE PROS Audition Workshop

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The Actor’s Body series Masterclasses on techniques: Suzuki, Viewpoints, Alexander, Movement Composition Explore all our Fall 2013 classes at everymantheatre.org/education

INTRODUCE A STUDENT TO THE THEATRE

In addition to our classes, Everyman partners with Baltimore City public high schools, sending students to see up to five shows per year at our theatre. The program is entirely free for participating schools and includes in-school workshops, transportation and a talk-back with the cast. Help us introduce a student to theatre by making a gift today: 1 Student = $100.

Add a gift to your subscription order or make a gift today by calling 443.615.7055 x7123 or visiting everymantheatre.org.

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PHOTO CREDITS: Cover: Megan Anderson and Tim Getman in God of Carnage. Photo by Stan Barouh. Mailing panel (clockwise from left): Deborah Hazlett in God of Carnage | Eric Berryman in Topdog/Underdog | Dorea Schmidt and Danny Gavigan in The Beaux’ Stratagem | Carl Schurr and Wil Love in Heroes | Beth Hylton and Eric M. Messner in Time Stands Still | Linda Thorson in August: Osage County. Photos by Stan Barouh. Welcome panel (Top to bottom): Ian Tresselt greeting audience.

Photo by Stan Barouh | Vincent M. Lancisi. Photo by ClintonBPhotography. Benefits/Reaction panel: Katie O. Solomon and Megan Anderson in The Beaux’ Stratagem.

Photo by ClintonBPhotography. Season Overview & How to Order panels: Photo by ClintonBPhotography. 2013/14 SHOW ARTWORK DESIGN: Jeff Rogers.

AUDIENCES RESPOND “For the past two years, Everyman has been the best theatre in Maryland with smart challenging productions.”

—CITY PAPER

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—SHARON AND PHIL, Everyman Subscribers

“It did affect us, change us, in the way good theatre is meant to.

This is why we go to plays.”

—MARY, Everyman Subscriber

“Theatrical experiences don’t come much more involving or rewarding than this.”

—THE BALTIMORE SUN

“Everyman is so consistently good that I am always ready to try something with which I am completely unfamiliar simply because Everyman is producing it.”

—JOANETH, Everyman Subscriber

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