Tonight,Robert and I attended a party at the Portland Center Stage where Chris Coleman announced the 2008/2009 season. Actors read or sang parts from the selections. I was SO please to hear that they will be performing one of my top favorite musicals - Guys and Dolls Sept 25-Oct 26. We paid for the new season tickets and will get seats a bit closer. The rest of the list:
For the Main Stage:
A Christmas Carol - adapted by Mead Hunter from the novel by Charles Dickens
Apollo - (World Premiere) written and directed by Nancy Keystone
The Importance of Being Earnest - by Oscar Wilde; Directed by Chris Coleman
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan; directed by Rose Riordan
Grey Gardens -book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and Lyrics by Michael Korie
In the Studio (the smaller theatre):
R. Buckminster Fuller:The History [and Mystery] of the Universe -written and directed by D.W. Jacobs
How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (American Premiere) by Fin Kennedy; Directed by Rose Riordan
Crazy Enough (Word Premiere) written and performed by Storm Large; Directed by Chris Coleman