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Vokes Players'
2011-2012 Season
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#299
Romance/ Romance book/lyrics by Barry Harman music by Keith Herrmann Directed by JulieAnn Charest Govang Music Direction by Mario Cruz Choreography by Laura Espy |
November 3-19, 2011 Two entirely different takes on love are presented in our season kick-off, Romance/Romance, the charming Tony-nominated musical by Barry Harman and Keith Herrmann. Act One tells the comedic tale of two well-heeled lovers in Vienna, circa 1900, both feeling that their lives have become boring, looking to make a change. Alfred and Josefine meet each other as they are both pretending to be poor, working-class people. They realize that the love they’re looking for is not as difficult to find as it is to keep. Act Two shifts in time and place to modern New York. Sam and Monica are best friends and they’re married … he’s marred to Barb, she’s married to Lenny. On an outing to the country, in the late hours while their spouses sleep, Sam and Monica let a conversation about their love lives lead them into dangerous territory. Can these friends keep their marriages and their friendship together if they admit to the romantic feelings they harbor for each other? |
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#300 The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonough Directed by James Barton |
March 1-17, 2012 For over a hundred years, many a young person has found escape at the movies. A remote island off the west coast of Ireland seems to be the most unlikely setting for any kind of escape, but Billy Claven might actually get to live his dream to be in the movies. But in playwright Martin McDonagh’s world, dreams come to life in strange and dangerous ways. With this dark, shockingly funny and deeply touching chapter of his Aran Islands Trilogy, McDonagh again captures the depth of feeling that the Irish people have for family, home and their roots. The characters that we meet on Inishmaan are hurt, proud, vengeful people, who happen to have such a scathingly witty way with words that you will laugh explosively in spite of yourself. |
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#301 A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Directed by Chris Cardoni |
May 3-19, 2012 Of all the mesmerizing characters that Tennessee Williams created, none have hit the theatrical heights that Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois do. These two sharp, distinct personalities are the center of Williams’ masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche, the faded “Southern Belle” who clings to her memories of better times and to her dreams of what could be – Stanley, the rough, strong-minded, simple working man who is very much a “here-and-now”, “cut-to-the-chase” sort of guy. They go together like lighter fluid and a match, and the collision between the civilities of her refined living and the stark realities of his city ignites a conflict that escalates out of control. Stella, Stanley’s wife and Blanche’s sister, loves them both, but cannot stop them from tearing at each other until one of them finally, sadly, achingly, breaks. |
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#302 The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive Directed by John Barrett |
July 19-August 4, 2012 The Voice of the Prairie is an ode to the art of storytelling. Davey Quinn is an itinerant farmhand in the American Midwest of the 1920s. He is also a captivating storyteller with a gift for touching his listener’s hearts. Many of his stories involve Frankie, a young blind girl with whom he had run away years before and then lost. Into Davey’s world comes a new medium – radio. Soon stories of Davey and Frankie and their slightly scandalous adventures of long ago are capturing imaginations throughout the Midwest and a simple farm boy has become a celebrity – and far away, a staid, respectable teacher of the blind named Frances is suddenly being asked some very pointed questions by a very curious fiancé. The Voice of the Prairie entwines the lives of two fascinating characters, with the excitement of the birth of a dominant new medium. It’s different, it’s charming, and it’s full of wonder. |
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