Announcing Cinnabar Theater’s 41st
Season: 2013/14
Call 707-763-8920 to reserve your subscription today.
Cinnabar’s mission statement remains: to present a
wide range of work from the experimental, contemporary and rarely-performed
classical repertory in the operatic, classical and ethnic music, and theatrical
genres; works which remain relevant to contemporary life and challenging to
professionals and audience members alike, both on the level of technique and
art and on the level of life and living. To create an intimate setting for the
experimentation and exploration necessary to execute high-quality performances,
so that professionals and audiences may attain an all-encompassing theatrical
experience. To train young people in the above-mentioned performing arts and
help them make lasting and meaningful connections between the performing arts
and their daily life.
Along with music series, community choruses, our
award-winning youth program and many other programs, Cinnabar is proud to
announce its professional subscription series for 2013/14:
PLAY Theophilus North
by Matthew Burnett
based on the novel by Thornton Wilder
Nathan Cummings, Director
September 6 - 22, 2013
From Off-Broadway comes this astonishing charmer of a
play, based upon the semi-autobiographical final work of three-time Pulitzer
Prize–winning icon of American letters, Thornton Wilder. Set in the tony resort
town of Newport, RI, during the height of the Jazz Age in summer, 1926, Theophilus
North follows the exploits of the title character as he searches for
adventure and his place in the world. Quitting his teaching position in New
Jersey, and stranded in Newport after his jalopy breaks down, thirty-year-old
Theophilus takes odd jobs (tennis instructor, French tutor, private reader…) in
houses of the wealthy, infiltrating himself into the lives and troubles of
Newport’s residents, both upstairs and downstairs. But the greatest adventure
in store is not at all what he has imagined…
MUSICAL La Cage aux Folles
Book by Harvey Fierstein, Music and Lyrics by Jerry
Herman
Based on the play by Jean Poiret
Mary Chun, Music Director; Sheri Lee Miller, Stage
Director
October 18 - November 10, 2013
After twenty years of un-wedded bliss Georges and
Albin, two men partnered for better-or-worse, get a bit of both when Georges’
son (fathered during a one-night fling) announces his impending marriage to the
daughter of a bigoted, right-wing politician. Further complicating the
situation is the ‘family business’: Albin and Georges run a drag nightclub in
St. Tropez, where Albin is the “star” performer ‘Zaza’. Georges reluctantly
agrees to masquerade as “normal” when he meets the family of the bride-to-be.
But Albin has other plans, with hilarious results.
CABARET MUSICAL Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and
Living in Paris
Production conception, English lyrics, additional
material by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
Based on Jacques Brel’s lyrics and commentary
Music by Jacques Brel
Stage Director TBA; Sheri Mignano, Music Director
December 31, 2013 - January 19, 2014
The poignant, passionate and profound songs of Belgian
songwriter Jacques Brel are brought to vivid theatrical life in this intense
musical experience. Brel’s legendary romance, humor and moral conviction are
evoked in this powerful, intimate, bold and emotional evening of theater.
Brimming with flair, attitude and European sophistication, these rich
compositions create a universe all their own that consistently startles with
its daring, candor and insight.
PLAY Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
Sheri Lee Miller, Director
March 21 - April 6, 2014
Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions
of living off the “fat of the land,” have arrived at a ranch to work for enough
money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body
of a dangerously powerful man. Lennie’s obsessions with things soft and cuddly
have made George cautious about who the gentle giant, with his brute strength,
associates with. His promise to allow Lennie to “tend to the rabbits” on their
future land keeps Lennie calm, amidst distractions, but when a ranch boss’
promiscuous wife is found dead in the barn with a broken neck, George is faced
with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find
him and take matters into their own hands?
OPERA The Marriage of Figaro
Music by W.A. Mozart, Libretto by Lorenzo DaPonte, based
on the play by Beaumarchais
Mary Chun, Music Director; Elly Lichenstein, Stage
Director
May 30 - June 15, 2014
One of the greatest operas ever written, The
Marriage of Figaro is a witty, yet profound tale of love, revenge and
forgiveness. Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva, and Susanna, maid to the
Countess, are set to be married…but the Count has his own designs on Susanna’s
virtue. Naturally, Figaro is determined to prevent the Count from compromising
his fiancée. What follows is a hilarious exercise in duplicity that leads to a
blissful, memorable finale all set to Mozart’s timeless music.
Season subscriptions save patrons up to 20% on their
tickets. Subscriptions are available by calling Cinnabar Theater at
707.763.8920,
and will be available online starting June 1.
