Redhouse Arts Center's 2015-16 Season to Include BIG FISH, DREAMGIRLS & More

The Redhouse Arts Center is pleased to announce its 2015/16 MainStage season filled with eight unforgettable shows! The season opens with the delightful adventure Big Fish, a bigger than life musical that tells the story of a traveling salesman with a huge heart, enormous spirit, and an extraordinary vision of the world. This will be followed by Medea, the ancient Greek tragedy with a contemporary twist characterizing Medea as a wife and a mother in 1950's America. December will kick off with the popular musical Dreamgirls which follows the story of a female singing group from Chicago called "The Dreams" as they become musical superstars. The new year will feature Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods; meet Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack in the Beanstalk, and many more of your favorite fairytale characters as they journey together to learn that getting what you want in life comes with great responsibility. Into the Woods will run in rep with A Midsummer Night's Dream, arguably one of the most magical plays ever written. Spring will feature Redhouse Ruhls! featuring two plays by acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl. The first is Passion Play which takes us behind the scenes of three communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ. The second is Eurydice, a play in which Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Redhouse closes its season with the award -winning musical Ragtime which depicts an African-American family, a Jewish immigrant family, and a wealthy suburban WASP family in turn-of-the-century America as the pursue the American Dream.

"This coming season at Redhouse offers the largest, most diverse season to date taking you from Greece to the woods to Motown. The Season will feature a record number of local and out-of town actors with new design and production staff. We are thrilled to bring you performances that are all about family and the magic of how we fall apart and come together again. A journey you won't want to miss!" says Executive Director Stephen Svoboda.

Season subscribers save nearly 50% for seven MainStage and one lab performance as well as receive an annual membership and more! For non-subscribers, individual show tickets will be available for purchase, beginning August 1st, by calling our box office. For more information call (315) 362-2785 or visit our website at www.theredhouse.org.

DATES:

BIG FISH

Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

Book by John August

September 17 - October 2, 2015

Opening Night - September 18 at 8pm

MEDEA

by Euripides

October 29 - November 7, 2015

Opening Night - October 30 at 8pm

DREAMGIRLS

Music by Henry Krieger

Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen

December 3 - December 12, 2015

Opening Night - December 4 at 8pm

INTO THE WOODS

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by James Lapine

January 20 - February 13, 2016

Opening Night - January 22 at 8pm

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

By William Shakespeare

January 21 - February 13, 2016

Opening Night - January 23 at 8pm

PASSION PLAY

by Sarah Ruhl

March 31 - April 9, 2016

Opening Night - April 1 at 8pm

EURYDICE (Performed in the Redhouse Lab)

By Sarah Ruhl

April 7 - April 17, 2016

Opening Night - April 7 at 8pm

RAGTIME

Book by Terance Mcnally

Music by Stephen Flaherty

Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

May 5 - May 21, 2016

Opening Night - May 6 at 8pm