CLYBOURNE PARK, MACBETH & More Set for Capital Stage's 2013-14 Season

Fresh off the highly popular and critically acclaimed season of "Power Plays," Capital Stage will explore the theme of "The Homefront" in its ambitious ninth season as Sacramento's home for bold, thought-provoking live theatre.

Founding Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte, who recently announced that she will be stepping down at the end of the 2013-14 season, selected the season with an eye toward plays with heart, soul and a timely relevance. "These diverse plays all explore the many ways in which our identities are intertwined with our notions of 'home,'" said Gularte. True to Capital Stage's mission to be a leader in the contemporary live theatre landscape, four of the plays will be Sacramento premieres. Building on the success of Capital Stage's recent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's HEDDA GABLER, the 2013-14 season will feature an original adaptation of Shakespeare's MACBETH, directed by Stephanie Gularte and starring Scott Coopwood and Janis Stevens as dramatic literature's most infamous power couple.

Stephanie Gularte stated, "From the very beginning we have chosen to take risks and our audiences have continually rewarded us for our efforts. Our Season of Power Plays marked another year of growth for Capital Stage and a fiscal year ending in the black, with subscriptions on track to once again surpass the previous year."

CAPITAL STAGE'S 2013-14 SEASON

CLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris
Directed by Michael Stevenson
September 4 - October 6, 2013 (Opening Night September 7) Sacramento Premiere
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, Clybourne Park is a bitingly funny and fiercely provocative new play about the volatile combination of race and real estate. This ferociously sharp play is inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's popular classic A Raisin in the Sun.

MACBETH by William Shakespeare, A Capital Stage Adaptation
Directed by Stephanie Gularte
October 23 - November 24, 2013 (Opening Night October 26)
One of Shakespeare's most famous plays, Macbeth goes beyond a mere tragedy of moral order to a deeply psychological study of a mind preyed on by ambition, fear, and regret. Capital Stage's original adaptation places the focus on the perverse marital bond that gives rise to the play's tragic events.

THE SANTALAND DIARIES* by David Sedaris, Adapted by Joe Mantello
Directed by Carolyn Howarth
December 4 - 29, 2013 (Opening Night December 7)
David Sedaris's riotously funny take on the holidays, as seen through the eyes of Crumpet the Elf, one of Santa's helpers in Santaland at the New York Macy's department store, returns to Capital Stage.
* Not part of subscription series

THE REAL THING by Tom Stoppard
January 22 - February 23, 2014 (Opening Night January 25)
Tom Stoppard combines his characteristically brilliant wordplay and wit with poignant insights about the nature and mystery of love, commitment and authenticity creating a multi-toned play that challenges the mind while searching out the innermost secrets of the heart and asks that question, when it comes to love how do we know when it's the "real thing?"

4000 MILES by Amy Herzog
March 12 - April 13, 2014 (Opening Night March 15) Sacramento Premiere
After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other. 4000 Miles is a wonderfully funny, touching and ultimately surprising play about growing up and finding home.

GOOD PEOPLE by David Lindsay-Abaire
April 30 - June 1, 2014 (Opening Night May 3) Sacramento Premiere
David Lindsay-Abaire's play dares to ask: is it strength of character or just a few lucky breaks that determines a person's fate? Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month's paycheck covers last month's bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who's made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings?

MAPLE AND VINE by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Peter Mohrmann
June 18 - July 20, 2014 (Opening Night June 21) Sacramento Premiere
Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s re-enactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors - and they themselves - are willing to sacrifice for happiness. Exploring feminism, racism, homophobia and marital strife... 1950's conformity may not differ much from 2014's.

Single tickets and season subscriptions on sale now

Box Office: 916-995-5464
Online: www.capstage.org
In Person: 2215 J Street

Subscriptions:
$102 to $180

Single tickets:
$26 to $38
$20 preview tickets available for select performances
Group, student and senior discounts available for select performances
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Regular performance times:
Wednesdays 7pm
Thursdays & Fridays 8pm
Saturdays 8pm
Sundays 2pm