Deep Dish Theater Announces It's 11th Timely Season, Opens 8/26

Deep Dish Theater invites you to travel in time with its upcoming 11th Season, opening August 26th.

"The theater has a unique ability to transform events from the past, present and future into ‘Here and Now,'" said Founding Artistic Director Paul Frellick. "This season we'll be exploring that transformation from every direction, in hopes of deepening our understanding of those other eras as well as our own."

The 2011-12 Season opens with Amy Herzog's After the Revolution, a recent off-Broadway hit about one family's spent time and the legacy they leave, before journeying back to the Middle Ages in Edward Kemp's adaptation of Gottholt Lessing's Nathan the Wise. Audiences can then jump into the present as Deep Dish debuts a Workshop production of a brand new play, and follow up with a trek back one hundred years ago, across a frozen wasteland in Ted Tally's Terra Nova. Wrapping up the adventurous season is a peek into a funny future with Henceforward... by Alan Ayckbourn.

The 2011-12 Deep Dish Theater Season Up-Close:

After the Revolution
Written by Amy Herzog
Directed by Paul Frellick
August 26-September 17, 2011
Three generations of activists wrestle with the family's legacy when a skeleton emerges
from the closet. A recent off-Broadway hit by an emerging American playwright.

Nathan the Wise
Written by Gottholt Lessing, adapted and translated by Edward Kemp
Directed by Tony Lea
October 28 - November 19, 2011
Set in Jerusalem during the Crusades, this funny and forceful play tells the intricate
story of a young couple caught between warring religious factions. A rarely seen 18th
Century masterpiece that speaks directly to our times.

Workshop Production of a brand new play: Title to Be Announced
January 11 - January 15, 2012

Terra Nova
Written by Ted Tally
February 24 - March 17, 2012
The story, 100 years old, of the race to the South Pole, told from the perspective of
the losers. A grippingly theatrical take on the strengths and weaknesses of the human
spirit.

Henceforward...
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Paul Frellick
April 27 - May 19, 2012
A wickedly funny look into a not very distant future, as a man tries to reassemble his
family with the aid of a malfunctioning robot. From the comic mastermind behind The
Norman Conquests.

Performances times are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday (matinee) at 2 p.m. Deep Dish is located in Chapel Hill's University Mall, on Estes Drive and US 15-501.

Subscriptions are on sale now. For more information, visit the Deep Dish website at www.deepdishtheater.org or call the Deep Dish box office at (919) 968-1515.

The Deep Dish Theater Company is committed to presenting compelling, human-centered dramatic work that contributes to the cultural richness of the Triangle area and challenges audiences to explore concerns of the community and the world-at-large.

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