Yale School of Drama (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) has announced the 2011-12 season, three vividly imagined theatrical productions that explore some all-too human follies-of making deals with the Devil; of believing appearances; and of wanting what, or who, we cannot have: DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS by Gertrude Stein, CYMBELINE by William Shakespeare, and THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov.
Yale School of Drama's 2011-12 season will run as follows:DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTSCYMBELINE
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Louisa Proske
THE SEAGULL
By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Alexandru Mihail
January 24-28, 2012
University Theatre
222 York Street
"Any idiot can face a crisis-it's day to day living that wears you out."
Nina wants to be an actress. Aspiring playwright Konstantin wants to revolutionize theatre. As they put on their first play by a Russian lake, the audience is unreceptive, to say the least: Konstantin's mother, the famous actress Arkadina, laughs. Her lover, a celebrated writer, falls asleep. Indeed, in Chekhov's profound comedy, years of petty squabbles and thwarted love affairs breed miserable hilarity in the countryside: lovers and artists alike struggle with memory, forgetting, and moving on.
Tickets, starting at $10, are available online at drama.yale.edu, by phone at (203) 432-1234, and in person at the Box Office (1120 Chapel Street at York Street).
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