Tony Kushner's most joyfully theatrical play, The Illusion, freely adapted from Pierre Corneille's original opens Friday, July 29th at 7:30 p.m. at the Theater at Monmouth. An anxious father seeks to reunite with his estranged son and enlists the services of a powerful sorcerer. Visions reveal the romantic, adventurous, and perilous life the son has been leading-but may not be as they seem. This wildly entertaining tale of passion and regret, of love, disillusionment and magic runs through August 19th.
?Theater at Monmouth's 2016 Family Show features a new adaptation of the classic tale of a feline master-mind, Puss in Boots, adapted for the stage by producing artistic director, Dawn McAndrews. This re-telling opens on Saturday, July 2nd at 1:00 p.m. Each summer, TAM presents a play for children of all ages adapted from classic literature. Due to the popularity of past Family Shows Puss in Boots will run throughout the season including weekday and weekend performances.
William Shakespeare's dynamic and relentless history, Henry V, is TAM's Shakespeare in Maine Communities offering for 2015. Henry V will tour for three weeks to schools and community centers across the state and run for one weekend only in Cumston Hall October 16-18. This production is supported in part by the Maine Arts Commission and The Betterment Fund.
William Shakespeare's magical comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream opens at Theater at Monmouth tonight, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. One of Shakespeare's most popular plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows the journey of four young lovers as they find their way through the forest and to each other. But as Lysander says 'the course of true love never did run smooth.' Full of madcap chases and mistaken identities, A Midsummer Night's Dream is an exploration of the mystery and madness of love.
Noel Coward's clever comedy Fallen Angels opens at Theater at Monmouth today, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. Smart, stylish, and intoxicatingly witty, Fallen Angels takes you on hilarious ride as two women take on the nature of commitment, the sexual double standard, and each other for the chance to rekindle an old flame. Coward's fast-paced comedy of manners discards social codes and exposes the foibles of the British upper class.
William Shakespeare's magical comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream opens at Theater at Monmouth Friday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. One of Shakespeare's most popular plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows the journey of four young lovers as they find their way through the forest and to each other. But as Lysander says "the course of true love never did run smooth." Full of madcap chases and mistaken identities, A Midsummer Night's Dream is an exploration of the mystery and madness of love.
Noel Coward's clever comedy Fallen Angels opens at Theater at Monmouth Friday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. Smart, stylish, and intoxicatingly witty, Fallen Angels takes you on hilarious ride as two women take on the nature of commitment, the sexual double standard, and each other for the chance to rekindle an old flame. Coward's fast-paced comedy of manners discards social codes and exposes the foibles of the British upper class.
Theater at Monmouth's Family Show opens tonight, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. with a production of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Adapted by Dawn McAndrews, this classic Russian fairy tale encourages the power of believing in yourself, the value of friendship, and the importance of following your dreams.
Theater at Monmouth's Family Show opens June 27 at 7:30 p.m. with a production of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Adapted by Dawn McAndrews, this classic Russian fairy tale encourages the power of believing in yourself, the value of friendship, and the importance of following your dreams.
The Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers Workshop presents their Summer Festival of Shows with a full week of musical favorites. The festival will run today, August 8th through August 17th at the Little Theatre on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ. This season's selection will include Tommy, Count to Ten, Here and Now.
The Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers Workshop presents their Summer Festival of Shows with a full week of musical favorites. The festival will run August 8th through August 17th at the Little Theatre on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ. This season's selection will include Tommy, Count to Ten, Here and Now.
Doing justice to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, one of the most beloved and most often quoted plays in the repertoire, can be a daunting task, but the Theater at Monmouth has assembled a youthful cast and given the Bard's tragedy an honest reading - one which compensates for what it may lack in passion and abandon with sincerity and moments of striking originality.
Season 45 continues at Theater at Monmouth with Oscar Wilde's deliciously witty satire, A Woman of No Importance, opening tonight, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. Fraught with epigrams and pithy sentiments, A Woman of No Importance probes the societal hypocrisy of punishing women for the sin of passion while lauding men for their conquest. Surely the basis for Downton Abbey, Wilde's dark comedy lays bare the moral contradictions of Victorian England.
Season 45 continues at Theater at Monmouth with Oscar Wilde's deliciously witty satire, A Woman of No Importance, opening Friday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. Fraught with epigrams and pithy sentiments, A Woman of No Importance probes the societal hypocrisy of punishing women for the sin of passion while lauding men for their conquest. Surely the basis for Downton Abbey, Wilde's dark comedy lays bare the moral contradictions of Victorian England.
William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy, As You Like It, opens at Theater at Monmouth on Friday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. Set in the 1940s, As You Like It explores the ups and downs of love and courtship. Filled with mistaken identities and misplaced devotion, As You Like It lampoons the often puzzling, yet utterly gratifying, labor of love.
William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy, As You Like It, opens at Theater at Monmouth on Friday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. Set in the 1940s, As You Like It explores the ups and downs of love and courtship. Filled with mistaken identities and misplaced devotion, As You Like It lampoons the often puzzling, yet utterly gratifying, labor of love.
The Theatre School at DePaul University proudly presents HANSEL & GRETEL, by Moses Goldberg and directed by Ann Wakefield, as the first production of the 2013-2014 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series. This production opens Saturday, October 12, and runs through Saturday, November 16, 2013, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre. Performances are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10 AM, and Saturdays at 2 PM. A special Sunday performance (2 PM) will be held on October 27. There will be no Saturday performance on October 26. Friday performances are on November 1 and 15(10 AM).
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