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It's the garden of an English bungalow locally known as the Headmaster's Cottage, on the grounds of Bilbury Lodge Preparatory School. It's pretty typical of its sort, but it is about to serve as the jumping-off point for a wildly funny series of events, as Stage West presents Alan Ayckbourn's Intimate Exchanges, which will begin its run Thursday, April 28.

It's the summer of 1929, and Myra Tolliver, a divorced woman, is struggling to raise her teenage son in the small town of Harrison, Texas. It's not been easy for her, but she's managed to get by. But now, everything around her is starting to change, in Horton Foote's Talking Pictures, beginning its run at Stage West on Thursday, March 10, as part of the area-wide Foote Festival.

I'm Just Feeling a sudden sense of urgency mixed with intense exhaustion That's called middle age Alan Uh I am not Middle-aged That's also called middle age

I'm Just Feeling a sudden sense of urgency mixed with intense exhaustion That's called middle age Alan Uh I am not Middle-aged That's also called middle age

Justin Lazenby and Julie-Ann Jobson are newly engaged, living happily in Justin's apartment in the London Docklands area. And they have decided to throw a dinner party so that they can meet each other's parents, and the parents can meet each other.

Justin Lazenby and Julie-Ann Jobson are newly engaged, living happily in Justin's apartment in the London Docklands area. And they have decided to throw a dinner party so that they can meet each other's parents, and the parents can meet each other.

Welcome to Leenane, a small village in the rugged landscape of County Galway. It might seem to be a typical Irish village, but there's something a bit different about it. The young parish priest, Father Welsh, puts it this way: 'I thought Leenane was a nice place when first I turned up here, but no.

Welcome to Leenane, a small village in the rugged landscape of County Galway. It might seem to be a typical Irish village, but there's something a bit different about it. The young parish priest, Father Welsh, puts it this way: 'I thought Leenane was a nice place when first I turned up here, but no.

Some questions remain long after their owners have died. Lingering like ghosts. Looking for the answers they never found in life. (Margrethe Bohr, in Copenhagen)

Some questions remain long after their owners have died. Lingering like ghosts. Looking for the answers they never found in life. (Margrethe Bohr, in Copenhagen)

Gunner Johnson is not filled with the Christmas spirit. 'I'm tellin' ya, it's just another Hallmark holiday that got outta control,' he tells his wife Clara. But he's about to have to learn how to stop being a Grinch, as Stage West presents the utterly hilarious A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, through January 17.

Gunner Johnson is not filled with the Christmas spirit. 'I'm tellin' ya, it's just another Hallmark holiday that got outta control,' he tells his wife Clara. But he's about to have to learn how to stop being a Grinch, as Stage West presents the utterly hilarious A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, beginning Thursday, December 10.

Gunner Johnson is not filled with the Christmas spirit. 'I'm tellin' ya, it's just another Hallmark holiday that got outta control,' he tells his wife Clara. But he's about to have to learn how to stop being a Grinch, as Stage West presents the utterly hilarious A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, beginning Thursday, December 10.

Stage West presents Liz Lochhead's wry and funny Good Things.

Stage West presents Liz Lochhead's wry and funny Good Things.

Stage West presents Liz Lochhead's wry and funny Good Things.

Stage West presents Liz Lochhead's wry and funny Good Things.

Stage West presents Liz Lochhead's wry and funny Good Things.

A wife who looks after the home. A husband who is an inventor. Two growing children. A knowing and unreliable maid, and two pets.

A wife who looks after the home. A husband who is an inventor. Two growing children. A knowing and unreliable maid, and two pets.