Burbage Theatre Company's THIS WINTER'S WAR Begins in January

The Burbage Theatre Company, just after their critically acclaimed summer rep series Loving the Ghost, mounts another 'mini-season' at Aurora Providence.

This Winter's War, a series of two plays about War and its consequences, runs January 7 - March 18 2016. The series includes: 'Happy Birthday, Wanda June' (Jan 7 - Feb 5), the only play by the great American satirist Kurt Vonnegut Jr, directed by Wendy Overly, and 'Titus Andronicus' (Feb 18 - Mar 18) the full-length Providence premiere of William Shakespeare's first tragedy, directed by Burbage's Artistic Director Jeff Church.

This Winter's War runs January 7 - March 18 at Aurora Providence, 276 Westminster Street, Providence RI. Tickets are $10-$20. Visit www.burbagetheatre.org or contact info@burbagetheatre.org for reservations and more info.

ABOUT THE PLAYS

Why War? "It is hard these days to imagine a world without War," says Artistic Director Jeff Church, "something like nine out of ten people believe that War will never end, that humans will always, in some way or other, be at War with each other. In an election season, we at Burbage feel it pertinent to hone in on the perpetual nature of War, and find, in a time of transition, why the next War begins."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE (Jan 7 - Feb 5)
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
directed by Wendy Overly

"This is a simple-minded play about men who enjoy killing, and those who don't." Set in post-war 1960s America, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Happy Birthday, Wanda June tells the story of a notorious and presumably dead war-hero's return home. He is met with the realization that in his absence, those he left behind now seem to value life and peace over death and destruction. His wife must decide to stay her newly educated and evolved course and protect her son, or allow her husband to bulldoze her back into the dark ages of misogyny and helplessness. Vonnegut's play is a brilliant satire about post-war America's tragic attempt to seek out the next battle to fight.

TITUS ANDRONICUS (Feb 18 - Mar 18)
by William Shakespeare
directed by Jeff Church

Titus Andronicus returns to Rome after years at war and is expected to become emperor. He refuses the throne, but in doing so sets into motion a gruesome chain of events. Tamora, queen of his defeated enemies, marries the new emperor. She and her sons vow revenge against Titus and carry out a campaign of gore and cruelty which decimates the Andronicus family. Devastated and dishonored, Titus enacts his own sinister vengeance against the royal family in what is perhaps Shakespeare's most violent play.

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