The Playhouse, San Antonio Announces 'Stories of America' 2012-13 Season and Contest

The Playhouse, San Antonio has announced its 2012-2013 Season.  For this season, The Playhouse has decided to focus on Stories of America.

To commemorate this inventive and trilling season, The Playhouse is sponsoring the “Stories of America” contest, asking contestants what it means to be American.  To enter, please e-mail jeffthetheaterguy@gmail.com with an essay of 100 words or less on what it means to be American.  One Grand-Prize winner will receive two gift vouchers, each good for one seat at any performance of any single 2012-2013 season show at The Playhouse.

Contest ends Sunday, September 30^th, 2012.  Contestants must provide their name, phone number, and mailing address in order to be eligible.

The Playhouse, San Antonio 2012-2013 Season: Roads Courageous - Stories of America

Greater Tuna
By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard
Russell Hill Rogers Theater
October 5-October 28, 2012

This hilarious Texas show will keep you laughing until the cows come home!

November
By David Mamet
Cellar Theater
October 26-November 18, 2012

David Mamet's hilarious comedy about an unpopular president's struggle to win re-election.

Annie
Book by Thomas Meehan
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Russell Hill Rogers Theater
December 7-December 23, 2012

Leapin' Lizards! Annie, the popular comic strip heroine, takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. The perfect reflection of our times, and the hope for a bright "Tomorrow".

Santaland Diaries
By David Sedaris & Joe Mantello
Cellar Theater *Special Feature-not part of season package
December 7-16, 2012

A Macy's elf spills the beans about the real Santaland in this hysterical one-person show.

Red
By John Logan
Cellar Theater
January 25-February 17, 2013

Painter Mark Rothko trains a new assistant and philosophizes about art and culture as he paints a series of murals for the soon-to-open Four Seasons Restaurant in New York's famous Seagram Building.

Roads Courageous
World Premiere
Book & Lyrics by Thomas Nyman
Music & Lyrics by Kevin Parman
Russell Hill Rogers Theater
February 22-March 17, 2013

A World Premier musical production, Roads Courageous, is based on the true story of Dr. John R. Brinkley, a barefoot Appalachian boy who grows up to become a wildly famous and controversial medical doctor of depression-era America.

Picnic
By William Inge
Cellar Theater
May 3-26, 2013

William Inge's beautiful story of love, regret, and the courage to pursue one's dreams in 1950's small-town America.

Spring Awakening
Music by Duncan Sheik
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Russell Hill Rogers Theater
May 17-June 9, 2013

An innovative, fearless, hard rock look at teenage sexual awakening in the spring of their lives, and the disastrous consequences brought about by the ultra-conservative, repressive society in which they live. Set in 1891 Germany, Spring Awakening is as current as Roe v. Wade, and as American as apple pie.

Have a Nice Day:
A 70's Musical Flashback
By Rick Lewis
Cellar Theater
June 21-July 14, 2013

A lighthearted "juke-box" send-up of squeaky clean groups such as UP WITH PEOPLE. Great music! Great fun!

Summer Feature:
Ragtime
Book by Terrence McNally
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Russell Hill Rogers Theater * Special Feature-not part of season package
July 26-August 18, 2013

Ragtime musically weaves together the stories of three extraordinary families, who confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair and what it means to live in America.

For tickets and information, visit www.theplayhousesa.org.

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