Intiman Theatre Announces 2008 Season

Intiman Theatre announces the schedule of performances for its 36th season in 2008. The season will also include special events, free community programs in connection with the American Cycle series and other productions, the statewide Living History arts-in-education program and the annual holiday production of Black Nativity.

Subscription packages are available now by calling 206.269.1900 or by visiting www.intiman.org. Single tickets will go on sale February 1. The 2008 season includes:

The Diary of Anne Frank
Dramatized by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Directed by Sari Ketter
Previews: March 21, 22 at 8 pm, March 23, 25 at 7:30 pm
Opening: March 26 at 7:30 pm
Pay What You Can: March 27 at 7:30 pm
Close: May 17 at 8 pm

Intiman launches its season with the original Pulitzer Prize-winning 1956 stage adaptation of Anne Frank's diary: a haunting and luminous personal account of life during the Holocaust. Through the lens of her own eyes and words, The Diary of Anne Frank tells the story of the 25 months she, her family and four others spent in hiding during World War II. The production will include special community events and an expanded schedule of student matinees.

World Premiere: Namaste Man (Lost and Found in Kathmandu)
Written and Performed by Andrew Weems
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Previews:  May 30, 31 at 8 pm, June 1, 3 at 7:30 pm
Opening: June 4 at 7:30 pm
Pay What You Can: June 5 at 7:30 pm
Close: June 22 at 7:30 pm

"Namaste" is a Hindi expression used as a conventional greeting on meeting or parting—a word that means both hello and goodbye. Namaste Man, the autobiographical play by actor Andrew Weems, draws on a childhood that was anything but conventional. Growing up in Africa and Asia, Weems spent his adolescence in houses furnished by the State Department, living a life of constant hellos and goodbyes. He experienced a world redolent with adventures, outsized personalities—and mysteries that he would begin to unravel only as an adult. Namaste Man is supported through the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships, funded by the William & Eva Fox Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group.

A Streetcar Named Desire
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Sheila Daniels
Previews: July 3 at 7:30 pm, July 5 at 8 pm, July 6, 8 at 7:30 pm
Opening: July 9 at 7:30 pm
Pay What You Can: July 10 at 7:30 pm
Close: August 2 at 8 pm

Acclaimed Seattle director and Intiman's newly appointed associate director Sheila Daniels makes her Intiman debut with A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer Prize and other major theatre honors for his New Orleans-set masterpiece about Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski and the epic, sexually charged battle between "tender feelings" and "brutal desire" that enflames them both.

The Little Dog Laughed
By Douglas Carter Beane
Previews: August 15, 16 at 8 pm, August 17, 19 at 7:30 pm
Opening: August 20 at 7:30 pm
Pay What You Can: August 21 at 7:30 pm
Close: September 13 at 8 pm

Douglas Carter Beane's Tony-nominated play is a zinger-filled comedy about deception and double-dealings in Hollywood. At the play's center is that loveable monster, a Hollywood agent, whose star client has a secret that would change everything….if it came out.

The American Cycle: All the King's Men
By Robert Penn Warren
Adapted by Adrian Hall
Previews: September 26, 27 at 8 pm, September 28, 30 at 7:30 pm, October 1 at 7:30 pm
Pay What You Can: October 2 at 7:30 pm
Opening Night: October 3 at 8 pm
Close: November 8 at 8 pm

In the presidential election year, Intiman completes its American Cycle with Robert Penn Warren's fictionalized portrait of politician Huey P. Long, the radical populist from Louisiana. Through the characters of Willie Stark and his right-hand man, reporter Jack Burden, Warren explores the temptations and complexities of power—and of history. The New York Times calls this Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, produced in a towering adaptation featuring 16 actors plus musicians, the "definitive novel about American politics."   

All information subject to change; for more information visit www.intiman.org

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