[Capdist-announce] Theater Voices' 2011-2012 Season Announcement

[Judy Spevack]

Theater Voices Announces Its 2011-2012 Season

 Marking the twenty-fourth season that the company has offered staged
readings free to the public,  the upcoming roster promises an exciting
selection of plays. All shows will be presented at Steamer No. 10 Theater,
500 Western Avenue, in Albany.

The first production, to be presented October 14, 15, 16, 2011, will be
DEFIANCE by John Patrick Shanley, author of the Pulitzer-Prize winner DOUBT.
Both plays are drawn from Shanley’s own experience, and both dramatize
conflict within longstanding institutions undergoing change. While DOUBT is
set in the Catholic Church during the 1960’s, DEFIANCE takes place at the
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in 1971, as the Viet Nam War winds down.
Long-time career officer Colonel Littlefield and young African American
Captain King have their own ambitions and priorities, but both men are also
veterans of different battles that have left them scarred. The crux of the
story is a charge of misconduct against Littlefield, an accusation that
leads to profound questions about race, ethics, sexual politics, loyalty,
and authority. The director will be Yvonne Perry. Auditions for DEFIANCE
have been set for August 28 and 29th. See www.theatervoices.org for details.

The second production, to be presented February 17, 18, 19 2012, will be
SIGHT UNSEEN, a 1992 work by another winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Donald
Margulies. The plot concerns a successful American painter, Jonathan Waxman,
who detours from a London retrospective of his work to visit the lover he
hasn’t seen in fifteen years. She now lives in a spare farmhouse with her
archeologist husband. As the story moves backward and forward in time,
Waxman struggles to deal with his Jewish identity, as well as the
realization that fame has failed to liberate him not only from insecurity,
but also from fear that he has lost his way artistically. Much like a
painting, the play overflows with tantalizing ambiguities. The director will
be John Romeo.

Theater Voices third production, to be presented March 30, 31, April 1,
2012, a recent Broadway hit, will be announced shortly pending approval.
The director will be David Girard.

 The final staged reading production to be presented, May 18. 19. 20, 2012,
will be the recent Broadway hit, BLACK TIE by A.R. Gurney. A comedy about
how values change from generation to generation. The play takes place on the
eve of a wedding in a hotel in the Adirondacks. The groom's family has
arrived to prepare for the rehearsal dinner downstairs and the father,
Curtis, is slipping on his late father's tuxedo, which he has had tailored
for the occasion to honor tradition. That's when a familiar spirit appears:
It's Curtis' charming father, who has been aroused from The Great Beyond by
his loving son to help write his wedding speech and for advice. Things do
not go smoothly. The director will be Judy Spevack

Theater Voices of Albany is a group of dedicated actors and directors, who
for over two decades have presented both new and classic works, with the
specific goal of emphasizing the richness of the playwrights' language. Each
production is a fully performed staged reading, but with minimal scenery and
simple costumes.

The group is funded in part by the City of Albany and the New York State
Council on the Arts Community ART$ GRANT.

Contact: info at theatervoices.org or 518-438-5503
www.theatervoices.org
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