2008-2009 Season
"When was the last time you've seen something NEW?"
Philadelphia Theatre Workshop
2008-2009 season:
THE MYSTERY PLAYS
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Philadelphia Premiere! - November 15-30, 2008
Joe, a director of horror films, is watching his real life become one. He survives a terrible train wreck only to be haunted by the ghost of one of the passengers who didn't survive. Joe begins to investigate the man who's haunting him, desperate to understand what the specter could possibly want. Meanwhile, Joe's attorney/friend, Abby, travels to a small town in rural Oregon to make peace with the man who--sixteen years earlier as an abused and disturbed teenager--brutally murdered her parents and younger sister. The man--the murderer--is her older brother and we see their first interaction in years and, via flashback, the circumstances that led to this grisly event.
SECOND ANNUAL PLAYSHOP FESTIVAL
Four Plays in Process
March 7 - 22, 2009
Four new high quality scripts that reflect diverse, contemporary human stories will run in repertory as part of this new play festival. They present characters, situations, and perspectives not usually seen on other area stages. During this unique and intensive program, playwrights, directors, designers, dramaturges, and actors work collaboratively to develop these plays utilizing feedback from the artists in rehearsals and performances before live audiences. The playwrights will be writing and re-writing the scripts during the entire process, so the plays will reshape themselves over the course of the festival.
THE MEATPACKERS BOOK CLUB
by Kathy Anderson
World Premiere! - May 30 - June 14, 2009
Imagine a book club where the members wield bloody hacksaws for a living and discussions about literature break out in fistfights. It's the Meatpackers Book Club. To rise above the raw gore of their daily lives, clever Harry, tough guy Red, one-armed Augustus, and lone female meatpacker Tiny discuss Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, The Life of Pi, and the proper way to hack animal carcasses. Meanwhile, a love triangle is evolving and something very strange and troubling is going on in Sector 8 of the meatpacking plant. And today, while all these worlds are colliding, it's really difficult to get a meaningful literary discussion going.
...Plus some additional surprises!
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