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(RED BANK, NJ) Two River Theatre Company, in the midst of construction of its new Red Bank theater, has announced its 2004/2005 season of four plays: Accidental Death of an Anarchist, a hilariously biting political satire by Nobel laureate, Dario Fo; Beauty Queen of Leenane, a powerful Irish drama and winner of four Tony Awards, by Martin McDonagh; The Syringa Tree, the Obie Award-winning lyrical tale of a young Caucasian girl growing up during the political upheaval of a changing South Africa, by Pamela Gien; and Moss Hart and George Kaufman’s classic delightful comedy, You Can’t Take it With You.
The first three plays of the season will be performed at the company’s temporary home, the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan. The final play of the season, to open on May 6, 2005, will inaugurate the company’s new $15 million state-of-the-art facility on Bridge Avenue in Red Bank.
As a comic tonic for the upcoming fall election season, TRTC will present the hit comedy Accidental Death of an Anarchist. The play, written in 1970, is based on an actual incident in which an anarchist railway work falls from a window of police headquarters in Milan while being interrogated. In Fo’s spoof, this “accident” is investigated by a lunatic impersonator who pretends to be a police magistrate. The plot explodes into a slapstick kaleidoscope of Keystone Cops, Marx Brothers, and commedia dell’Arte. The production runs from September 30 – October 17, 2004.
In January of 2005, TRTC will present Martin McDonagh’s Broadway hit drama, Beauty Queen of Leenane. Set in the mountains of Ireland, the play depicts the destructive relationship between a lonely middle-aged woman, who yearns for love, and her controlling and manipulative mother, deathly afraid of losing her daughter. Filled with gothic humor and Irish lyricism, McDonagh’s tale takes twists and turns that are both unpredictable and haunting.
Winner of the 2001 Obie Award, The Syringa Tree is the moving story of an abiding love between two families – one black, one white – and the two children born into their shared household in South Africa in the early 1960’s. Seen through the eyes of a six-year-old girl trying to make sense of the chaos and magic of her world, the play follows the families’ destinies through four generations from Apartheid to the present day. One actress plays 24 characters in this tour de force theatrical event, which The New York Times called, “engaging, exotic, complex, and deeply shocking.” TRTC will present Pam Gien’s drama in March of 2005.
As part of a grand opening celebration of its new theatre, beginning May 6, 2005, TRTC will present the classic Kaufman and Hart comedy, You Can’t Take It With You. By the authors of Once in a Lifetime and The Man Who Came to Dinner, this Pulitzer Prize winning play is an inspired and giddy confection of romance and lunacy. When the attractive, young Tony Kirby becomes engaged to Alice Sycamore, he brings his wealthy, uptight, and unhappy parents to dine at the Sycamore home, a place filled with mayhem and oddball characters. The evening explodes in laughter and fireworks.
In describing next season, TRTC’s artistic director, Jonathan Fox, explained, “The plays for next season are filled with characters taking flight (literally, in one case!), or dreaming of taking flight. So, too, are we taking flight with our new theatre complex, and what was once a dream is fast becoming a reality.”
Season subscriptions are $77-$135, and $40 for full time students and patrons under the age of 26. TRTC is also offering the Two River Pass for $135, which enables patrons to guarantee themselves tickets without having to commit to performance dates ahead of time. Single tickets $24 to $40, with discounts for patrons over 65. Groups of ten or more are eligible for discounts. Subscriptions for the 2004/2005 season are on sale now. Tickets for TRTC’s current production, David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre, performing at the Algonquin Arts Theatre through May 23rd, are available by calling 732-345-1400.
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