(Red Bank, NJ) Two River Theater Company has announced its 2005/06 main stage season, its first full season in its new Red Bank performance venue. With the new season, TRTC will expand to an eclectic, five-play main stage series: the rarely-performed musical, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; the off-Broadway hit Visiting Mr. Green; Arthur Miller’s heart-wrenching drama, All My Sons; Samuel Beckett’s brilliant classic, Waiting for Godot; and Joe Orton’s hilarious farce, What the Butler Saw. In addition to the main stage series, TRTC will present a festival celebrating Beckett’s centennial in its Marion Huber Theater, which will include eight short plays, a staged reading of a radio play, and music inspired by Beckett.
The season will open on September 22, 2005 with a stage adaptation of Jacques Demy’s 1964 hit romantic film starring Catherine Deneuve, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Two star-crossed young lovers – Genevieve, a shop assistant and Guy, a garage mechanic – are torn apart when Guy is drafted into military service. Love and innocence are put to the test in the face of societal and economic pressures, until a painful decision irrevocably changes everything. Adapted by Sheldon Harnick, this bittersweet romance has an enchanting and haunting jazz score by Michel Legrand, which features the hit song “(If It Takes Forever) I Will Wait for You.” The musical will run through October 9.
In November, TRTC will present the off-Broadway hit, Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron. In this uplifting, comic drama, filled with wit and warmth, Mr. Green is a devout Jewish widower who strictly observes the laws and customs of his faith. Ross Gardiner is a young, corporate executive, who cares little about his Jewish identity. As the two men are brought together by strange circumstances, belief systems are challenged and painful secrets are revealed. The show runs from November 3 to 20, 2005.
A powerful drama, All My Sons by Arthur Miller, centers on an American family caught in a moral struggle between economic gain and personal responsibility. As Chris Keller returns home to announce his engagement to his dead brother’s fiancée, past wounds are reopened, forcing his father to confront his days of war profiteering. One of the greatest plays, by one of the giants of American theater, All My Sons illuminates the dark side of the American dream and the choices we make as individuals, families and society. The play performs January 19 – February 5, 2006.
In 1953, Samuel Beckett rocked the theater world with his groundbreaking tragicomedy, Waiting for Godot. Didi and Gogo, two beloved tramps, are stranded at a crossroads, awaiting a mysterious person named Godot. Their daily struggles, which make even the simplest tasks seem Herculean, is a funny and touching glimpse into man’s ability to survive in an absurd world. This classic play by the Irish Nobel Laureate is a blend of Buster Keaton slapstick, high wit, poetic genius and heartbreaking poignancy. The production will run from March 16 to April 2, 2006. In honor of Beckett’s centennial, TRTC will concurrently present eight short plays: Not I, What Where, Rockabye, Footfalls, Play, Quad, Ohio Impromptu, and Catastrophe. Each of these plays runs no longer than 25 minutes, and each one brilliantly depicts the comedy, and tragedy, of being human.
TRTC will close its season with Joe Orton’s masterpiece, What the Butler Saw. This hilarious farce, which pokes fun at sex, authority, family relationships and the world of psychoanalysis, remains as audacious today as ever. While attempting to seduce a prospective secretary, a sex-obsessed psychiatrist is confounded by the arrival of his nymphomaniac wife, a lunatic supervisor, a handsome bellhop, and a clueless policeman. Orton literally shows us a world with its pants down. The production runs from May 11- 28, 2006.
Season tickets are on sale now and range from $100 (for all five plays) to $180, based upon the day of the week of the performance. Student subscriptions are available for $60. Discounts are available for Seniors and for those under age 26. For tickets, call 732-345-1400. For information about TRTC’s Grand Opening production, the classic all-American comedy, You Can’t Take It With You, call the box office or see the current May performance schedule online at www.TRTC.org.
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