Perseverance Theatre Announces 2017-2018 Statewide Season

Perseverance Theatre has crafted a statewide season of professional theatre designed to entertain and delight Alaskan audiences and feature new and classic works, favorite and exciting new actors. The season includes two new works by Alaskan playwrights: Dreaming Glacier Bay by Joel Bennett and William, Inc. by Lucas Rowley. Seven plays will be presented in Anchorage and Juneau.

• The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
  by Kristoffer Diaz
  Directed by Shona Osterhout
  JUNEAU: September 12 - October 8, 2017
  ANCHORAGE: November 19 - 19, 2017
  
• Steel Magnolias
  by Robert Harling
  Directed by Carolyn Howarth
  ANCHORAGE: September 28 - October 15, 2017
  JUNEAU: December 1 - 31, 2017
  
• Dreaming Glacier Bay
  by Joel Bennett
  Directed by Michael Haney
  JUNEAU ONLY: October 24 - November 19, 2017
  *A World Premiere*
  
• A Christmas Carol
  by Arlitia Jones and Michael Haney based on the book by Charles Dickens
  Directed by Tom Robenolt
  ANCHORAGE ONLY: December 14 - 29, 2017
  
• William, Inc
  by Lucas Rowley
  Directed by Randy Reinholz
  JUNEAU: January 23 - February 18, 2018
  ANCHORAGE: March 1 - 11, 2018
  *A World Premiere*
  
• The Arsonists
  by Jacqueline Goldfinger
  Directed by Art Rotch
  ANCHORAGE: January 11 - 21, 2018
  JUNEAU: May 6 - June 3, 2018
  *An NNPN Rolling World Premiere*
  
• Cyrano de Bergerac
  by Edmund Rostand. Translated and adapted by David Grimm
  Directed by Eleanor Holdridge
  JUNEAU: March 14 - April 15, 2018
  ANCHORAGE: April 26 - May 6, 2018
  *A World Premiere of this new adaptation.*

More information, including synopses of the plays is available at http://www.ptalaska.org/season39/ .

Perseverance is pleased to announce a new subscription option which is available now. Super-Subscribers. A super-subscriber chooses to subscribe to the entire season, and in addition to all of the traditional subscriber benefits including no-fee exchanges, and priority seating, super-subscribers can return to see any play as many times as they want for free, space-available.

Subscribers help inform our season with their support-having a base of engaged theatregoers allows the theatre to bring in new, exciting plays by and for Alaskans. Information about subscribing is available at ptalaska.org/subscriptions.

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