2nd STORY THEATRE announces its 2006-2007 Season

Kicking off the season as a special event, 2nd Story will move off-site to the Courtroom at the historic Bristol Statehouse for Lawrence and Lee's Inherit the Wind, beginning in September.

On the bill for the holidays is a heartwarming story from Charles Dickens.Then winter blows in a wacky farce of love and infidelity, followed by a comedy in discourse by George Bernard Shaw.Finishing up in the spring is a charming romance, led by a band of lovable eccentrics.

THE 2006-2007 SEASON

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee at the historic Bristol Statehouse, Bristol, RI

September 29 through October 29 

2nd Story Theatre moves off-site for its fall production of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, performed in the Courtroom at the historic Bristol Statehouse, 240 High St., Bristol, RI.

First appearing on Broadway in 1955, Lawrence and Lee's powerful retelling of the landmark 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" shows clearly that history never stays safely in the past."It might have been yesterday. It could be tomorrow."

The Bristol Statehouse was constructed in 1816 as one of 5 locations for meetings of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and Senate. This use continued until 1854 when the General Assembly decided to meet only in Providence or Newport. The building continued as the seat of the Bristol County Court which presided over cases in the building into the 1980s. From then until it was purchased by the non-profit Bristol Statehouse Foundation in 1997, the building was largely abandoned with only one room on the first floor still housing the office of the Bristol County Sheriff.  This is a special opportunity to witness a riveting courtroom drama in a local historic courtroom.

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, adapted by Matthew Francis
November 10 through December 10
A cavalcade of unforgettable characters comes to vivid, comic life in this adaptation of Dickens' most cherished novel, first published in 1850. In Dickens own words: "Like many fond parents, I have a favorite child; his name is David Copperfield." 

A Flea in Her Ear  by Georges Feydeau, translated by John Mortimer
January 26 through February 25
Doors slam. Libidos roam. Identities double. Is she? Does she? Who's he?! Georges Feydeau mixes sex and honor in a naughty brew of laughter, love and lust. Oh, and did we mention laughter? It's the popular 1907 French farce that still keeps its audience in stitches – 100 years later.

Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
March 23 through April 22
With spin-doctoring passing for public discourse, George Bernard Shaw's 1905 topsy-turvy take on poverty, politics and other crimes becomes a timely celebration of uncompromising intellectual exuberance. 

The Madwoman of Chaillot  by Jean Giraudoux, translated by Maurice Valency

May 11 through June 10
In Giraudoux's comic romance from 1945, a ragtag army of eccentrics takes on the forces of exploitation and greed."Nothing is ever so wrong in the world that a sensible woman can't set right in the course of an afternoon."

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