The Charlestown Working Theater Announces It's Fall Season With LaBute's BASH & More

The Charlestown Working Theater announces it's Fall Season, including the World Premier of Tennessee William's Play by Beau Jest Moving Theater, Neil LaBute's BASH, and CWT's Acclaimed Adaptation of The Odyssey.

All performances at the Charlestown Working Theater

442 Bunker Hill Street Charlestown MA 02129

Information: 617.242.3285

Tickets, directions and information: www.charlestownworkingtheater.org

Box Office: (toll free) 866.811.4111

The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame Le Monde - September 18 and 19, 2009

By Tennessee Williams

Performed by Beau Jest Moving Theatre, featuring Larry Coen, JorDan Harrison, Nick Ronan, and Lisa Tucker. Directed by Davis Robinson.

Friday and Saturday at 8pm.

Tickets $20.00, $10.00 students and seniors

The award-winning, critically-acclaimed Beau Jest Moving Theatre returns to the Charlestown Working Theater with the world premiere production of The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame Le Monde, a savage comedy by Tennessee Williams written late in his life. Teatime turns into torment, and desperation into absurd laughter. Set in a boarding house in London, a mysteriously paralyzed man named Mint moves around his attic by swinging from hooks as he prepares for tea with his old friend, Hall. A dark, disturbing tale with a sinister sense of humor, originally written to shock as part of an evening of Grand Guignol that was never produced. This memorable play is a must-see for anyone interested in the great playwright's experimental work, commissioned by the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival. Performed by Boston's renowned Beau Jest Moving Theatre, celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. For mature audiences only. Very adult themes and language.

BASH - October 2-3, 8-10, and 15-17, 2009

by Neil LaBute

Directed by Darren Evans

Presented by Theatre on Fire and the Charlestown Working Theater

442 Bunker Hill Street

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm

Ticket Prices: Thursdays $15

Theatre on Fire opens its fifth anniversary season at the Charlestown Working Theater with Neil LaBute's BASH-a triptych of intense and mesmerizing one-acts depicting the dark heart of ordinary people, revealing the casual evil that surrounds us in everyday life. In Medea Redux, a woman tells of her complex teenage relationship with her high school English teacher and the tragedy that resulted; In A Gaggle of Saints, a young college couple simultaneously recounts their separate versions of a trip to a party in New York City that takes a surprising and violent turn; and in Iphigenia in Orem, a Utah businessman confesses the unthinkable and chilling crime his work troubles drove him to at home.

The Odyssey - November 6- 22, 2009

Created and Performed by CWT Co-Directors Jennifer Johnson and John Peitso

Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm.

Tickets $20.00, $15.00 students and seniors

CWT's critically-acclaimed adaptation of The Odyssey played to sold-out audiences last winter and is returning for only six final performances. An adaptation of Homer's epic poem for two people traveling together in a small boat, sailing across a half-real, half imaginary landscape. This tale of exile and return is told in fragments, floating on top of song, text, image, and physicality - a kaleidoscope of one-eyed giants, voodoo priestesses, and seafarers, surrounding the story of Odysseus and Penelope.

Photo credit Walter McBride