Florida Premiere of 'Lincolnesque'
By: Beau Higgins Sep. 02, 2006
New Voices – New Work
New Theatre Kicks Off its 2006-2007 Main Season with
The Florida Premiere of
by John Strand With Israel Garcia, Clint Hooper, Bill Schwartz and Stacy SchwartzDirected by
Ricky J. MartinezSet Design: Robert Eastman-Mullins; Costume Design: Estela Vrancovich; Assistant Costumer: K. Blair Brown; Sound Design: Robert Rick;Lighting Design: Travis Neff; Set Construction: TLC Events Group; Production Stage Manager: Betsy Paull-Rick; Photography: Eileen Suarez and David WhitmanSeptember 7 through October 1, 2006
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 1 pm
Additional Sunday 5:30 pm on September 17 & 24TICKETS
Preview, Thursday, September 7
$20
Pre-Opening Night, Friday, September 8
(Pre-show reception courtesy of Catering by Lovables)
$55Single Tickets
Thursday & Sunday evenings: $ 35
Friday & Saturday evenings, Sunday matinee: $ 40
Student Rush (under 25 with ID): $ 15
6 Play Flexible Season Passes $ 210
Tickets are on sale online at www.new-theatre.org.
New Theatre
4120 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305-443-5909 (Box Office)
Lincolnesque: A Brief Summary
Our nation's capital. Two brothers. Leo, a Capitol Hill speechwriter struggling to stay employed, and Francis, a psychiatric outpatient convinced that he is the reincarnation of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln... Leo's employer, a stunningly mediocre congressman, looks headed for defeat in his re-election bid. But when Francis secretly takes over the speechwriting, the congressman starts sounding heroic, even inspiring. Could it be a renaissance in American politics?... A seriously comic look at love and strategy in a city so desperately sane that madness may be the remedy.
About the Playwright:
JOHN STRAND spent 10 years in Paris, where he worked as a journalist and drama critic, writing in English and French. While there, he was director of New York University's Experimental Theater Wing in Paris. He has received multiple play writing commissions from South Coast Repertory, Arena Stage and Signature Theater. He recently completed Charity Royal, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel Summer for Arena Stage.
Strand's most recent plays are Lorenzaccio, his adaptation of Alfred de Musset's 1834 French classic, which premiered at The Shakespeare Theater, Washington, DC, directed by Michael Kahn, and the book for the musical The Highest Yellow, with a score by Michael John LaChiusa, at Signature Theater, Arlington, Va.His other plays include Lovers and Executioners, winner of the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play; The Diaries, commissioned by Signature Theater and nominated for the MacArthur; Tom Walker, commissioned by Arena Stage, Washington, DC. Additional plays are Otabenga , directed by Michael Kahn at Signature Theater, nominated for the MacArthur; The Miser, an adaptation of the Molière play set in Regan-era America, Arena Stage; Three Nights in Tehran, a comedy about the Iran-Contra affair, Signature Theater; The Cockburn Rituals, Woolly Mammoth Theater, Washington, DC.FALL IN LOVE TODAY! ADOPT A PET FROM YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER
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