The 2012-2013 Season will be one of great transformation as Southern Rep Theatre takes on its role as the Contemporary Arts Center's Theatre in Residence! Southern Rep is thrilled to embark on another season full of new plays, exciting collaborative productions, and thrilling surprises at our new venue.
"Great Theatre is often about the magic of transformation. Our 2012-13 Mainstage Series reflects this in various exciting ways. In VENUS IN FUR a seemingly bumbling actress emerges as a powerful dominating performer; MOLD, the Final Play in the Rising Water Trilogy, defines how our beloved city of New Orleans has become the new New Orleans; and in the powerhouse musical NEXT TO NORMAL, a mother heartbreakingly comes in to her own. Southern Rep Theatre's own major miracle of transformation, this year, sees us happily ensconced as the Contemporary Arts Center's 2012-13 Theatre in Residence. I am so grateful to our audiences for their support and belief in what we do. They are simply the savviest, smartest and boldest audience a theatre could ask for. In that spirit I can't wait to share this season of great plays!" - Producing Artistic Director, Aimée Hayes
This season we are delighted to kick off the Mainstage Season with the Tony Award Nominated VENUS IN FUR. Written by David Ives, VENUS IN FUR will be directed by Southern Rep Producing Artistic Director, Aimée Hayes. MOLD: The Final Play of the Rising Water Trilogy, by John Biguenet, is set in New Orleans the summer after the levee collapse and will be directed by Mark Routhier. Rounding out the Main Stage offerings for 2012-2013 season is the musical NEXT TO NORMAL, winner of 3 Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, with books and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, starring Leslie Castay.
Subscribers get all three plays in the mainstage season - VENUS IN FUR - MOLD - NEXT TO NORMAL - for just $85. Go online to www.SouthernRep.com and buy your subscription now. Or call the Box Office at (504) 522 - 6545.
2012 - 2013 Season
VENUS IN FUR
By David Ives
Directed by Aimée Hayes
MOLD
World Premiere
By John Biguenet
Directed by Mark Routhier
NEXT TO NORMAL
By Tom Kitt
Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Winner of 3 Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize
Directed by Aimée Hayes
Musical Director Jefferson Turner
Featuring Leslie Castay
INTRODUCING...THE LAGNIAPPE SERIES
Season Subscribers get an EXCLUSIVE pre-ordering period for each of the Lagniappe Series productions. We've got some great offerings already lined up, including:
Charles Dickens'
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
A Play With Music
Adapted by Doris Baizley
Directed by Ann Mahoney Kadar
Featuring John "Spud" McConnell
FREEDOM
World Premiere
By Sean Patterson, Joyce Pulitzer, David Seelig, Kitty Greenberg
Directed by Aimeé Hayes
THE LILY'S REVENGE
A Flowergory Manifold
Books, Lyrics and Concept by Taylor Mac
Music by Rachelle Garniez
WOLVES
National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere
By Steve Yockey
Directed by Aimeé Hayes
Southern Rep Theatre enters its 26th season as the region's premiere professional theatre and continues to produce bold world and regional premieres under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director, Aimée Hayes. In addition to Southern Rep's ongoing commitment to new play development with exciting programs like the 6X6 Play Slam and its PlayLab, DEBAUCHERY, and our new play award for women of color playwrights, The Ruby Prize, the company's Mainstage work includes the best of Broadway, off-Broadway and classic plays. Southern Rep Theatre offers educational programs such as YO NOLA, free student matinees, $10 student rush tickets and Academy SRT; as well as providing an artistic home to new works in development in the annual NEW PLAY BACCHANAL.
The Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans is a multi-disciplinary arts center that is nationally recognized as a leader in the presentation and support of contemporary arts, artists and emerging art forms. The CAC organizes, presents and tours curated exhibitions, performances and programs by local, regional, national and International Artists. It demonstrates proactive local and regional leadership by educating children and adults; cultivating and growing audiences; and initiating and encouraging collaboration among diverse artists, institutions, communities and supporters.
Southern Rep continues to show that it is staging the most important, challenging, and downright mesmerizing pieces of theater New Orleans audiences are graced to experience. - Theodore P. Mahne, The Times-Picayune Lagniappe
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