New Student Discount Prices Offered at Signature for 2011/12

The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre announced today new discounted single ticket rates for students, effective immediately. Students who present a current student I.D. and use the code word STUDENT, can now take advantage of Signature's new low $20 ticket price for limited engagements - such as the Washington DC premiere of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South (playing now through October 9th in the intimate ARK Theatre). In addition, students can save on all mainstage productions with $30 ticket prices - this reduced ticket rate is available the week of the selected performance (beginning Mondays). The $30 tickets can be used towards the two new world premiere musicals now playing in repertory through October 16th - The Hollow and The Boy Detective Fails.

PRODUCTIONS AND STUDENT TICKET PRICES for 2011/12

Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South $20 through October 9th

A Second Chance $20 plays November 15 - December 11

The Hollow $30 through October 16th

The Boy Detective Fails $30 through October 16th

Hairspray $30 plays November 21 - January 29

Really Really $30 plays January 31 - March 25

Brother Russia $30 plays March 6 - April 15

God of Carnage $30 plays April 10 - June 24

Xanadu $30 plays May 8 - July 1

$20 and $30 student ticket prices are subject to availability and are available at the Signature Box Office at 703-820-9771 using code word STUDENT. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.signature-theatre.org. Service and handling fees will apply to all orders placed online.

Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South is based on the award-winning and critically acclaimed book by E. Patrick Johnson who stars in this one-man performance exploring the southern black gay community - a population rarely acknowledged in writings about the South. Directed by Rajendra Maharaj, Sweet Tea collects life stories from black gay men of all ages who were born, raised, and continue to live in the southern United States.

The Hollow is a distinctive reinterpretation of Washington Irving's classic tale Sleepy Hollow as created by Hunter Foster and Matt Conner. Directed by Signature's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner, the musical about the mysterious headless horseman stars Sam Ludwig as the infamous Ichabod Crane and Whitney Bashor as Katrina Van Tassel.

The Boy Detective Fails is based on the popular Joe Meno novel of the same name. In the twilight of a childhood full of wonder, Billy Argo, "boy detective," is brokenhearted to discover his young sister and crime-solving partner, Caroline, has committed suicide. Ten years later, Billy, age thirty, returns from an extended stay at St. Vitus' Hospital for the Mentally Ill to discover a world full of unimaginable strangeness. The score is by award-winning composer Adam Gwon and is directed by Signature Artistic Associate Joe Calarco.
From the director of Signature's Giant (Jonathan Butterell), comes the Washington premiere of A Second Chance, an intimate new musical about unexpectedly finding love when you least expect it. Two savvy New Yorkers meet at a dinner party - he is mourning the loss of his wife and she is newly divorced. Neither wants nor feels that they deserve to find love - and yet they are irresistibly drawn to the other. Book, music, and lyrics are written by Ted Shen.

SIGNATURE'S 2011/12 SEASON TICKETS

Signature Theatre's 2011/2012 line-up features the Tony Award®-winning shows Hairspray and God of Carnage and the Washington DC premiere of the cult classic musical Xanadu. The season also features an unprecedented five world premiere works, including The Hollow, The Boy Detective Fails (both now playing in repertory), Brother Russia, and Really Really. In addition to the mainstage shows, Signature presents three productions with limited engagements, including the world premiere of A Second Chance and Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South. Stephen Sondheim's first musical Saturday Night will be a special concert event that will play for four performances only.

Single tickets now available. Discount subscription packages (starting at 3 shows) are available by calling Ticketmaster at (703) 573-SEAT (7328) or the Signature Box Office at (703) 820-9771. For more information on the 2011-12 season, please visit www.signature-theatre.org.

ABOUT SIGNATURE

Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, Signature Theatre is a non-profit professional theater company in Arlington, Virginia dedicated to producing contemporary musicals and plays, reinventing classic musicals, and developing new work. Under the leadership of co-founder and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland, Signature has presented 34 world premiere productions and is renowned for combining Broadway-quality productions with intimate playing spaces.
In addition to hosting the finest talent from the DC metropolitan area and New York, Signature has been home to such theatre luminaries as Chita Rivera, George Hearn, Hunter Foster, Emily Skinner, Marc Kudisch, Judy Kuhn, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Cameron Mackintosh, Terrence McNally, and the company's signature composer, Stephen Sondheim. Since its founding in 1989, Signature has won 72 Helen Hayes Awards for excellence in the Washington, DC region's professional theater and has been honored with 293 nominations.
Signature is partially supported by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts and by a gift from Arlington County through the Arlington Commission for the Arts and the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources.

DIRECTIONS

Signature Theatre is located at 4200 Campbell Avenue (22206) off I-395 at the Shirlington exit. After the exit, blue Signature signs mark the way to the theatre. Free parking is available in two adjacent public garages. Please note that Campbell Avenue is a new street and some GPS online mapping systems do not yet recognize Signature Theatre's address. For directions visit http://signature-theatre.org/map.htm.

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