Inevitable Announces 08/09 Season of Premieres

Inevitable Theatre Company proudly follows up its award-winning 2007-08 inaugural season with a dynamic selection of music and madness in 2008-09, including the area premieres of two cutting-edge plays and the world premiere concert reading of a new alt-rock musical.

The 2008-09 season is as follows:

* STRIKING 12: THE GROOVELILY MUSICAL by Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Rachel Sheinkin (Texas Premiere) – December 4-20, 2008 [Bath House Cultural Center]

* THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HEDDA GABLER by Jeff Whitty (Area Premiere) – May 14-30, 2009 [Bath House Cultural Center]

* GORDON: A BARENAKED MUSICAL by Robert Neblett and Barenaked Ladies (World Premiere Concert Reading) – Summer 2009 [Specific Dates and Venue TBA]

In addition to these three works, Producing Artistic Director Robert Neblett anticipates that Inevitable will also produce 2-3 staged
readings by emerging playwrights as part of its new OnBook New Play Development Initiative, as well as submitting entries to the 2009 Out of the Loop Festival at WaterTower Theatre and 2009 Festival of Independent Theatres at the Bath House Cultural Center.

STRIKING 12 is a minimalist holiday musical that fuses rock, jazz, and musical theatre with a contemporary story about a man who must work late on New Year's Eve, but an unexpected visit from a bohemian light bulb seller causes his holiday malaise to melt away as the snow begins to fall on a new year. Integrated into this urban narrative is the Hans Christian Andersen classic story, "The Little Match Girl," which springs to life around the "Grumpy Guy" as he reflects on the spirit of the season. Playbill.com called the sold-out New York run of STRIKING 12 "the best musical that nobody has ever heard of," and The New York Times compared its infectious "first rate score" and theatrical innovation to that of Spring Awakening.  This production is appropriate for family audiences 12 and up.

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HEDDA GABLER is a side-splitting free-for-all of literary and pop culture references by the author of the irreverent smash Broadway musical Avenue Q.  Every morning, Ibsen's tragic heroine Hedda awakes in Limbo with a splitting headache; no wonder, she's just shot herself in the head the night before. As she discovers the horrible (and hilarious) truth about
herself, she is joined by Mammy (yes, that Mammy, from Gone with the Wind), Medea, two gay characters from the iconic 1960s play The Boys in the Band, and a collection of bickering Jesuses, among others, on a raucous yet poignant quest to end to her cyclical existence.  THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HEDDA GABLER contains adult language and situations.

GORDON: A BARENAKED MUSICAL is a concert reading of a new musical-in-progress, based upon the musical catalog of the Canadian alt-rock band, Barenaked Ladies.  It follows the story of a modern Everyman haunted by a crime of passion which destroys the one thing he loves most in the world. GORDON is full of love, laughter, suspense, reAl Green dresses, and boxes and boxes of Kraft Dinner. Robert Neblett and Inevitable Theatre Company have received official permission from BNL's management to create this project.  This concert reading is a developmental prelude to a world premiere full production in 2009-10.

Inevitable is currently accepting applications for all design and technical support positions within the season, as well as for musicians to serve as band members for STRIKING 12 and GORDON.

Founded in 2006 by Producing Artistic Director Robert Neblett, Inevitable Theatre Company celebrates a broad spectrum of theatrical
expression by producing dynamic works for the stage that engage and transform audiences and artists alike: intellectually, emotionally,
psychologically, and spiritually. ITC believes the primary function of theatre is to entertain, but it also maintains that its responsibility
as an artistic entity is to honestly reflect the culture of the world around it. Companies like ITC have the power to preserve well-established performance traditions, while at the same time providing a bold, dynamic forum for provocative new voices and diverse
points of view.

Members of ITC's inaugural Advisory Board include: OBIE Award-winning director Anne Bogart, OBIE Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated playwright and screenwriter José Rivera, playwright and activist Doric Wilson, Nashville Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Denice Hicks, and former Tennessee Repertory Theatre Producing Artistic Director (and creator of the hit Sinatra musical revue "My Way") David Grapes.

Inevitable's critically acclaimed 2007 production of DOG SEES GOD was awarded "Gutsiest Production of 2007" and actor James Chandler was named "Most Promising Male Artist" by Pegasus News in its "Best of 2007" Theatre Awards.  The production also won the 2008 Column Award for "Best Featured Actress in a Play, Non-Equity (Lindsay Neinast)," as well as receiving several 2008 Column Award nominations for "Best Play of the Year, Non-Equity," "Best Supporting Actor in a Play, Non-Equity (Jared Brewer)," and "Best Sound Design for a Play, Non-Equity (Robert Neblett)."

For more information about these productions or the company please visit  www.INEVITABLETHEATRE.org.

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