Odyssey Theatre 2010

It's that time again!!! Time to renew your subscription. And, wow, do we have a slew of treats in store for you! Our 2010 Nine-Play Season will be taken from the following. DON'T MISS OUT! It's sure to be a rip-roaring, gut-wrenching and sidesplitting Season. (You may even need a chiropractor by the time we're finished.) But you must SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!!

Best,
Ron Sossi, Artistic Director

THE CLEAN HOUSE
Now playing through July 3!
Written by Sarah Ruhl / Directed by Stefan Kruck

This wildly funny play is a whimsical and poignant
look at the class, comedy and the true nature of love.
THE CLEAN HOUSE was a runner-up for the American
drama category of the Pulitzer Prize.

“The play elicits laughter through tears and is bound
to be a hit with theatre lovers, especially with those
who have a taste for the outrageous.”-BroadwayWorld

THE ARSONISTS
Now playing through June 20th
Written by Max Frisch / Translated by Alistair Beaton
Directed by Ron Sossi

Everyman Biedermann faces the invasion of his
sacred home by a pair of arsonists in Frisch’s witty
and dazzling parable about accomodating the very
thing that will destroy you.

“CRITIC’S CHOICE!... hilarious and horrifific.”
-Los Angeles Times

BEDROOM FARCE
July 10–August 29, 2010
Directed by Barry Philips

Four couples, three bedrooms, two celebrations, one blazing argument and an illicit kiss (or two). ALAN AYCKBOURN’s ingenious comedy shines a brilliant spotlight onto the trials and tribulations of suburban marriage.

“A terrifi cally entertaining spectacle of lives falling apart.” –Daily Telegraph

“Bad backs, sardines on toast and some startling
profundities about human relationships: Ayckbourn’s current abundant return is a thing to celebrate.” –Evening Standard

TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD
Oct 25 through Dec 21st
Christopher Hampton’s play both offers a vivid picture of wartime Hollywood where literary legends became
studio hacks, and sharply counterpoints European experience with America’s “tragic innocence. Directed by Michael Peretzian

THE HOUR WE KNEW NOTHING
OF EACH OTHER by Peter Handke
Opens March 2011
For a moment, a bright, empty town square. And then a fi gure darts across, and another and another – businesspeople, roller-bladers, a cowboy, several street-sweepers, a halfdressed bride, a fi lm crew, a line of old men, a tourist, a beauty in a mirrored dress, Abraham and Isaac, a family of refugees, a fool – more and more people. Surprising, funny, fast and physical, this is theatre to set the imagination on fire.

ADDING MACHINE
Opens in January 2011
Book by Elmer Rice / Composer Joshua Schmidt /
Libretto by Jason Loewith / Directed by Jessica Kubzansky

An uncompromising adaptation of the Elmer Rice 1923 drama, about an all-American loser turned killer named Mr. Zero. Composer Joshua Schmidt and his libretto partner Jason Loewith have managed to revitalize this much explored theme of the business world’s dehumanization of an Everyman into a visually and musically compelling chamber musical. “Consider a visit to “Adding Machine,” the impossibly bleak, improbably brilliant little musical.” - NY Times

CIRCUS THEATRICALS
February 2011
Odyssey Theatre will serve up another classical project characteristic of this unique ensemble. Past productions include Richard III, The Miser, The Taming of the Shrew and most recently The Three Sisters.

WORLD PREMIERE ORIGINAL
Literary Manager Sally Essex-Lopresti and her staff cover over 200 scripts per year. From these we’ll extract the most exciting in our never-ending quest to present the best in original work... in the tradition of THE CHICAGO CONSPIRACY TRIAL, TRACERS, IDIOGLOSSIA, KVETCH, REAPERS, TIMES LIKE THESE, AMONG THE THUGS and scores of others.

A WORLD CLASSIC
Our rich choices vary from ancient Greece (OEDIPUS REX) to contemporary European (Lorca BLOOD WEDDING.