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Our 2009-2010 Season!
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You are among the first people to know American Stage Theatre Company's first full season in our new building. We know you will appreciate that we have chosen our most exciting lineup of plays ever to open the new theatre's first season with!
 August Wilson's greatest work!
FENCES
SEPT 25-OCT 11, 2009
Our third installment in our
August Wilson Cycle
August Wilson's towering masterpiece Fences won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for “Best Play.” Set in 1957 Pittsburgh, it tells the story of Troy Maxon, a Negro League baseball player whose prime came before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. When Troy’s rapid rise ended, he is forced to let go of his dream and later deal with his headstrong football-player son who has a chance to go so much further than he did. Fences explores what holds families together - and drive them apart - in a powerful story filled with humor, love, hope, failure, and triumph. Some mature language.
“The strongest, most passionate American dramatic writing since Tennessee Williams…Fences gave me one of the richest experiences I have ever had in the theatre.” –Clive Barnes, NY Post
 A holiday classic
about second chances
THIS
WONDERFUL LIFE
NOV 20-DEC 27, 2009
Written by Steve Murray,
conceived by Mark Setlock
It’s Christmas Eve and George Bailey stands on a snowy bridge…when a guardian angel intervenes! Thus begins the most irresistible “what if” story of all time, a visually stunning stage adaptation of the classic holiday film that is sure to capture your heart and captivate your spirit. This one-man tour de force bursts with hope and humor and delivers a witty and moving story brimming with nostalgia and imagination. The perfect start to your family’s holiday festivities.
“A must-see during this holiday season. A pure joy to watch.” –Richmond.com
 Noel Coward's classic British farce
BLITHE SPIRIT
JAN 22-FEB 7, 2010
A comedy about wives and ghosts
A smash on Broadway and London’s West End, this comic classic from the author of Private Lives and Hay Fever is the story of cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine who is re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife. When a “happy medium” conjures the late wives spirit, all the personalities – real or ghostly - clash with hilarious results.
“Riotously witty stuff!” –Daily Mail
 Pulitzer Prize winner
about friendship
DRIVING MISS DAISY
MARCH 12-28, 2010
by Alfred Uhry
Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for “Best Off-Broadway Play,” Driving Miss Daisy tells the post-World War II story of a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow and her new black chauffeur. Over a series of absorbing scenes spanning 25 years, the two grow close and even dependent on one another, becoming one of theatre's great odd-couples.
"A perfectly poised and shaped miniature on the odd-couple theme." —NY Post
 The 25th Annual
American Stage in the Park
HAIR
APR 23-MAY 16, 2010
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot
Overflowing with the timeless spirit of progress and hope for a better world, Hair is a story of a group of young Americans searching for love and peace during the Vietnam era. With a groundbreaking rock score featuring such classics as Aquarius, Let the Sunshine In, Good Morning Starshine, Hair, I Got Life, What a Piece of Work Is Man, Ain’t Got No, Easy to Be Hard, and Where Do I Go?, Hair depicts the birth of a cultural movement that changed America forever. Some mature language.
"Hair seems more daring than ever" -Time Magazine
 Tampa Bay area premiere
of David Mamet's new hit comedy!
NOVEMBER
JUNE 11-27, 2010
by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet
This new comedy by playwright and political satirist David Mamet proves once and for all that there is no lower place than the highest office in the land. Upon learning that he lacks the funds to campaign or construct a legacy-ensuring library, the incumbent President taps an unlikely income source: the turkey industry. Thanksgiving, Indian casinos, and the prospect of officiating a live, televised lesbian wedding demand attention in this riotous, oval office romp. Very strong language.
"A laugh machine! The audience provides a wall-to-wall laugh track!"
-NY Times
 Tampa Bay area premiere
of the recent Broadway hit
THE SEAFARER
JULY 23-AUG 8, 2010
by Conor McPherson
A chilling new play about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth. It’s Christmas Eve in Dublin. In the rundown house where Sharky cares for his blind brother, old acquaintances gather for a card game--joined by an ominous stranger. As the booze flows and the game intensifies, Sharky discovers that he may be playing for his very soul. In this eerie tale, celebrated Irish playwright Conor McPherson examines how we face the demons of our past, and struggle for redemption. Some mature language.
"A midnight-black comedy…The Seafarer may just be the pick-me-up play of the season." -NY Times
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