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Past is Prologue
Past is Prologue, in an ongoing effort to define and explore the American identity through the lens of great American theater. "What we’ve done in the past, makes us who we are today," observes Burney, "but how will it effect us? Will it swamp us? Or will we make a change for the better?"
Local playwright and provocateur, Paul Mullin, will continue to curate mediators to lead discussions following each staged reading. Last season’s talkback guests included Misha Berson, John Longenbaugh and Scot Augustson.
So no one will hesitate to attend for lack of funds, ALL PERFORMANCES ARE PAY WHAT YOU WILL.
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The Readings
All staged readings will play one night at Theatre Off Jackson, and a second night at another venue in the greater Seattle area in order to reach out to different communities. Past second venues have included Fremont Abbey, Seattle Public Theater at The Historic Bathhouse Theatre, and ArtsWest.
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October 13-14, 2009
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
by William Inge.
A marriage struggling to survive under the weight of regret and the fallout of alcoholism.
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February 1-2, 2010
ALL MY SONS
by Arthur Miller.
The past cannot be buried for an industrialist who made a fatal decision.
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March 15-16, 2010
ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST
by Lillian Hellman.
Hellman’s prequel to The Little Foxes portrays a mercantile family building an empire on the scrap heap of post-Civil War Alabama.
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The Production
This season’s production will be a lesser known play by one of our great American playwrights.
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June 4-26, 2010
ANGELS FALL
by Lanford Wilson.
When four strangers are stranded at a Catholic parish on the edge of an Indian reservation, everyone, including the priest and a local young doctor, are forced to face their demons and make some changes. First produced in 1982, ANGELS FALL is an emotional, funny, and timely play that deserves closer attention in these times of change and turmoil. ANGELS FALL will run at Theatre Off Jackson.
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