Patrick Marber
Closer

August 20 - September 12, 2010

Patrick Marber creates a brilliant exploration into the brutal anatomy of modern romance, where a quartet of strangers meet, fall in love, and become caught up in a web of sexual desire and betrayal. Closer is hailed as one of the best plays of the nineties, and the London Observer noted that it “has wired itself into the cultural vocabulary in a way that few plays have ever done."

adapted by David Wood
from a book by Roald Dahl
The Witches

October 22 - November 14, 2010

A fiendishly clever tale of witchcraft in contemporary England. Scary, funny, and wildly entertaining, it’s all about a young boy named Luke whose parents have died in a tragic accident.  Luke's grandmother takes him to a posh hotel in England, where a secret coven of witches is holding its annual convention. The Grand High Witch (played by Anjelica Huston in the 1990 film) has decreed that all children in England be turned into mice, and Luke and his pal Bruno are the first victims on the list. Generic Theater partners with The Jim Henson Creature Shop to turn The Witches into a dazzling display of imaginative special effects.

Steven King, adapted by Simon Moore
Misery

January 28 - February 20, 2011

Stephen King’s cautionary tale of fame and idolatry transforms onstage into a masterpiece of escalating suspense in this frightening tale of entrapment and psychotic behavior.  Annie Wilkes is an unbalanced devotee of romance novels written by Paul Sheldon, providing her with a much-needed escape from her pathetic life and her secret, violent past. After Annie rescues the injured Sheldon from a car accident, she seizes the opportunity to nurse her favorite writer back to health, but her tender loving care soon turns to terrorism as she demands that Sheldon write his latest novel according to her wish-fulfillment fantasies.

Written by Bertolt Brecht,
music by Kurt Weill
The 3Penny Opera

March 11 - March 27, 2011

As seen through the eyes of two 20th century geniuses, The 3Penny Opera is a revolutionary musical theatre masterpiece, first performed in Berlin in 1928.  Brecht’s brittle, sardonic tale creates a world of beggars, thieves and prostitutes in the colorful, exotic musical saga of Mack the Knife, Polly Peachum and the gritty underworld of Soho.  Weill’s jazzy, inventive score captures the ironic tone of the lyrics. Derived from John Gay's 1728 The Beggar's Opera, The 3Penny Opera creates a stunning, cabaret world that, eighty years after its premiere, remains an outrageous and cunning satire of society. Produced in association with Core Theatre Ensemble.

Written by Loften Mitchell based on a
concept by Rosetta LeNoire
Bubblin’ Brown Sugar

April 22 - May 15, 2011

Return to Harlem’s golden days of black entertainment: Irene, John and Checkers, three middle-aged entertainers who have been in showbiz for many years meet a young couple in Harlem. The entertainers lead the young Jim and Ella back to the days of Swing and Blues, when black entertainers in Harlem’s nightclubs once fascinated the white visitors, as it was in the extravagant Cotton Club, Small’s Paradise and in the Savoy Ballroom.  Irene, John and Checkers bring many legendary black show numbers to life again.