There is plenty to celebrate at Atlantic Theater Company.
The 2010/11 season marks our 25th year producing great plays in NYC. There have been World premieres, New York premieres, Broadway transfers, Tony Awards and exciting new artists who continue to shape the theater. But these achievements have happened only because you have supported our work. We are thrilled to be planning one of the most exciting seasons yet.
Existing and new Members receive the following benefits:
- Scheduling flexibility
- Tickets before the general public
- No service charges on tickets throughout the year
- Preferred seating
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The 2010/11 Season
Bottom of the World
By Lucy Thurber
Directed by Caitriona McLaughlin
September 3 – October 3, 2010
Atlantic Stage 2
330 W. 16th St.
World Premiere
Heartbroken over the sudden death of her sister, Kate, Abby delves into the world of Kate’s final novel to deal with her grief and somehow move on. As the lines blur between the fictional world and her own reality, Abby attempts to make sense of life and death in this funny and poignant play.
A Life in the Theatre
By David Mamet
Directed by Neil Pepe
Starts performances September 21, 2010
at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
236 W. 45th St.
On Broadway
With Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight
Describing life in the footlights from an actor’s point of view, A Life in the Theatre focuses on the relationship between two thespians: Robert, an older, experienced performer; and John, a relative newcomer. Though Robert’s guidance is welcomed by John at first, as the play progresses Robert falters as an actor and mentor, and John emerges as a mature actor. Mamet was inspired to write A Life in the Theatre by what he had observed backstage as well as by his own experiences in his early career as an actor.
Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals and Debbie Bisno in association with Atlantic Theater Company.
THECOLLECTION
AND A KIND OF ALASKA
Two plays by Harold Pinter
November 3 – December 12, 2010
at Classic Stage Company
136 E. 13th St.
Atlantic eagerly returns to the work of Harold Pinter, several seasons after its acclaimed production of his first andlast plays, The Room and Celebration. Here again, the plays are separated chronologically by twenty years; both,however, are steeped in the author’s signature humor, mystery and psychological tension.
In The Collection (1962),a four am phone call and a surprise visitor set off a series of conversations about potential infidelities among twocouples. And a middle-aged woman who has been asleep in a hospital room awakens after thirty years and mustreorient herself to a greatly changed world in A Kind of Alaska (1982), which was inspired by the work of OliverSacks in his seminal book, Awakenings.
The New York Idea
Adapted by David Auburn from the original by Langdon Mitchell
January 6 – February 13, 2011
at Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher St.
Cynthia Karslake is a freewheeling divorcee in 1906 New York City society. She has decided to settle down again into a much more stable, reliable relationship with a prominent Judge Philip Phillimore. Little does she know, however, that neither of their bombastic and blowsy ex-spouses, nor her beloved race horse Cynthia K is yet down for the count. In this sharp-tongued comedy, David Auburn enlivens and enriches a little known play from a century ago, and shines a surprisingly contemporary light on social mores, status, and attitudes about sex and divorce in high society.
Atlantic Theater Company and St. Ann’s Warehouse present
Four Pickups
By Ethan Coen
Directed by Neil Pepe
May, 2011
at St. Ann’s Warehouse
38 Water St.
Dumbo, Brooklyn
World premiere.
Limited engagement!
Four Pickups is four short plays. Different settings: remote West Texas, the Gulf Coast, a movie set, a maternity ward. Different characters: footloose bachelors, a long-married couple on Christmas day, a struggling actor, expecting parents. One character in each play has a pickup truck, or the plays would not belong together. All the characters have serious problems, or they would not be comic plays.
A co-production of St. Ann’s Warehouse and Atlantic Theater Company
10x25
A festival of ten minute plays by 25 of Atlantic's favorite playwrights.
Spring 2011
Atlantic Stage 2
330 W. 16th St.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Atlantic Theater Company, we have decided to pay homage to our rich history and give a nod toward the future by presenting10x25: a festival of 10 minute plays by twenty-five playwrights who have been produced bythe Atlantic over the past twenty-five years.
In the spring of 2011, the short plays by each of these writers will be produced in three separatetwo-week runs in Atlantic Stage 2. These plays by so many friends of Atlantic will remind us ofour rich theatrical life, our history and the possibility of another twenty-five years of premieringsome of the most exciting and enduring new plays in New York.
MISS NELSON IS MISSING!
Based on the books Miss Nelson is Missing! and Miss Nelson is Back
by Harry Allard
Illustrated by James Marshall
Adapted by Joan Cushing
Book, Music and Lyrics by Joan Cushing
Miss Nelson’s class is the worst behaved in the whole school. Spitballs flying across the room, paper airplanes sailing every which way, and uncontrollable children send the gentle, long-suffering teacher, Miss Nelson, over the edge. But the students of Room 207 are in for a surprise when Miss Nelson turns up missing and is replaced by Viola Swamp, the scariest substitute teacher ever. The Swamp assigns homework from hell and wields her ruler like a sword. In desperation, the students set out to find their beloved Miss Nelson... but will they ever get her?
REVOLTING RHYMES
A Musical based on poems by Roald Dahl
Directed and composed by Elizabeth Swados
Revolting Rhymes is a series of mini musicals based on the riotous and bizarre poetry of Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and many other classic children’s books. Dahl’s famous poems take center stage as they are inventively staged with puppets, costumes and original music – taking you on a journey where everything familiar is rarely what it seems.
