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Download the 2008-2009 Season Theater Guide
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We celebrate our 20th Anniversary Season with the return of a holiday favorite developed at Orlando Shakes, a musical nod to Shakespeare with memorable music by Cole Porter, a Tennessee Williams classic and the return to Shakespeare performed in repertory.
Signature Series
 KISS ME, KATE - A Lively Musical
By Samuel and Bella Spewack
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
September 17 - October 12, 2008
Love, comedy and confusion thrive behind the scenes of a Broadway-bound musical version of The Taming of the Shrew in Cole Porter’s musical masterpiece. Quarrelling couples swat and swoon as they navigate through the satiric, witty, and sensual score featuring such classics as “Too Darn Hot,” “So in Love” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare!” Featuring local singing talent Michael Andrew. [read more]
 THE GLASS MENAGERIE - An American Classic
By Tennessee Williams
October 15 - November 16, 2008
In this American classic, a young son longs to escape his mother’s badgering while he worries about the future of his lame, shy sister. A wonder of poetry, William’s seminal work draws us into a floating state of memory, failed expectations, love, hope and heartrending desolation. The Glass Menagerie glitters and reflects with a haunting delicateness that will fix your gaze and move you to tears. [read more]
 THE TRIAL OF EBENEZER SCROOGE - A Holiday Favorite
By Mark Brown
World Premiere at Orlando Shakes in 2004
December 3 - December 28, 2008
It’s one year after A Christmas Carol and Scrooge has returned to his miserly ways. He’s putting the Ghosts of Christmas on trial for kidnapping and assault! This hilarious twisted tale of Christmas was a giant hit during its world premiere and hailed by Elizabeth Maupin of the Orlando Sentinel as “gleeful, exhilarating, delightful, splendidly Christmasy.” Don’t miss it!
 WITTENBERG - A PlayFest Premiere
By David Davalos
PlayFest Premiere!
January 21 - February 15, 2009
This sprightly and hilarious battle of wits features university colleagues Dr. Faustus (a man of appetites), versus Martin Luther (a man of faith), and their struggle for the soul of young Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (a youth struggling not only with his beliefs but also with his tennis game!). Come hear the story behind the story of Hamlet in a highly entertaining and humorous exploration of reason versus faith. Featuring Eric Hissom and Jim Helsinger.
 PLAYFEST! THE HARRIETT LAKE FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS
January 23 - February 1, 2009
PlayFest has grown into a 10-day celebration of new play readings, workshops, panel discussions and keynote addresses from nationally recognized playwrights. Many of our readings have returned as full productions, including Opus, Around the World in 80 Days, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, Robinson Crusoe, and Crime and Punishment. PlayFest…it’s what’s next!
In rotating repertory:
 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - A Comic Romance
By William Shakespeare
March 11 - April 25, 2009
The Bard’s comic genius reigns as sparkling couples engage in a war of wits. Beatrice and Benedick are ranked among Shakespeare’s most dazzling characters, and almost before we know it we are caught up in their merry war over love that leads to marriage. Full of deliberate confusions and mistaken identities, this brilliant comedy sparkles with quick repartee and the bright Mediterranean sunshine of Italy.
 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - A Thought-Provoking Tragicomedy
By William Shakespeare
March 18 - April 26, 2009
A mysteriously melancholy rich man, a dashing young lover in need of cash, a moneylender with reasons to seek revenge, and a witty young woman with a knack for disguise. These are the elements of Shakespeare's sparkling and troubling tragicomedy. A thought-provoking mixture of comedy, steely-eyed satire, compassion, poetry, and the perpetual struggle between mercy and justice has intrigued audiences for four centuries.
Click here for the Much Ado About Nothing and The Merchant of Venice repertory calendar.
Theater for Young Audiences Series
 IF YOU GIVE A MOOSE A MUFFIN
Adapted by Bob Dolan
Based on the book by Laura Numeroff
October 25 - November 22, 2008
A follow up to last season’s incredibly successful If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. If a moose comes to visit you might offer him a muffin to be polite, but he'll probably want some jam on it…and so begins another chain of never-ending events!
 THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
Based on the book by Margery Williams
January 17 - February 22, 2009
"When a child loves you for a long, long time...then you become Real." So says the Horse to the Velveteen Rabbit in Margery Williams' famous and much-loved literary classic.
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