current season


The TempestTHE TEMPEST
by William Shakespeare
October 20, 21 and 22 at 7pm
Diana Chapman Walsh Auditorium

Actors From The London Stage brings its signature spare and inventive style to The Tempest, Shakespeare's classic tale of love, deception, power and forgiveness. Prospero, magician and exiled Duke of Milan, has spent the past 12 years stranded on a desert island, robbed of his throne

by his brother Antonio. To exact revenge, Prospero uses his powers to raise a storm at sea, bringing the family that betrayed him within his grasp again.


Seasons GreetingsSEASON'S GREETINGS
by Alan Ayckbourn
January 5-29, 2012
Thu. at 7pm, Fri at 8pm,
Sat. at 3pm and 8pm,
Sun. at 3pm
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

It's Christmas in suburban London, and things couldn't be going less well for Belinda and Neville and their disfunctional relatives. This black comedy features furtive trysts under the tree, a horrifying puppet show and a few madcap mistaken

assumptions. Join us for the holiday festivities as we laugh at the darker side of family life.


And A Nightengale SangAND A NIGHTINGALE SANG
by C.P. Taylor
May 24-June 24, 2012
Thu. at 7pm, Fri at 8pm,
Sat. at 3pm and 8pm,
Sun. at 3pm
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

A British family struggles to hold together in the midst of World War II's chaos in this bittersweet comedy. It's a nostalgic romp through life on the homefront with a quirky cast of lovable characters. Touching and funny in equal measure, the story glories in

the universal truth of the strength of family.



Nine ArmeniansNINE ARMENIANS
by Leslie Ayvazian
November 10-13, 2011
Thu. at 7pm, Fri at 8pm,
Sat. at 2pm and 8pm,
Sun. at 2pm
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

This three-generation drama about an inescapable ethnic legacy tells the story of an American college student choosing to visit Armenia after the death of her grandfather, heeding his call to seek out her anncestral history. Join us as we dance, sing, eat,

make music, cry, laugh, scream and support each other in this empowering tale of ethnic idenity.


An American WifeAN AMERICAN WIFE
by Karen Blomain
& Michael Downend
April 12-15, 2012
Thu. at 7pm, Fri. at 8pm,
Sat. at 2pm and 8pm,
Sun. at 2pm
Ruth NAgel Jones Theatre

New England premiere. When Frank Flynn returns to rural Pennsylvania after his service in World War II, he doesn't get quite the weolcome he, or his Polish war bride, Stella, had been expecting. Jobs in the coal mine are scarce and the

small-minded Irish Catholic community doesn't know what to make of them. In the end, Stella's painful past binds her new family together in a heartfelt story of perserverance in the face of bitter tragedy.


upstage
Upstage productions are student-produced and directed. They provide Wellesley College students with the opportunity to explore all aspects of working in theatre independently.



DOG SEES GOD
by Bert V. Royal
October 13-16, 2011, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
An "unauthorized parody" that imagines the Peanuts characters as teenagers struggling to come to terms with their own identities.


ALMOST MAINE
by John Cariani
February 9-12, 2012, Diana Chapman Walsh Auditorium
On a moonless winter night, the residents of Almost, Maine findn themselves falling unexpectedly, hilariously, in and out of love.


PROOF
by David Auburn
March 8-11, 2012, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
This 2001 Pulitzer-Prize-winning script follows daughter Catherine as she fights to preserve her genius father's mathematical legacy.


THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS
by Paul Zindel
April 26-29, 2012, Diana Chapman Walsh Auditorium
In thsi lyric drama, Tillie's abuseively disfunctional family comes apart at the seams. Winner of the 1971 Pulitzer-Prize for Drama.





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