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| The WCC Theatre Club I can’t think of a more enjoyable evening out than attending live theatre, and with that in mind, and hoping you feel the same way, I’ve created the Women’s Community Connection Theatre Club. All you have to do to join is show up! Yes, it is that simple! Here’s how it works: the WCC and friends go to the theatre often. When we’ve scheduled attending a play, I’ll announce the date we’re going, and other pertinent information on the WCC website, and in the WCC webzine, so if anyone also would like to attend that particular production, they’ll know which night they can see the play, and run into lots of lesbians at the same time! Sometimes I manage to negotiate a special deal for WCC readers: Actor’s Theatre will give anyone who calls the theatre box office to buy their tickets, and mentions the WCC, a discount of $10.00 off their ticket price. Stray Cat Theatre offers a 10% discount to anyone purchasing their ticket online and using the code WCC10. If you decide to take advantage of these special deals, you can use it for any performance; you don’t have to go on the date I specify as WCC Theatre Night. Let’s fill up those theatres! March Theatre Events: Sunday, March 7th: The Laramie Project, QSpeak, Stagebrush Theatre Tuesday, March 9th: Avenue Q, ASU Gammage Thursday, March 11th: Secret Order, Actor's Theatre, Herberger Thursday, March 18th: Phaedre, Nearly Naked Theatre Thursday, March 25: The Glass Menagerie |
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| Actors Theatre presents Secret Order March 5th - March 21st Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe, Phoenix What if you discovered the cure for cancer? |
| A bright young scientist, Dr. William Shumway, is on the verge of the most sought-after discovery in medical research today, the cure for cancer. Recruited by a prestigious New York research institution, Shumway finds himself in over his head with pharmaceutical companies, The New England Journal of Medicine, and even the Nobel committee demanding results that he is not ready to share. When his white mice start having trouble, he has to solve the problem before anyone notices or before he has to admit that his theory may be wrong. What unravels is a scientific and moral quandary which tests the will, desire and integrity of all involved. Playwright Bob Clyman crafts a suspenseful bio-medical psychological thriller which leaves the audience questioning how far should we go to alter the landscape of science and improve human life. |
| Special Offer to WCC Readers If you purchase your tickets by phone from the Herberger Box Office (602.252.8497 ), and mention “The WCC Discount,” you’ll receive $10.00 off your ticket price! This discount is good for any performance. |
| Performances Thursdays: 7:00 PM Fridays: 8:00 PM Saturdays: 8:00 PM Sundays: 2:00 PM Click here for tickets |
| Nearly Naked Theatre Presents Phaedre March 5th - March 27th The Little Theatre at Phoenix Theatre 100 E. McDowell |
| Performances Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays: 8:00 PM Sundays: 2:00 PM Click here for tickets |
| WCC Theatre Night: Thursday, March 11th |
| Where’s the beef? Sex sells – but at what price? The Integrity Players, an off-off Broadway theatre company dedicated to faithfully presenting the ’lesser known’ classics, is on the brink of shuttering. When a trio of artistically questionable though financially successful impresarios, responsible for such stage hits as Naked Boys Running Around Naked and Drunk Frat Boys Making Porn, offer to help save their company, an epic and hilarious battle between commercialism and artistic allegiance ensues. Appropriately enough, we’re bringing in Nearly Naked’s Damon Dering to helm all the tasty, trashy fun of this merciless satire of the age old fight between art and commerce. *Please note this production contains nudity and adult content. |
| Tempe Performing Arts Center 132 E 6th Street in Tempe’s Mill Avenue District – close to ASU (at Forest Avenue, two blocks North of University) Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm Tickets $15 for students + seniors $20 for adults Thursdays are $10 Student Night Sundays are $12 for EVERYBODY Click here for tickets |
| WCC Theatre Night: Thursday, February 25th |
| Stray Cat Special Offer for WCC readers: Purchase your tickets online, and use the code WCC10. You’ll receive a 10% discount. Use for any performance. |
| Performances Tuesday through Friday: 7:30 PM Saturday & Sunday: 2:00 PM & 7.30 PM |
| Tickets On sale at ASU Gammage and Ticketmaster. 1-800-982-ARTS(2787) or Click here for online tickets |
| WCC Theatre Night: Tuesday, March 9th |
| In March, Nearly Naked Theatre presents the World Premiere of PHÆDRE, based on the play by Jean Baptiste Racine, adapted and directed by Damon Dering. Cursed by the goddess Aphrodite, Phædre, the dying queen of Athens, falls in love with her stepson, Hippolytus. Her love grows into a dangerously passionate obsession that will destroy fathers, sons and kingdoms with its fury. One of the most enduring and powerful stories of classical mythology, this production of Phædre will switch between classical and modern language, and between ancient and modern eras. An obsessive love story recalling the poetry of Euripides and the violent energy of Fatal Attraction. This full production of Phaedre comes from our successful workshop of the piece last year. It runs from March 6th thru March 27th and is recommended for mature audiences, containing adult themes, language, sexuality and nudity. |
| WCC Theatre Night: Thursday, March 18th |
| Stray Cat Theatre presents The Play About the Naked Guy By David Bell February 13 - 27, 2010 Directed by Damon Dering |
| Avenue Q March 9 - 14 ASU Gammage, 1200 S Forest Avenue Tempe, AZ 85281 |
| AVENUE Q is Broadway’s smash-hit, Tony Award® winner for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called “one of the funniest shows you’re ever likely to see” by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart,risqué and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it “subversive and uproarious!” Adult content and language; discretion is advised. AVENUE Q has not been authorized or approved by The Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility for its content. |
| Imagine two hyper-talented young songwriters in New York trying to write a new musical about two hyper- talented young songwriters in New York trying to write a new musical?! That’s [title of show], the deliciously smart and tuneful musical that wowed Broadway audiences and critics last fall. It’s a dizzy, unpredictable, and uproarious tongue-in-cheek musical about show business and making one’s dreams come true. Follow Jeff, Hunter, Heidi and Susan as they negotiate a musical theatre obstacle course of finding backers, casting singers, and making it to Broadway. Fresh, funny and playful, [title of show] is a Cinderella tale set to music about the journey from the unemployment line to the Great White Way. Delectable entertainment! Hilarious! A fresh new musical worth cheering!" -- The New York Times. Staged by the same team that brought you the recent smash hit Hair, [title of show] will be directed by David Ira Goldstein with musical staging by Patti Wilcox and musical direction by Christopher McGovern. |
| Arizona Theatre Company Presents [title of show] February 18 - March 7th Herberger Theatre, 222 E Monroe |
| Performances Thursday, February 18: 7:30 pm Friday, February 19: 8:00 pm Saturday, February 20: 8:00 pm Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 1:00 pm Sunday, February 21: 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 24: 7:30 pm Thursday, February 25: 2:00 pm Thursday, February 25: 7:30 pm Friday, February 26: 8:00 pm Saturday, February 27: 2:00 pm Saturday, February 27: 8:00 pm Sunday, February 28: 1:00 pm Sunday, February 28: 7:00 pm Wednesday, March 3: 7:30 pm Thursday, March 4: 7:30 pm Friday, March 5: 8:00 pm Saturday, March 6: 4:00 pm Saturday, March 6: 8:00 pm Sunday, March 7: 1:00 pm Click here for tickets |
| Scroll all the way down - there's 5 of them, listed in order of opening night dates |
| Arizona Theatre Company Presents The Glass Menagerie March 25th - April 11th Herberger Theatre, 222 E Monroe |
| Performances Thursdays at 7:30 PM Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM Sunday, March 28th & April 4th at 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM Sunday, April 11th at 1:00 PM Click here for tickets |
| AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories The Glass Menagerie is the third show in ATC’s “AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories” series following our universally acclaimed productions of To Kill A Mockingbird and A Raisin in the Sun. This unique initiative is designed to engage audiences both through the onstage performance and community activities designed to enhance the understanding of this classic play. Join us for free community engagement activities in conjunction with our upcoming production of The Glass Menagerie. All events are free and open to the public. |
| In the 1930s in a small tenement apartment in St. Louis, the Wingfield family awaits your visit. The mother, Amanda, lives in an illusion of recapturing her faded Southern Belle glory, her daughter Laura lives in a fantasy world of delicate glass figurines, and her son Tom dreams poetically of a world beyond the back stoop. When Tom brings home a Gentleman Caller to meet his sister, The Glass Menagerie weaves these lives into a heart-stopping dance of hopes pursued and dreams betrayed. Considered by many to be Tennessee Williams’ greatest play, The Glass Menagerie is an achingly beautiful story of longing and love that has touched generations of theatergoers with its sparkling, delicate radiance. |
| WCC Theatre Night: Thursday, March 25th |