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George Green’s first full season as CEO and artistic director of The Playhouse San Antonio holds a slew of Alamo City premieres as well as some new programming and partnerships.
The lineup was to be announced Thursday night.
In addition to producing its own work, The Playhouse will be assisting Teatro Audaz, which will be in residence. The Latinx company launched last year. The Playhouse will help the company stage work in other venues and also will present its staging of “Aye, No!” at the end of the season in the Cellar Theater.
The Playhouse also will launch the Fresh Ink Theater Program, which is designed to foster the creation of new work. Plays will be workshopped one season then produced the next. The first playwright to be featured is David Kimple, whose plays include “Who is Theo?” and “Mare in the Men’s Room.”
Before the season gets underway, the company will present “Broadway Sings the Playhouse,” a dinner and preview of the season ahead, on Aug. 26 at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre.
The lineup for the Russell Hill Rogers stage upstairs holds:
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Sept. 15-Oct. 15: The musical, which is adapted from the 1996 Disney film based on Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, makes its San Antonio debut. It features a score by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.
“All is Calm — The Christmas Truce of 1914,” Nov. 24-Dec. 24: The musical, which is about the real-life truce that happened during the first holiday season in WWI, made its San Antonio debut with a deeply moving staging at The Playhouse in December. It features music from the time as well as text taken from letters and other first-hand accounts. The theater will once again team up with the Marcsmen, the a cappella ensemble that the company worked with the first time around.
“Little Women,” Jan. 26-Feb. 18: The musical, which is making its San Antonio debut, is adapted from Louisa May Alcott’s classic 19th century novel detailing the lives of the impoverished March sisters. Allan Knee wrote the book and Mindi Dickstein wrote the lyrics.
“If/Then,” March 16-April 8: Yet another San Antonio premiere. The 2014 musical explores two possible paths for a woman whose life is at a crossroads.
“Million Dollar Quartet,” May 11-June 3: A touring edition of the jukebox musical stopped at the Majestic Theatre in 2013, but this will be the first production by a San Antonio theater. The show is based on the real-life 1956 meeting of legends-to-be Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Studio.
“Mamma Mia!,” July 6-Aug. 5: Touring editions of the popular ABBA jukebox musical — which is about a woman confronted by three former lovers as she prepares for her daughter’s wedding — have been to the Majestic Theatre and the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. This will be the first staging by a San Antonio theater company.
The 2017-’18 lineup for the Cellar Theater holds:
“Constellations,” Oct. 27-Nov. 19: Nick Payne’s 2012 play applies string theory, quantum mechanics and relatively to the story of a romance between a beekeeper and a theoretical physicist.
“A Bright New Boise,” Dec. 29-Jan. 21: Samuel D. Hunter’s 2011 play — set in the break room of a craft store, in which one of the characters is attempting to bring on the Rapture — deals with faith, forgiveness and other matters.
“Wit,” Feb. 23-March 11: Margaret Edson’s 1999 drama follows a noted English professor who looks back on her work as she confronts her impending death from ovarian cancer.
“Hand to God,” April 13-May 6: This is a San Antonio premiere. Robert Askins’ irreverent Texas-set comedy explores what happens when a hand puppet in a show designed to keep Christian teenagers on the straight and narrow decides to take things in a very different direction.
“Assassins,” June 8-July 1: Stephen Sondheim’s controversial musical offers a look into the lives of presidential assassins.
“Aye, No!,” Aug. 10-26: Liz Coronado-Castillo’s comedy follows what happens when a young Latina brings her girlfriend home to meet her relatives, who were expecting a boyfriend. Teatro Audaz presented a staged reading of the piece last year.
Current subscribers to The Playhouse will be able to renew through March 14. New subscriptions can be purchased beginning March 15.
Season subscriptions to all 12 shows range from $156 to $273. The Playhouse is also offering six-show packages that cover either the Russell Hill Rogers shows or the Cellar shows; those packages run from $84 to $147.
Visit theplayhousesa.org or call 210-733-7258 for more information.
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