NOVEL THEATRE FOR TWENTY SEASONS AND GOING STRONG! This season’s slate of productions brings Book-It's strengths and flexibility to the fore: the deep repertoire is the source for the second half of the two-part Cider House Rules as well as our jaunty holiday musical; our two world-premiere adaptations of contemporary bestsellers—both by renowned local authors—came through last season's inaugural Novel Workshop Series; and the company’s skills adapting classic literature will be highlighted with an all-new Dickens favorite.
Many more events and performances will be featured during the 2010-2011 season, be sure to check back often for details on special events, including our Family Fun Series of performances for young people, and our annual Guilty Pleasures fundraiser.
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THE CIDER HOUSE RULES PART TWO: IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
by Peter Parnell, adapted from the novel by John Irving Directed by Jane Jones (based on the original direction by Tom Hulce and Jane Jones)
September 15 – October 16, 2010 performed in the Center House Theatre Irving’s Cider House is truly a signature piece for Book-It; Part Two completes the epic story that closed the company’s 2009-2010 20th Anniversary season. Leaving St. Cloud’s to experience the world beyond the orphanage and Dr. Larch, our Dickensian hero Homer Wells discovers that life’s joys and sorrows are neither black nor white, but infinite shades of gray.
Missed The Cider House Rules Part One this summer? Or just want a refresh before seeing Part Two -- Join us for one of these nine special reprise performances of Part One during the run of Part Two: In other Parts of the World.Part One will play again September 29, Oct 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, and 16.
RED RANGER CAME CALLING, A GUARANTEED TRUE CHRISTMAS STORY
by Berkeley Breathed Adapted and directed by Myra Platt, music by Myra Platt and Edd Key November 23 – December 23, 2010 performed in the Eve Alvord Theatre at Seattle Children’s Theatre Book-It’s musical holiday favorite, Red Ranger Came Calling, is based on the true story of the author’s father who, at age nine, insisted on being addressed as the “Red Ranger of Mars.” Christmas 1939, the Red Ranger was sent to Vashon Island to spend the holiday with Aunt Vy, where his encounter with an ancient man named Saunder Clös left an indelible mark on the landscape still visible today!
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by Charles Dickens Adapted by Lucinda Stroud, Directed by Kevin McKeon
February 8 – March 6, 2011 performed in the Center House Theatre A terrifying graveyard encounter with an escaped convict; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of an unknown benefactor—this series of events changes the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly flees his humble origins in favor of a new life as a gentleman in London. Dickens' haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers that having “expectations” is a double-edged sword.
NOVEL WORKSHOP SERIES
April 15-17 2011, titles, and artists TBA The second installment of this new series explores potential adaptations and tests the plausibility of the novels as future additions to the repertory (this season’s Border Songs and Prairie Nocturne came out of the inaugural workshop series last season). In the spirit of Book-Its artists collective beginnings, patrons will witness the birth of many new works that will later play on the main stage.
PRAIRIE NOCTURNE
by Ivan Doig Adapted by Elena Hartwell, Directed by Maekala Pollack May 25 – June 26, 2011 performed in the Center House Theatre Set in 1924 Montana, Prairie Nocturne tells the story of two former lovers reunited to share in an extraordinary goal: launching the singing career of Monty Rathbun, a black chauffeur and former rodeo clown who possesses a surprisingly phenomenal voice. Doig’s rich, poetic narrative runs headlong toward the challenges of racism in the West, circles back into his characters’ pasts, and reels ahead into their shared futures in New York during the Harlem Renaissance.
BORDER SONGS
by Jim Lynch Adapted by Bryan Willis, directed by David Quicksall September 14 – October 9, 2011 performed in the Center House Theatre Jim Lynch’s (The Highest Tide) second novel explores division—between the natural world and everyday human experience, between communities, and individuals. It’s also a hopeful vision of the commonalities we can discover if we look at things just a little differently, the way Brandon Vanderkool—a 6’8” dyslexic, bird watcher who joins the Border Patrol—does. Lynch’s masterful use of metaphor unlocks these divisions and commonalities and offers an extraordinary potential for a dramatic re-telling in the Book-It Style™.
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