EXPERIENCE SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYHOUSE

A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2

BY LUCAS HNATH

Directed by Joseph Fava
Oct 11-13 & 16-20, 2019
Auditions: June 4 & 6, 2019

In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children, and begin a life on her own. This climactic event—when Nora slams the door on everything in her life—instantly propelled world drama into the modern age. In A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2, many years have passed since Nora’s exit. Now, there’s a knock on that same door. Nora has returned. But why? And what will it mean for those she left behind?

PRIDE@PREJUDICE

BY DANIEL ELIHU KRAMER

Directed by Mark Stephens
Dec 6-8 & 11-15, 2019
Auditions: Sept 10 & 12, 2019

Watch Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy fall in love all over again -- this time filtered through the world of the internet. Modern voices interject and build on this classic love story in the form of blog posts, chat room discussions, quotes from film adaptations, and even letters from Ms. Austen herself to create a delightfully postmodern view of 19th century England. Written for five actors to play every role, Pride@Prejudice is a hilarious and moving homage to Jane Austen's most beloved novel, as well our love affair with reading.

FROST/NIXON

BY PETER MORGAN

Directed by Evan Jones
Jan 24-26 &29-Feb 2, 2020
Auditions: Nov 5 & 7, 2019

British talk-show host David Frost has become a lowbrow laughingstock. Richard M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect his career, Frost risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews in order to extract an apology from Nixon. The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in his nation's eyes. In the television age, image is king, and both men are desperate to out-talk and upstage each other as the cameras roll. The result is the interview that sealed a president's legacy.

THIS RANDOM WORLD
BY STEVEN DIETZ

Directed by Cristine M. Loffredo
Mar 20-22 & 25-29, 2020
Auditions: Jan 7 & 9, 2020

We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, THIS RANDOM WORLD asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.

THE CAKE
BY BEKAH BRUNSTETTER

Directed by Sara Paupini
May 8-10 & 13-17, 2020
Auditions: Mar 3 & 5, 2020

Della makes cakes, not judgment calls – those she leaves to her husband, Tim. But when the girl she helped raise comes back home to North Carolina to get married, and the fiancé is actually a fiancée, Della’s life gets turned upside down. She can’t really make a cake for such a wedding, can she? For the first time in her life, Della has to think for herself.

SUBSCRIBER’S BONUS:
PRELUDE TO A KISS
BY CRAIG LUCAS

Directed by Patti Noble
July 17-19 & 22-26, 2020
Auditions: May 19 & 21, 2020

At Peter and Rita's wedding, a mysterious old man insists on kissing the bride. While honeymooning, Peter gradually realizes that the woman by his side is not his wife. The wedding kiss caused Rita's soul and the old man's to change places. Peter must track down the old man and free his young love's spirit trapped in an aging and diseased body before it's too late.

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