WINTER/SPRING 2011

OH, THE HUMANITY and other exclamations
by Will Eno

The foremost poet laureate of the American theatre, Will Eno, brings forth a collection of five new short works that open up the most profound questions of our existence. With a fierce sense of hope and an equal glance at the despair of living, Eno unites five stories of loss, love, history, technology and marriage in an evening of unforgettable theatre that the New York Times called "the kind of theater evening that takes every breath from your body and leaves you profoundly changed."

January 26 - February 20, 2011

YANKEE TAVERN
by Steven Dietz

In a broken-down Manhattan pub, a homeless drunkard named Ray spars with the bar's owner Adam and his fiance Janet, spouting wild conspiracy theories on everything from the Kennedy assasination to an alleged cover-up of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But when a mysterious stranger enters into the conversation, what once seemed like crazy fantasies suddenly becomes a terrifying nightmare for everyone in Yankee Tavern. This one is an unforgettable theatrical thriller!

March 16 - April 10, 2011

FOUR PLACES 
by Joel Drake Johnson

When Peggy's grown children take her to lunch, she has no idea what they have planned. As the afternoon unfolds, the family is taken to the brink of ruin as they wrestle with the toughest decisions they have ever faced. Joel Drake Johnson has crafted an incisive yet gentle drama about the challenges of aging in America.

April 27 - May 22, 2011

THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL
book by Betsy Kelso
music & lyrics by David Nehls

Back by popular demand, Stages revives the most successful show in the theatre's history! There's a new tenant in Armadillo Acres, and she's wreaking havoc all over Florida's most exclusive trailer park. The double-wide divas of this fine housing establishment have survived everything from kidnapping to no-good men to (the horror!) bad perms. But when Pippi, a "stripper on the run", comes between agoraphobic housewife Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband, a storm begins to brew that will shake these manufactured homes right down to their mobile foundations. All this and there's SINGIN' too!

June 1 - July 10, 2011

PLEASE NOTE: all plays and dates are subject to change.