"Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to
shape it."
-- Bertolt Brecht
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gleefully dedicated to everything commercial theatres avoid:
controversial,
thought-provoking, socially relevant theatre
for people who DON'T belong to country clubs!
"Daring,
direly necessary and unapologetic activist theater."
-- Colin Dabkowski, BUFFALO NEWS 4/15/08
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THE
EXCEPTION AND THE RULE
by Bertolt Brecht
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Now Playing:
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ONE MORE TIME!
Subversive Theatre is thrilled to present a revival of our
critically-acclaimed original play
WATERBOARDING
BLUES
running Thursdays & Fridays only from June 18 - July
10.
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here to read more about it
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Also Coming Up:
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A one-night-only staged reading of Georg
Buchner's 1835 classic
DANTON'S
DEATH
Monday, July 6th @
7:30
Donn Youngstrom directs this story of French Revolutionary Georges Danton --
often considered the first modern political play.
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here to read more about it
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click on any of the titles below to find out more
about that particular project
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Our 2008-2009
Season of Plays
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September 18 - October 19, 2008
for Curtain Up 2008
PALACE OF THE END
by Judith Thompson |
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
a special one-night-only reprisal of excerpts from
MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE
by Katherine Viner and Alan Rickman |
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November 13 - December 14, 2008
for our annual "Workers' Power Play Series"
DROP
HAMMER
by Emanuel "Manny" Fried |
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January 23 - February 8, 2009
an entirely original exploration in physical theatre
OUROBOROS
Conceived and Directed by Brian Zybala |
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April 3 - 19, 2009
the world debut of
WATERBOARDING
BLUES
by Kurt Schneiderman |
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STAGED READING
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Monday, April 6, 2009
A
MAN'S A MAN
by Bertolt Brecht
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April 25 - 26, 2009
in collaboration with Daemen College
THE
LARAMIE PROJECT
by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project |
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April 30 - May 17, 2009
the third installment of our new political play showcase
sUBVERsIVE
sHORTs 2009
by multiple playwrights |
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Friday, May 1, 2009
for our 8th annual "May Day Staged Reading Series"
THE
DAYS OF THE COMMUNE
by Bertolt Brecht |
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May 21 - June 7, 2009
a double bill of great one-acts of Absurdist Theatre
TOO
ABSURD!
by Eugene Ionesco & Slawomir Mrozek |
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STAGED READING
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
DEUS EX MACHINIST by Norman Dietz |
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June 18 - July 10, 2009
back by popular demand...
WATERBOARDING BLUES
by Kurt Schneiderman |
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STAGED READING
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Monday, July 6, 2009
DANTON'S DEATH
by Georg Buchner |
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July 24 - August 9, 2009
for the 2009 Buffalo "infringement" Festival
THE
HAIRY APE
by Eugene O'Neill |
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STAGED READING
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Monday, August 3, 2009
HOMEBODY/KABUL
by Tony Kushner
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