"The good citizen is not the one who merely lives in
a Society: it is she or he who changes it to make it better.
Theatre can be
the means through which you become a citizen, a place where you imagine a
future world."
-Brazilian
Director
Augusto Boal, 2004
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 Our
2010-2011 Line-Up of Events
From staged readings to screenings to full-scale
productions of plays, here's what we've got in store for the subversive season
ahead!
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Click on
each highlighted title to read more about that particular project...
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September 15 - October 15, 2011
one of the most notoriously "subversive" plays of all
time!
MARAT/SADE
by Peter Weiss,
Directed by Kurt Schneiderman*
Starring Lisa Vitrano and Christopher Standart* |
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
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Friday,
October 7, 2011 @ 11pm
SUBVERSIVE BURLESQUE REVIEW |
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October 27 - November 19, 2011
the world premiere of...
GREENSPAN
AND THE TRILOBITES
by Michael Fanelli*, Directed by Tilke Hill
Starring Verniece Turner+, Greg Howze, and others |
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November 25 - December 18, 2011
a new adaptation of Orwell's classic for the 99%
OCCUPY
ANIMAL FARM
Adapted by Justin Karcher,
Directed by Drew McCabe
Starring Jeffrey Coyle, Jonathan Shuey and Brian Zybala*
Presented in collaboration with Theatre Jugend |
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
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Friday,
December 9th, 2011 @ 10:30pm
HOLIDAY SUBVERSIVE BURLESQUE
SHOW |
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January 13 - February 5, 2012
opening the weekend of Martin Luther King Day
I AM A MAN
by Oyamo, Directed by Annette Daniels-Taylor
Starring Pete Johnson |
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February 18 - March 13, 2012
time to look into the abyss
4:48 PSYCHOSIS
by Sarah Kane,
Directed by Brian Zybala*
Starring Rebecca Ward* |
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March 17 - April 16, 2012
presented in collaboration with the New Phoenix Theatre
INHERIT THE WIND
by Lawrence & Lee Directed by Kurt Schneiderman*
Starring Greg Natale, Gary Darling, & Richard Lambert+ |
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Sunday,
May 1, 2012
for our 10th annual May Day Staged Reading we're reprising the one that
started it all back in 2002...
KARL MARX IN
BUFFALO
Adapted from "MARX IN SOHO" by
Howard Zinn
Directed by Susan Forbes*,
Starring Keith Elkins as Marx himself! |
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May 6 - 22, 2012
presented in partnership with Performing Arts High
School
TICK, TICK... BOOM!
by Jonathan Larson
Sponsored by Performing Arts Alumnis Jesse L. Martin |
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June 16 - July 17, 2012
the fifth installment of our new political play showcase
sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2011
by multiple playwrights with multiple directors |
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July 28 - Aug 13, 2012
for the 2011 Buffalo "infringement" Festival
GUILLOTINE: Heads Will Roll
written & directed by Joe Siracusa |
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
+ = indicates members of the Actors' Equity Association
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