"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
2011-2012 Line-Up of Events
From staged readings and special events to full-scale
productions of plays, here's what happening in our current subversive season!
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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, Christopher Standart*, and Kevin Iuzzini |
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
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Friday,
October 7, 2011 @ 11pm
SUBVERSIVE BURLESQUE REVIEW
Featuring all five of Buffalo's daring burlesque
troupes! |
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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, & Brian Zybala*
Presented in collaboration with Theatre Jugend |
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Friday,
December 9th, 2011 @ 10:30pm
OH
(un)HOLY NIGHT: a very merry evening of subversive burlesque
Yuletide extravaganza featuring five of Buffalo's
burlesque troupes! |
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January 6 - 15, 2012
a performative lecture and interactive workshop
IMPROVISED CONSCIOUSNESS
Conceived of and Coordinated by Josephine Anstey,
Collectively developed by Intermedia Performance Studio |
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February 2 - 25, 2012
theater's unsurpassable Civil Rights Era masterpiece
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
by Lorraine Hansberry,
Directed by Victoria Perez
Starring Peter Johnson and Patricia Armstrong* |
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March 1 - 31, 2012
for installment #6 of our "Workers' Power Play Series"
opening on what would've been Manny's 99th birthday
AN ELEGY FOR STANLEY GORSKI
by the one and only Emanuel "Manny" Fried |
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April 19 - May 12, 2012
time for an outrageous gender-bending spoof!
RED SCARE ON SUNSET
by Charles Busch, Directed by David Bondrow,
Starring Christopher Standart* |
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MAY DAY 2012 !!!
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Tuesday,
May 1, 2012
for our 11th annual May Day Staged Reading...
CHE by Mario
Fratti |
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May 30 - June 9, 2012
our 2nd annual "Subversive Youth
Series" presentation
BANG, BANG, YOU'RE DEAD!
by William Mastrosimone,
Directed by Kelly Beuth*
Featuring students of Performing Arts High School |
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June 21 - July 14, 2012
the 6th installment of our new political play showcase
sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2012
by multiple playwrights from all across America! |
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
+ = indicates members of the Actors' Equity Association
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