Press Release:
In celebration of the 47th year, Repertory Philippines presents its 77th theater
season line up for 2014. An exciting year to be in the theater indeed.
Title: Wait Until Dark
Genre: Thriller
By Frederick Knott
Awards: Audry Hepburn nominated for an
Academy Award.
Film Adaptation: 1967 starring Audrey
Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna
Dates: January 17 - February 19, 2014
Synopsis:
When Sam Hendrix carries a doll across
the Canada-US border, he sets of a chain of events that will lead to
a terrifying ordeal for his blind wife, Susy. The doll was stuffed
with heroin and when it cannot be located, its owner, a Mr. Roat,
stages a piece of theatre in an attempt to recover it. He arranges
for Sam to be away from the house for a day and then has two con men,
Mike Talman and a Mr. Carlito, alternately encourage or scare Susy
into telling them where the doll is hidden. Talman pretends to be an
old friend of Sam's while Carlito pretends to be a police officer.
Despite their best efforts they make little headway as Susy has no
idea where the doll might be, leading Mr. Roat to take a somewhat
more violent approach to getting the information from her.
Title: August Osage County
Genre: Black Comedy
By Tracy Letts
Awards: Pulitzer Prize and 5 Tony
Awards
2014 Film Adaptation: Starring Meryl
Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor
Dates: February 21 – March 16, 2014
Synopsis:
Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer-Prize- and
Tony-Award-winning play is one of the great new American dramas. At
the Oklahoma farmhouse of the Westons, the patriarch, Beverly, goes
missing. The family gathers together at the farmhouse hoping for good
news, but, after five days, his body is found in a lake, a presumed
suicide. The play takes us through the family’s pain, not just over
Beverly’s death, but of living in a very dysfunctional family for
many years. Violet, the drug-addicted, brain-addled matriarch, her
three daughters, and their families try, unsuccessfully, to work out
their problems from the time they arrive hoping to find Beverly,
through his funeral, and on into the next day. Darkly comic, but also
violent and sad, August: Osage County explores the painful issues all
American families have to face, and then some.
Title: Noises Off
Genre: Farce
Author: Michael Frayn
Awards: Laurence Olivier Award for Best
Play
Dates: March 28 – April 27
Synopsis:
A comedy/ farce in three acts, “Noises
Off” starts in the middle of dress/tech rehearsal for a theater
company tackling “Noises On,” an English sex farce in which two
couples cross paths at a country manor. But that’s just the
starting point for “Noises Off,” which adds another layer of
complexity by stopping the action of the play-within-the-play to take
up the love lives of the actors presenting the farce.
Title: Pinocchio
Genre: Musical for Theater For Young
Audiences
Authors: Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy
Dates: August 16 - December 12, 2014
Synopsis:
In PINNOCHIO the story of a familiar
wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy is told with vim, verve,
and vibrancy. Set in Italy, this version tells the beloved tale of
Pinocchio, a boy-sized puppet built by the caring puppet maker,
Geppetto. Knowing of his longing for a son, the Blue Fairy brings
Pinocchio to life as a reward for Geppetto's remarkably generous
spirit. Pinocchio is told by the Blue Fairy that if he always obeys
his father, she will turn him into a real boy. But the best laid
plans can sometimes go awry and Pinocchio's boyish longings leads him
away from his father and on an adventure unlike any other. From the
Land Of The Toys to the belly of a whale, Pinocchio learns that no
love is greater than that of a parent for a child.
The perfect piece for a theatre with
young audiences, PINOCCHIO is peppered with universal lessons of good
will and good behavior!
Title: Scrooge
Genre: Family Musical
Author: Book, Music and Lyrics by
Leslie Bricusse
Date: November 21 – December 14, 2014
Synopsis:
In 1860, the stingy and cranky Ebenezer
Scrooge that hates Christmas; loathes people and runs his bank
exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit and clients, giving a bitter
treatment to his own nephew and acquaintances. However, on Christmas
Eve, he is visited by the doomed ghost of his former partner Jacob
Marley that tells him that three spirits would visit him that night.
The first one, the spirit of past Christmas, recalls his miserable
youth when he lost his only love due to his greed; the spirit of the
present Christmas shows him the poor situation of Bob’s family and
how joyful life may be; and the spirit of future Christmas shows his
fate. Scrooge finds that life is good and time is too short and
suddenly you are not there anymore, changing his behavior toward
Christmas, Bob, his nephew and people in general. A timeless family
Christmas classic for all ages!!
As a special treat, enjoy Orchestra
Center seats to all FIVE REP shows in 2014 for an incredible Php
2,400.00 !
Gold and Silver subscriptions are also
available.
You can call the Repertory Philippines
office at 571-6926. You can also purchase your ticket through the Rep
website at www.repertoryphilippines.com.
Limited season tickets offered. First
come, first served basis.
For further details of the Rep 2014
Season Pass, call Ticketworld at 891-9999.
For schools, civic groups and corporate
sponsorships, you may contact us the following ways:
By phone: 571-6926 and 571-4941
By
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