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| | WITCHING HOUR SOCIAL CLUB
by James Lucey
(LIMITED ENGAGEMENT October 18-31)
Two estranged friends meet in the woods on an autumn night for the first gathering of their high school storytelling club in fifteen years. When it seems they’re the only club members in attendance, their hopes for a big reunion dwindle. As they wait for their friends to arrive, they listen to cassette tapes of old stories from the club to pass the time. But there’s more on the tapes than just old stories.
Burbage Theatre Co presents a special Halloween event, the world premiere of James Lucey’s Witching Hour Social Club, directed by Allison Crews. This play is largely inspired by classic horror anthologies like Creepshow, Tales from the Crypt, and of course, Are You Afraid of the Dark? It’s been developed as a sort of experiment to test the potential and possibilities of the horror genre in live theatre. | Get Tickets |
| | AN ILIAD
by Lisa Peterson & Denis O’Hare
Based on Homer’s The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles
Performed by Bill Harley
(LIMITED ENGAGEMENT November 7-24)
A modern-day retelling of Homer’s classic. Poetry and humor, the ancient tale of the Trojan War and the modern world collide in this captivating theatrical experience. The setting is simple: the empty theater. The time is now: the present moment. The lone figure onstage is a storyteller—possibly Homer, possibly one of the many bards who followed in his footsteps. He is fated to tell this story throughout history.
Burbage is thrilled to welcome two-time Grammy Award Winner, and acclaimed author/storyteller/musician and Rhode
Island resident Bill Harley, for what promises to be a one-of-a-kind rendition of an endlessly relevant play, performed by a true master of storytelling.
Winner of the 2012 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show.
“Spellbinding...Smartly conceived and impressively executed, AN ILIAD relates an age-old story that resonates with tragic meaning today...As he talks about ruined civilizations and how blind rage can overwhelm people whether they are on a battlefield or merely cut off by a car on the highway, the poet asks viewers, 'Do you see?' Indeed we do.”
—The New York Times
“AN ILIAD is pure theater: shocking, glorious, primal and deeply satisfying.”
—Time Out New York
“Explosive, altogether breathtaking...Brilliantly meshes past and present calamity, with touches of the most caustic dark humor suddenly shifting into unimaginable pathos.”
— Chicago Sun-Times
“100 intelligent, emotional minutes.”
— Huffington Post
“A brilliant and thrilling adaptation.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer
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| | HANG
By Debbie Tucker Green
(January 23 - February 16)
Rhode Island Premiere
In partnership with WomensWorkRI
A crime has been committed. The victim has a choice to make. The criminal is waiting. His life. In her hands.
With shades of Harold Pinter, Debbie Tucker Green’s hang is a shattering and meticulously crafted three-hander about one woman and the unspeakable decision she must face.
“Provocative, touching, darkly humorous... its understated power is remarkable.”
– Time Out
"a fine achievement that poses a series of moral and ethical questions about society, the legal process, and how we would behave if placed on either side"
– British Theatre Guide
"Cataclysm in a small space. Explosion in lower case... in hang, it becomes clear only gradually what has prompted the meeting of three people in terrifying space."
– The Guardian
"Debbie tucker green is a law unto herself... always provocative, original and written in an unmistakable voice... A powerful experience."
– The Arts Desk
"What a stark, probing evening this is... A short, sharp satire about privatisation... Poised and poetic, with such pitch-black humor that laughs pop like gasps in reverse... This is a play that simmers all the way to the boil..."
– Whats on Stage
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| | THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
Based on the novel by Mark Haddon
Adapted by Simon Stephens
(March 20 - April 13)
15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.
Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play
Winner of the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Play
“This adaptation by the acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens is intensely, innately theatrical; it is also funny and extremely moving...resonates with quality.”
—The Telegraph (UK)
“...just terrific...a profoundly moving play about adolescence, fractured families, mathematics, colours and lights...dazzling.”
— Independent (UK)
“A beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive show about the wonders of life.”
— Evening Standard (London)
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| | THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE
by Matthew López (Tony Award winning playwright of The Inheritance)
(May 15 - June 8)
Rhode Island Premiere
He’s young, he’s broke, his landlord’s knocking at the door, and he’s just found out his wife is going to have a baby. To make matters even more desperate, Casey is fired from his gig as an Elvis impersonator in a run-down, small-town Florida bar. When the bar owner brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, Casey finds that he has a whole lot to learn about show business—and himself.
“Stitch-in-your-side funny...full of sass and good spirits.”
—The New York Times
“López demonstrates a...stellar gift for amusing dialogue and farcical humor...highly entertaining.”
—The Hollywood Reporter
“...[an] irresistible crowd-pleaser...Chasing buzzy themes of identity and transformation, GEORGIA MCBRIDE is by turns sweet and salty and deceptively deep...confirms [López’s] status as a writer worth hearing from.”
— New York Daily News
“...a delightful, genderbending farce...a funny and often glorious tribute to the art of drag...López delivers a strong message on tolerance for the entire spectrum of human sexuality, while creating a barrelful of fun in the process.”
— Variety
“[A] heartfelt, feel-good comedy...a spirited defense of drag as a form of cultural protest and a way of life.”
— AM New York
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Please contact our box office at (401) 484-0355 or info@burbagetheatre.org if you would require wheelchair accessible seating.
Plays and dates are subject to change.
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