Last September, I had the chance to enjoy an excellent play, "Orson's Shadow" at the Deep Dish Theater in Chapel Hill, NC. It has to be one of the few theaters located inside a shopping center, but they gave a tremendous production which remains one of my personal favorites from last year.
Deep Dish continues its season with "How I Got the Story," which ends tomorrow night. The play by Amlin Gray focuses on an 'embedded' war reporter who tries to get a handle on a culture he doesn't know while covering a war he can't grasp. Sound familiar?
The Chapel Hill theater will then produce "A Lesson from Aloes," from Oct. 18-Nov. 10. It is a play by South Africa's leading playwright Athol Fugard, and the production will be directed by John Darling. Fugard's plays have been very hip on the stage circuit recently. Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, is currently presenting another Fugard play "My Children! My Africa!"
"A Lesson From Aloes" deals with three long-time pals who are split by political circumstance. They both meet for dinner amid suspicion that the other is a traitor.
From Feb. 14 to March 8, 2008, Deep Dish presents "State of the Union." The witty look at politics was the 1946 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama.
And, the season concludes with "The Clean House" by Sarah Ruhl with direction from Tony Lea. The play is touted as a look at a young Brazilian woman who is housemaid in these United States. The play runs from May 1-24, 2008.
Useful links:
http://www.deepdishtheater.org
Other theatres in my blog entry series (so far):
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