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The 17th Annual Winter Readings Series!

Readings will be held every Wednesday night at 7:30 PM at the Provincetown Theater, from January 25 through March 28.

Selections for the 2012 Winter Readings Series, in order:

January 25: The Dedoption, by Michele Markarian

When a pampered celebrity couple seeks to shed themselves of their no-longer-fashionable adopted children, they overlook the feelings of the nanny who loves the children more than they do.

February 1: Recessed!, Frosty, Yiddish Land by Ellen Davis Sullivan

Recessed! or, When the Mortgage Goes Upside Down

When Mom and Dad lose their jobs, the mortgage goes upside down and the whole family is thrown into turmoil – Brother tries to save the family home, while Sis hides out with a friend until she can start shopping again! Mom and Dad hunt for jobs, but will the success of one of them be enough to keep the whole family afloat?

Frosty

It’s the first December since Sam and Lucy separated. Now, someone’s destroyed Lucy’s holiday decorations, and Sam – a Jewish man with two kids and a non-Jewish wife – is forced to consider how he’ll respond to Lucy’s Christmas crisis.

Yiddish Land

One day, Rudy wakes up and can no longer speak any language except Yiddish! Soon, the eightyish widower and his devoted daughter are thrust into a rough-and-tumble world of medical, religious, and neighborly advice. Can Rudy tolerate having the dreaded Mrs. Horowitz speak for him?

February 8: A Life’s Work, by Mark Harpin

What would drive an apparently otherwise rational man to spend years of his existence repainting the same corner of his own basement? A young photographer investigating his uncle’s mysterious past undergoes a transformation when he uncovers the long-hidden truth. A powerful new play about lovers, families, and secrets.

February 15: Bragging Rights/Like A Scream, by Dennis Porter

In two new one-acts, two strong women confront one another about the man they both love, and a woman teeters on the edge of hysteria – was she right about the accident, or wasn’t she?

February 22: History 101, by James C. Ferguson

In which a peculiar medley of figures both strange and true agree to disagree…

February 29: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth, by Bragan Thomas

In this epic retelling of a classic 1930s fantasy tale, what will happen to our handsome hero after he takes an unexpected trip to a certain isolated Massachusetts fishing village? Written entirely in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

March 7: The Curse of Macbeth, by Joe Starzyk

What is a beleaguered director to do when his dreams of Shakespearean glory fall victim to the curse of that Scottish play?

March 14: A Room In the Middle, by Vladimir Zelevinsky

On a cold winter’s night in 1787, Massachusetts citizen Daniel Shays and three friends – all driven to despair by unfair debt – plot a rebellion which will lead directly to the establishment of the US Constitution. Based on a true story of the American Revolution!

March 21: Win a Few, Lose a Few, and Other Short Plays by Jerry Thompson

In this collection of fresh short plays by a Cape Cod author, a wide variety of quirky characters encounter situations both funny and strange…

March 28: Highland Center, Indiana, by John Greiner-Ferris

A kaleidoscopic portrait of a crossroad’s in the middle of God’s country, the ideal American home-town as seen through the mind of man left twisting in the wind.

Readings will be held every Wednesday night at 7:30 PM at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street.

You Missed it!

SECOND ANNUAL 24-HOUR THEATER EVENT TO TAKE PLACE JANUARY 13TH thru 14TH 2012 AT THE PROVINCETOWN THEATER.

For the second year running, the Provincetown Theater Company Playwrights’ Lab will present the 24-hour THEATER EVENT, a 24-hour marathon culminating in a presentation of eight short plays entirely written, directed and performed within 24-hours. Last year’s performance was sold out, and this year’s promises to be equally successful.

“We were thrilled that our playwrights, actors, directors and even the audience from last year expressed interest in continuing the tradition this year,” said Candace Perry, the Lab’s liaison to the Board of Provincetown Theater. “We had to do a lottery for writers this year because of increased interest. We are excited to have this become an annual event – and another sell out is clearly on the horizon.”

The program of short plays, written in 12 hours by eight playwrights, are based on a set of three props provided to the writers that must be incorporated into each play. The writers begin writing at 8PM Friday and turn in their plays by 8AM Saturday, at which time they are turned over to the directors and the actors, chosen by lottery Friday night, who work all day Saturday to prepare for the performance. The one-time performance takes place at 8PM Saturday at The Provincetown Theater (238 Bradford Street in Provincetown).

This year’s writers include Ellen Anthony, Jacqueline Loring, Brigid Moynahan, Jody O’Neil, Paul Pilcher, Bragan Thomas, Jerry Thompson, and Judith Underwood.

There is a suggested donation of $5 for the performance. There are no reservations – first come, first seated.

Actor and Director positions are still available for the event. For more information on participating, please email PTownPlaywrightsLab@gmail.com.

The Snowman in the Dunes book by Patrick Lamerson, music and lyrics by Michael Sottile

This family musical has endeared itself to the Outer Cape community over the past two years. Originally a short play, Snowman tells the story of Yeti, the Abominable Snowman, who moves from the Himalayas to Provincetown to find his dream—acceptance and friendship. Yeti moves into a dune shack just before Christmas and meets two kids whose mother, Mrs. Galilee, runs the Sea Glass Inn. Mrs. Galilee has no time for “monsters in the dunes” because the bank is foreclosing on the inn while her wife is deployed overseas in Afghanistan. Will the family be able to save the inn? Will Yeti become the friend he yearns to be? Will the Evil Banker remain… evil? And will the magic and spirit of Christmas prevail and save the day? All these questions will be answered in The Snowman in the Dunes with the help of the audience and some dancing snowflakes.

Dan McGhie returns as Yeti, the Abominable Snowman, Laura Cappello (Always, Patsy Cline) is Mrs. Galilee, Chev Hardy plays Beth, the wife, Eliza Fitzgerald plays Jo and Patricia Lord will play Mary. Nicholas Gulde returns as the Evil Banker and Jack Kelly will play the Monk.

The Snowman in the Dunes was originally written as a play by Patrick Lamerson who has significantly reworked and lengthened the script over the past two years, adding new characters and several new scenes. Michael Sottile added three songs for last year’s workshop performance and has added six more original songs for this year’s production. Michael Sottile is also the musical director. Emily Mower is the choreographer and Michael Walczak the director. Roberta Eggart returns as the invaluable stage manager.

Performances are December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 all at 6:00pm and December 18 at 7:30pm.

Cost for each performance is $15 adults, $10 children under 18 or $25 for a family of four.

All performances are at The Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA 02657.

Snowman is family friendly and entertaining for adults and children of all ages.

The Provincetown Theater is wheelchair accessible with parking.

The Provincetown Theater Company Presents The 2011 Fall Playwrights’ Festival

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November 5,11,12 at 7:30 and 6,13 at 2:00

Seven short plays will make up the Fall Festival:

The Boy From Montana, by Carl A. Rossi (from a story by Susan O’Neill )

The Tour, by Candace Perry

A String Bean Tempest, by Jerry Thompson

Tony, by Doug Asher-Best

The Picture in the House, by Bragan Thomas (from a story by Howard Phillips Lovecraft)

Fruit Of The Forest Pie, by Dawn McDermott

(Man and Woman Encounter Their Differences, by Brigid Moynihan)

Performances:
Sat., Nov. 5, 7:30 pm;
Sun., Nov. 6, 2 pm;
Fri., Nov. 11, 7:30 pm;
Sat., Nov. 12, 7:30 pm;
Sun., Nov. 13, 2 pm

The Truro Center For the Arts at Castle Hill Presents The Provincetown Dance Festival

Friday October 21 at 7:30pm

Portland Ballet
Alissa Horowitz
Paula Hunter Dance
Boston Tap

Saturday October 22 at 7:30

Chu Ling Dance Academy
Kairos Dance Theater
Hanna and Kellie Lynch
Betsy Miller Dance
Spectrum in Motion
Boston Tap Company
Portland Ballet

Tickets $25 each night or $40 for both
Premium Seating $75 each night or $100 for both

The Provincetown Theater Company Presents The Weight of Water by Myra Slotnick

October 6 – 9, 13 – 16

It is nine days after Hurricane Katrina and Pearl Haynes has made it through just fine all on her own…that is, until two of the Local Rescue Squad wash up at her doorstep and wreak even more havoc than any force of nature can conjure.
The question becomes, just who is rescuing who? How did her one and only home of forty-four years become Ground Zero for a down-and-out actor from LA and a runaway from Alabama?

As these three lives unravel together, all of the faith that she can muster and all of the Bible that Pearl can quote can no longer distance her from her haunted past.

The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival

September 22 – 25

To Purchase Tickets through Festival Website Click Here

The Two Character Play

by Tennessee Williams directed by Gene David Kirk. Jermyn Street Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Performances
Thursday September 22, 8:00 – 10:00
Friday September 23, 2:00 – 4:00
Friday September 23, 8:00 – 10:00
Sunday September 25, 12:00 – 2:00

In this critically acclaimed London production, brother and sister find themselves in a decrepit theater, compelled to act out a play about a brother and sister. An autobiographical refraction, it’s Glass Menagerie meets Pirandello: illusion within illusion, where the artifice of past haunts the reality of present. The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival is pleased to present the North American premiere of this popular production.

Alma

by Pedro Vieira and Ines Tarouca based on Tennessee Williams Summer and Smoke
directed by Rita Calcada Bastos. Carbono Theater Company, Lisbon, Portugal

Performances
Thursday September 22, 5:00 – 6:15
Saturday September 24, 4:00 – 5:15
Saturday September 24, 8:00 – 9:15
Sunday September 25, 3:00 – 4:15

An exciting world premiere dance-based performance not to be missed… with text and songs in Portuguese and English.

Tennessee Williams said that Alma Winemiller was his favorite character. She is at the center of his heartbreaking play, Summer and Smoke (and the play’s fraternal twin, Eccentricities of a Nightingale). As we began to form our ideas about how to celebrate the life of Tennessee Williams in his Centennial year, it seemed only fitting to include Alma’s story, which is so intertwined with the celebrated playwright.

Williams revisited, revised, and re-wrote Alma’s story many times, finally ending up with two different plays – with the same characters.

It is this compelling story that an ambitious, talented troupe of Portuguese actors have taken on for yet another revision. Lisbon’s Carbono Theater Company, led by Pedro Vieira, pictured at left, has devised a new, movement-theater piece that focuses on the story of Alma Winemiller and her unfulfilled longing for the love of her life, John Buchanan.

The piece, simply titled Alma, will be performed with text from both plays, with songs in English and Portuguese, and will feature dance at its artistic core, choreographed by Ines Tarouca.

Festival Curator, David Kaplan, having worked previously with Mr. Vieira in Italy, was intrigued by the idea for the piece, and has invited the new production to make its world premiere at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival before it returns to Lisbon for a limited engagement.

The First Annual Afterglow Festival

September 15 – 18 performances at 7, 9, and 11pm.

Festival Website

AFTERGLOW is a gathering to Provincetown of both renowned and under-the-radar innovative stage artists evolving the world of live performance. The Afterglow Festival honors Provincetown as the birthplace of Modern American Theater, recapturing its evolutionary spirit by presenting staged works from performing artists across a wide spectrum of forms. Conceived by John Cameron Mitchell and Quinn Cox, Afterglow renews the centennial artistic bond between Greenwich Village and Provincetown, enriching the cultural heritage of this great Cape Cod hamlet, making it a post-seasonal destination for international artists and audiences alike. The first annual Afterglow Festival is slated to present a critically and publicly acclaimed roster of live performers including Obie-award winner Taylor Mac, and Golden-globe nominee and Obie-award winner and Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival John Cameron Mitchell.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

7:00pm Jay Brannan
9:00pm Bridget Everett-Let’s Get Pregnant
11:00pm Cole Escola-Live, Young, Gifted and Black

Friday, September 16, 2011

7:00pm Lady Rizo-Unescorted-Entertainer, Chanteuse, Dream Maker, Superstar
9:00pm Taylor Mac-Comparison is Violence-The Ziggy Stardust Meets Tiny Tim Songbook
11:00pm The Mystery of Claywoman

Saturday, September 17, 2011

7:00pm John Kelly in Concert—Songs of Wanderlust + The Escape Artist
9:00pm John Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin—Greatest Hits
11:00pm Drew Droege-Good Evening, America-A guy. A wig. A vintage half-blouse by Balenciaga.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

7:00pm Penny Arcade-Old Queen-When No One Was Famous
9:00pm Sage Francis-DIY Super Legend of Independent Music
11:00pm Enid Ellen with Greg Potter-Loving Cannibal Disease

The Provincetown Theater Company Presents The Food Chain by Nicky Silver

Directed by Patrick Falco and starring Brian Carlson, Brian Dunham, Braunwyn Jackett, Lynda Sturner, Aaron Tone.

August 19 – 21, 25 – 28, September 1, 3, 4 all performances at 8:00pm.

Amanda, has been married for three weeks, but her husband, Ford, has been missing for two. She reaches out to Bea, an overly sensitive crisis hot line volunteer who dispenses hilarious (but useless) advice. Meanwhile, across town, Serge, a completely vain runway model, paces as he waits for the arrival of his latest paramour. He is intruded upon by a former one-night stand, Otto, who worships him. Otto tortures, harangues and cajoles Serge until Serge explodes but is interrupted by a phone call—his new lover will not be coming. As riotous chaos builds, enter Bea who takes charge and offers a solution for everyone.

Lip TV Presents a special screening of Haters Watch What Leaders DO

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7:00pm

Lighting does strike twice, the Boston International Film Festival has for the second year in a row given Tim McCarthy an award for his film making. Last year Tim received the Best Documentary Award for “Meth & Murder in P-town; isn’t that what poetry is about?”. This year Tim was awarded a Special Recognition Award for “Haters Watch What Leaders Do; Involve Me and I Will Understand!”. The film is a joint project between LIPTV, The Provincetown Police Department and the Cape & Islands Gay Straight Youth Alliance.

“On behalf of my team, we couldn’t be more thankful than to have been involved in something as diverse as the Boston International Film Festival. We as a team believe that diversity is the solution. It really really is. And you can’t have a more diverse film festival than this one…. across from the Boston Commons. The Boston Commons is know as a place to put your soap box, a place where you can share you heart. And we really appreciated the chance to do that here.” said Tim McCarthy as he received the award on April 24, 2011.

Reading of HIGH HEAD

A Mystery Drama written and directed by Jerry Thompson

Starring: Brian Carlson, Cynthia Wegel, Beau Jackett, Denise Gaylord, Bretten Burger, Jody O’Neil and Eric Dray.
Stage directions by Deborah Peabody

Tuesday Aug, 23 & Wednesday Aug, 24
7:30 PM

The Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street
Free parking behind the theater
$5.00 Suggested donation

The Patrick Notaro Dance Project

August 3-7 at 8:00pm

Beginning Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011, The Patrick Notaro Dance Project will make its debut at the Provincetown Theater. The evening will be a mixed bill of wonderful dance from the classical repertoire and contemporary ballet with choreography by some of today’s leading artists. On August 5th, the program will include a special piece danced by the children who have participated in the dance workshop during Family Week activities. The series runs through Sunday, August 7th.

Program Highlights

The Pas de Trois from Swan Lake Act I

The Grand Pas de Deux from Act III of Sleeping Beauty

A medley to Billie Holiday music called What is this thing called Love

Triple Threat for 3 Woman

and several other contemporary pieces.

Opening Night Benefit Reception ~ $75

Meet and Greet the Dancers of the Patrick Notaro Dance Project. Champagne & light hors d`oeuvres following the performance. Price includes ticket to the Wednesday, August 3 show

Patrick Notaro, who enjoyed a distinguished professional dance career, has established the Patrick Notaro Dance Project as an artistic outlet for seasoned and aspiring professional dancers and choreographers to expand their work opportunities in the summer months. Mr. Notaro has long dreamed to bring a high caliber dance performance series to Provincetown with his network of amazing artists from this country’s leading dance companies. This will be an exciting collection of shows not to be missed!

Zany Hyjinx Productions Presents Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Text by John Cameron Mitchell, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask

July 16 – 17, 21 – 23, 28 – 30 at 8:00pm.

Zany Hijinx Productions present Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Provincetown Theater July 16-30 with Gene Dante and Lisa van Oosterum, stars of the 2002-2003 critically acclaimed production that took place at the Institute for Contemporary Art Theatre and Axis Nightclub in Boston.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Steven Trask about a fictional rock & roll band fronted by “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig Schmidt – a fourth-wall smashing, transgendered, East German rock goddess. Premiering in 1998, it has been performed throughout the world and has developed a following similar to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Hedwig tells her story in a rock-gig-meets-stand-up-routine backed by her hard-rocking band “The Angry Inch”. Hedwig – then a boy named Hansel – meets Luther, an American GI, who promises to take him to the U.S. provided he switches his gender. A year and one botched sex change operation later, Luther abandons the now-named Hedwig in a Midwestern trailer park, where she turns to music. She takes misunderstood Christian teenage rocker Tommy under her wing as a protege and object of her affection. He soon runs off, achieving rock superstardom with the songs she wrote. Hedwig is currently shadowing Tommy’s world tour with her own concerts; performing in any dive bar within close proximity to Tommy’s stadium shows. It’s a rocking ride – funny, touching and ultimately inspiring to anyone who has felt life gave them an inch, when he/she deserves a mile.

Gene Dante returns as Hedwig. He currently resides in Boston and plays original music with his back-up band The Future Starlets. In 2007 he released ‘The Romantic Lead’, and album of Gene’s original rock songs. The video for his song “A Madness to His Method” has been featured on MTV’s LOGO Network. He recently played Benny in Rent and frequently is featured in Ryan Landry’s Gold Dust Orphan shows. Lisa van Oosterum reprises her role as Yitzhak, Hedwig’s backup singer/sidekick. Hedwig’s band, The Angry Inch, will be comprised of members from The Future Starlets: Jim Collins (bass), Tamara Gooding (drums) and Erik Andersen (guitar and keys). Adam Amoroso of the now defunct band The Mystery Tramps will play lead guitar.

This run is part of a 3 city tour for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which starts in Portland in May, stops in Boston and finishes in Provincetown.

Art Auction with Jim Bakker

On Saturday, July 9, Jim Bakker will again yield the gavel on one hundred twenty choice lots of Provincetown related artwork spanning two centuries. Selections from from the Estate of Bruce Warren, art collector and Scientist Emeritus from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute are featured in the sale. Bruce explored the Provincetown Art Colony in much the same way he discovered previously unknown deep currents in the Indian Ocean for which he was awarded the Maurice Ewing Medal in 2004 by the American Geographical Union. Warren was a frequent visitor and buyer at Provincetown museum and art galleries. His scientific approach and astute eye yielded a most interesting collection of art by some of Provincetown’s best artists over the last twenty years. Highlights from his collection include Paul Resika’s Red Tree pastel, James Lechay’s Self Portrait and Head and Hand #2, Pat de Groot’s Sun on Cold Water and John Dowd’s East End Twilight. Other favorites of Bruce and well represented in his collection are Arthur Cohen and Rob Dutoit.

The auction also features important offerings from the private collection of Jay Carney including Cynthia Packard’s 1989 oil on canvas masterpiece Drawing with Fritz, Marion Roth’s oil Walking the Dog, Sean Boyce’s acrylic September 11th and Amy Arbus’s photograph Little Women. Other Provincetown artists featured from Jay’s collection include Pasquale Natale, Michael Page, Michael McGuire and Susan Baker.

Historical work likely to create bidding interest is a recently discovered “mudhead” portrait of an artist painting on the beach by Joan Jarvis Mumford during her study with Charles Hawthorne in 1915, an early oil on panel by Oliver Chaffee and an unsigned abstract oil with a musical theme reminiscent of Agnes Weinrich. An early double-sided monoprint by Karl Knaths should also inspire bidders.

A special opening preview reception will be held on Friday, July 8th from 6 to 8 pm at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA. Parking behind the Theater is available on a first come, first serve basis. Preview will continue on Saturday, July 9th from noon to 4 pm when the auction will start. Absentee and phone bidding are available and the sale may be viewed online at www.bakkerart.com. For further information, please call Jim Bakker at 508-487-9081

Provincetown International Film Festival

June 13-20

All schedule and ticket questions should be directed to the Festival website, www.ptownfilmfest.org

Losing My Religion: Confessions of a New Age Refugee

Written and Performed by Seth Lepore
Directed by Thomas Griffin

July 1st and 2nd at 8:00 PM

Losing My Religion: Confessions of a New Age Refugee, a one-man show written and performed by Seth Lepore, is a hysterical romp through America’s spiritual enterprise. The show exposes the blurry line between self-help and faith. Yoga gurus, healthy chocolate peddlers and Buddhists with God complexes ego-trip their way toward absurdity.

URI Feinstein Providence Campus Urban Arts and Culture Presents The Journey Out

June 2 – 4 at 8:00pm and June 4 at 2:00pm

URI Providence Campus Urban Arts and Culture presents The Journey Out written and directed by Frank V. Toti Jr. The original play was written from oral histories, the stories of 50 older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts residents. It is an enlightening and affirming journey of love, strength and survival through the shared struggles and successes to live openly and authentically. It is moving and touching, full of humor and joy.

THE 2011 PROVINCETOWN THEATER COMPANY’S SPRING PLAYWRIGHTS’ FESTIVAL

May 14,15,21 and 22 Morning Workshops, Afternoon and Evening Performances.

Theater Workshops 9am – 1pm

SATURDAY, MAY 14 FINDING THE FUNNY:
Writing, Directing & Performing Comedy
For writers, directors and actors.
With Hester Schell

SUNDAY, MAY 15 ACTORS TUNE UP:
Monologue, script reads and audition skills workshop.
With Hester Schell

SATURDAY, MAY 21 WRITING THE SHORT PLAY
With Candace Perry

Selected Plays in the 10 Minute Category Performed each day at 7:30pm

Interview by Andrew Clarke, directed by Bob Seaver

Players by Candace Perry, directed by Tia Scalcione

Pragmatic Party by Jerry Thompson, directed by Bob Seaver

One Drink by Marissa Lena O’Connor, directed by Charles Alan

Caulk by Richard Westcott, directed by Nathan Butera

In the Middle by Paul Pilcher, directed by Charles Alan

Selected Plays in the One-act Category Performed each day at 2:00pm

Palser by Jody O’Neil, directed by Mark Pironti

Peanut Butter by Barry Oshry, directed by Michael Walczak

Reunion on the Shoals by Judith Underwood, directed by Christopher MacDow

The Provincetown Theater Company Presents William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor

April 21-24 and April 28-May 1 at 7:30pm

With a cast of over 20, ranging in ages from 12 to 60, rehearsals are well underway for The Merry Wives of Windsor. Kevin J Doherty, plays Falstaff in this updated version. Setting the play in the 1960’s, when England Swung, Carnaby Street was in it’s heyday and the Beatles gave us Sgt Pepper, we have turned Shakespeare’s comedy into a full blown “Monty Pythonesque” epic. Bart J. Murrel has choreographed a ballet that would do the “Trockedero Ballet Co” justice.

Though the language has been left basically alone, this is not the Merry Wives that we read in school. With a huge shot of adrenalin, we have sent the play soaring into a fast paced romp.

What is happening on the stage is once again proof that Community Theater is not dead but alive and kicking here at the tip of Cape Cod.

Many of the cast members from last year’s Edward II have returned and some amazing new actors have emerged.

Be prepared, to roll in the aisles with laughter as you watch the shenanigans as Falstaff tries to strike it rich, through the Merry Wives of Windsor.

Anthony Jackman
Director

The 15th Annual Winter Readings Series

Wednesdays at 7:00pm from January 26th through March 30.

The selected plays in order:

Jan 26, Louisa at Last by Ellen Davis Sullivan, directed by Judith Partelow

Feb 2, Full Figured: a group of short plays by Daniel John, directed by Chris MacDow

Feb 9, Season’s Change by Joe Starzyk, directed by Judith Partelow

Feb 16, Once Upon a Life by Joe Starzyk, directed by Christie Hardwick

Feb 23, Give and Take by George Sauer, directed by Spencer Keasey

Mar 2, Wonderboy by Doug Asher-Best, directed by Paul Asher-Best

Mar 9, The Ghost and Mrs. Wheeler’s Rhubarb by Matt Tudor, directed by Kevin Shenk

Mar 16, Children Teaching Children by James C. Ferguson, directed by Bretten Burger

Mar 23, Down Cape, May: a play in four acts by Jody O’Neil, directed by Karen Billard

Mar 30, Two People: A Series of Shorts by Melanie Garber, directed by Bob Seaver

The PTC is proud to present our 15th Annual Winter Reading Series which will run Wednesday evenings from January through March 2011.

Some shows are still casting – Email operations@provincetowntheater.com or Call the theater for more information

The Winter Reading Series which takes place in the lobby at the Provincetown Theater, is now in its fifteenth year. It is an integral part of the mission of the Provincetown Theater Foundation/Provincetown Theater Company to sponsor new play development and produce plays by American artists. Work selected for the Winter Reading Series will be considered for possible full production.

Joy McNulty and The Provincetown Theater Company Present Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple—The Female Version

Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon’s hilarious contemporary comic classic: the female version of The Odd Couple. The play opens with Olive’s turn to have the girls over to her chronically sloppy apartment for their regular evening of Trivial Pursuit. The characteristically punctual Florence is very late and the women’s concern for their friend heighten to hilarious alarm when they discover her husband has ended their 14-year marriage. The fussbudget and the slob agree to become roommates, with uproarious results. A double date with the two Costazuela brothers proves the last straw in this test of friendship.

Connie Tavanis and Sallie Tighe star in the March production at the Provincetown Theater, co-produced by Joy McNulty and the Provincetown Theater Company and directed by Karen Billard.

“Very funny indeed.”-New York Post

“Endearing.”-USA Today

24 HOUR THEATER EVENT at The Provincetown Theater

Friday, February 25, 2011- Saturday, February 26, 2011

Shout out for playwrights (current and former PTC Playwrights’ Lab), directors and actors in the community for the first 24 HOUR THEATER EVENT at the Provincetown Theater.

The 24 Hour Play has been around since its inception in NYC in 1995 and has been produced in many cities around the US. From start to finish and over the course of 24 hours, a collection of short/ten minute plays will be written, rehearsed, directed and performed in this unique 24 Hour Theater Event beginning at 5pm Friday, February 25th and culminating with the performance at 8pm, Saturday, February 26th.

On Friday at 5pm playwrights from the PTC Playwrights’ Lab will gather together with actors, directors, props, and sets and at 8pm will begin to write a short/ten minute play. The playwrights complete the short/ten minute plays by 8am Saturday morning and hand them over to the directors and actors to rehearse all day for an 8pm performance on Saturday evening.

Admission $5 at the door.

It should be an exhilarating and fun theater experience for participants and theater goers alike. If you’re interested in participating, please contact us at 508-487-7487 or operations@provincetowntheater.com by February 19th.

“The theatrical equivalent of a high-wire act without a net.”

The New York Post

A staged reading of a new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows by Patrick Lamerson

February 19 & 20 at 2:00pm

Come spend and afternoon on the River Bank with Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger. A classic of children’s literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie.
Please come to our reading February 19th and 20th at 2:00, this process needs your feedback.

Joy McNulty and The Provincetown Theater Company Present Art by Yasmina Reza,
translation by Christopher Hampton

Directed by Jeffrey Billard

Starring Keith Caldwell, Stephen Ross and Jody O’Neil*

”...the Provincetown Theater Company’s production is art at its best.” – Debbie Forman, Cape Cod Times, February 5, 2011

How much would you pay for a white painting with white diagonal lines? Serge has paid 200,000 Francs for one, infuriating his friend Marc and prompting their friend Yvan to attempt to keep the peace. This smart comedy is not only sophisticated and hilarious, but it also poses questions about friendship. Why do we choose the friends we do, what binds us together and why do we remain friends? Questions that Marc tells Serge can lead us “down a very long road.” And what a road it is!

This modern classic written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton has won numerous awards including the Tony, Moliere and Laurence Olivier and has been performed in 30 languages across the world. Directed by Jeffrey Billard and starring Keith Caldwell, Stephen Ross and Jody O’Neil, ‘Art’ will be presented at the beautiful Provincetown Theater on the following dates:

Thursday February 3 7:30 pm
Friday February 4 7:30 pm
Saturday February 5 7:30 pm
Friday February 11 7:30 pm
Saturday February 12 2:00 pm
Saturday February 12 7:30 pm

What they are saying about ‘Art’...

”...wildly funny, naughtily provocative…” -The New York Post

”...a nonstop cross-fire of crackling language, serious issues of life and art expressed in outbursts that sound like Don Rickles with a degree from the Sorbonne…Reza is a fiendishly clever writer…’Art’ sounds like a marriage of Moliere and Woody Allen.” -Newsweek

“Anyone looking for a play that is funny, sophisticated, stylish, stimulating and moving should go to ‘Art’.” -Independent (London)

The Provincetown Children’s Theater Presents

The Snowman in the Dunes in 3D

An original play by Patrick Lamerson with original songs by Michael Sottile

Directed by Scott Cunningham and starring Dan McGhie

The Abominable Snowman was too lonely to stay in the Himalayas any longer so he moves to the one place on Earth where anyone can make friends, Provincetown. While living in a dune shack he meets Joe and Mary, two kids from town. Will he be accepted by Joe and Mary and can he help save the Sea Glass Inn from the Evil Banker before Christmas? Find out December 18th and 19th at 2:00pm. $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for children.

The Provincetown Theater Company presents Sleeping Indoors

By Jim Holt, directed by Judith Partelow

SLEEPING INDOORS is the story of a homeless man who is taken in for Christmas by a well-meaning family and how their attitudes shift as they become acquainted with one another.

There will be a fund raising benefit for the homeless in conjunction with the play. Six different organizations will participate, one per night of the show, to describe what their organization does, and to request donations. The theater will also donate partial proceeds from ticket sales to the organization of the night.

Ticket prices are $30 ($25 for seniors and students).

The holiday production will take place the first three weekends in December, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30. Call 508-487-7487 for tickets.

The theater is located at 238 Bradford Street, Provincetown.

Organizations participating are:

Friday, December 3: Housing Assistance Corporation of Cape Cod
Saturday, December 4: Provincetown Food Pantry (Lower Cape Outreach Council)
Friday, December 10: Champ Homes (The Housing for All Corporation)
Saturday, December 11: Duffy Health Center
Friday, December 17: Homeless Prevention Council
Saturday, December 18: Community Action Committee of Cape Cod

The 2010 Fall Playwrights’ Festival

An Afternoon of Winning One-Act Plays

LETTING HER GO, by Brigid Moynihan
HOUSE OF THE FALLEN SNOW, by Merridith Allen
TOP OF THE HOUR, by Kitty Feld
LACE CURTAIN IRISH, by Carolyn Gage
OUR APPOINTED ROUNDS, by Christopher L. King

Note: One of the winning one-acts, Our Appointed Rounds will not be performed.

November 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th at 2 pm
Tickets: $15. ($12 students and seniors)

An Evening of Winning Ten-Minute Plays (Fully Produced)

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, by James C. Ferguson
A WONDERFUL LIFE-REALLY?, by Joe Starzyk
SPEAK NOW, by Matt Mosher
NEW GAY MILLENNIUM, by Matthew Micari
‘NAM, by Carl A. Rossi
(adapted from story of Geoffrey Kimball)
FLUSHING BLACKBERRIES, by Dennis Porter
LOVE ON THE ROCKS, by John Greiner-Ferris
THE UNCLE BINKY SHOW, by Cornelius Chapman

November 5th, 6th, 7th and 14th at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20. ($15 students and seniors)

And a Full-Length Premier of FIRST DANCE -A love story for current times
by Jerry Thompson, directed by Judith Partelow

November 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th at 7:30 pm, November 21st at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $20. ($15 students and seniors)

Festival Packages Available at $50 Adult, and $45 Senior and Student.

The Sixth Annual Provincetown Dance Festival

October 22 & 23, 2010 at 7:30 pm

$25.00 Friday or Saturday

Packages available at $40.00 for both nights

Purchase a Package

(Student & Senior discounts are available)

Premium seats available for $75.00 per night

Premium Package for $100 for both nights

Purchase a Package

Sara Sweet, Artistic Director | Co-Produced by Adam Miller Dance Project

Performers includes:

EgoART, inc.

Caitlin Corbett Dance Company

Kota Yamazaki

Clare O’Donnell

Brian Crabtree Dance

Annie Kloppenberg

hoi polloi

Ori Flomin

The Extremes

The International Women’s Theater Festival

October 8 through October 16

CTEK Arts presents
Women’s International Theater Festival 2010

Purchase all inclusive Festival Pass

CTEK Arts will present the first annual Women’s International Theater Festival, October 8 – 16 at the Provincetown Theater. The WIT Festival coincides with Women’s Week in Provincetown.

Producing Artistic Directors Priscilla Sample and Margaret Van Sant announced that the theme for the Festival this year is Writing and Performing Women’s Auto/Biography. This performance genre, which focuses on an actor/writers performing the life of a historical person, performing one’s own story, or performing one’s own story in relationship to a historical character and historical events, is a performance style created by women. The WIT Festival will present short plays, full-length solo performances, writing workshops, and breakfast panels.

Women’s Voices, Women’s Lives- Short Plays

Driving to Jaffa by Candace Perry,

Boom Boom’s Trunk by Candyce Rusk,

Marilyn Monroe, Communist by Melissa Nussbaum-Freeman,

Look What You Made Me Do by Lynda Sturner,

Memoirs by Dian Hamilton,

The Adventures of… by Kathleen Warnock,

Doll Wars; Why Mom Wouldn’t Buy Me a Barbie by Brigid Moynahan

Oct 8 and 10 at 5:30, Oct 9 at 8:00

Frida Vice-Versa by Marian Licha

Oct 8 and 10 at 8:00, Oct 9 at 5:30

Breakfast panel at the Waterford Inn

Oct 9 at 9:00am

My Story – Her Story a workshop

Oct 10, 10:30 to 2:00pm

Capture the Moment a writing workshop

Oct 11, 10:30 to 2:00pm

Mabel Dodge Luhan by Margaret Van Sant and Margo Jones by Priscilla Sample

Oct 13 at 8:00 and Oct 14 at 5:30

Crossing Gender: A Writers and Players Workshop

Oct 14, 10:30 to 2:00pm

Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender by Lisa Wolpe

Oct 14 and 15 at 8:00, Oct 16 at 5:30

Generative Writing and the Initiatory Event a workshop

Oct 15, 10:30 to 2:00pm

The First Woman by Lynn Miller

Oct 15 at 5:30, Oct 16 at 8:00

For additional information on Panels and Workshops go to www.ctekarts.org

Art Performance with Robert Cardinal

Friday October 2, 2010 5:00-8:00 pm at The Provincetown Theater

What a delightful way to spend a late-summer Friday evening, and support the Provincetown Theater in style! The third annual “Art Performance with Robert Cardinal” Saturday, October 2, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.

Debbie Cavalier and Beth Barrett, two-time guests say; “We were so thankful for the opportunity to witness Robert Cardinal, our all-time favorite artist, create a piece before our eyes while describing his process. It was the highlight of our year! The fact that participating in this event enables us to support the Provincetown Theater makes it even better! We can hardly wait to go back this year!”

If you did have not had the chance to experience this fundraising event now in it’s third year, you are in for a delightful treat. With the stage transformed to his painting studio, Cardinal begins with a blank large canvas. With a sure hand and a clear sense of where he’s going, applies paint here, then there. As he works, he talks to the audience about the process unfolding, with humor and the insight of a long-experienced artist. He teaches, he interacts with the audience. On the canvas, forms appear, and are gradually, almost magically, defined as he works.

All the while, a pair – or more – of world-class musicians, also on stage, provide musical accompaniment.

Before the painting begins, and throughout the event, patrons can enjoy a copious assortment of delicious appetizers from the best of our local outer cape restaurants, as well as Truro Vineyards wines and Cape Cod Beer selections. We provide an intermission to replenish plates so you won’t be torn between the intriguing demonstration and the delectable refreshments.

The raffling off of the full-sized completed painting is the climax of the evening. One lucky ticket-holder’s name will be drawn from the jar, and will take home the new work. A number of other items will also be raffled, including Cardinal’s theater posters and bottles of Truro Vineyards wine with his label, all signed by the artist.

Sponsors for this wonderful event are The Gramercy Park Foundation, Adrian’s, The Banner, Bayside Betsy’s, Cape Cod Beer, Dunes 102FM, Farland Provisions, Front Street, The Lobster Pot, LipTV, Saki, Sanette’s, Karoo Cafe, Truro Vinyard and Victor’s,

Please come out and support your local theater. Only 120 tickets will be sold for the Performance. We expect to sell out – be sure not to miss this event of the season. If you can’t be there in person, a limited number of raffle-only tickets are available. Tickets can be purchased at the Theater Box Office, and on this website.

The Provincetown Theater Company Presents

Eugene O’Neill’s Diff’rent

Directed by Jef Hall-Flavin and staring McNeely Myers

September 9 – 12 and 16 – 19 at 7:30pm
$25 Adults, $20 Seniors and Students with ID.

As described by O’Neill himself, the play is a “tale of the eternal, romantic idealist who is in all of us-the eternally defeated one.” Diff’rent can be said to be a cautionary tale about sexual repression and lack of compromise. Says director Jef Hall-Flavin, “I believe the play is a perfect treatise on the abyss between what we hope to be, and the reality of what we are.”

Written in 1920, Diff’rent was revived in 1940 in Provincetown at the Artists’ Theatre (which opened after the Playhouse on the Wharf burned down in February of that year). Notably, it is the only play for which we have a record of Tennessee Williams attending in Provincetown.

Director Jef Hall-Flavin, Festival Director for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, is a Minnesota-based director with a multi-disciplinary international career as a director, educator, producer and artistic administrator. Recent directing projects include A Streetcar Named Desire and The Clean House, both of which he staged in New Zealand; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Park Square Theatre in his home town of St. Paul, Minnesota.

In addition to McNeely Myers as Emma, the cast includes local actors both new and familiar to the Provincetown Theater. They are Ashley Potts as the young Emma, Andrew Clemmons as Jack Crosby, Ian Leahy as Capt. John Crosby, Jane MacDonald as Mrs. Crosby, Tony Johnson as Alfred Rogers, Andrew Eldredge as Benny Rogers, Taylor Ferry as the young Harriet, Melissa Nussbaum as Harriet, Beau Jackett as the young Caleb and Tony Jackett as Caleb.

The creative staff for the production are Jeffrey Billard as Sound Designer, Karen Billard as Costume Designer, and Michael Steers as both Set and Light Designer.

The production will be at the Provincetown Theater for two weeks before traveling to the Boatslip for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival weekend. Come see the one play Tennessee Williams thought worth his time!

Become Entertainment and Steve Alden Nelson in association with The Provincetown Theater presents

Derin Brockovich – The Musical

Written by Steve Alden Nelson and Michael Sottile, Created by Steve Alden Nelson, Danny Schmitz and Michael Sottile, Directed by Michael Sottile.

In Provincetown, MA, something is causing men’s dinks to shrink. Could it be the Cape Cod water, the delectable fried clams, or perhaps the controversial cell-phone towers emanating a poisonous signal?

Leave it to Derin Brockovich, a small town nobody with a big-time spirit, to solve the mystery that is plaguing this seaside resort town.

A hilarious send-up of a movie with nearly the same name, Derin Brockovich – The Musical is a musical extravaganza—complete with intrigue, romance, tight-fitting costumes, and a whole lot of heart.

August 18 through September 4, 2010 at 8:00pm all seats $33.50

An Evening with Bobby Miller

Sunday August 29 at 8:00pm

Bobby Miller will be performing and reading from his new book “Troubleblonde: Poems, short stories, monologues and letters.” The evening will include Slam Poetry, excerpts of short stories, monologues and letters 1967 – 2009 by the poet, photographer and actor.

Bobby Miller is the author of four poetry books, “Benestrific Blonde”, “Mouth Of Jane”, “Rigamarole” and “Troubleblonde”, and his work has been published in many collections, including the American Book Award- winning Aloud: Voices From The Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

He has collaborated with recording artist D.J.Dymetry on a recording of My Life As I Remember It and Bobby can also be heard on Epic Records CD Home Alive with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Joan Jett, and others. He has performed his original material at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, The Whitney Museum, The Smithsonian Institute, and internationally at The Battersee Arts Center and The ICA in London and The Glasgow Center For The Arts in Glasgow, Scotland.

This event is not for the faint of heart or children under 18 years of age. Tickets are $10

Robert Driemeyer in association with Jim A. Lande presents David Parr’s Slap & Tickle directed by David Drake

Slap&Tickle is a sexy and powerful new play about how drugs, politics, HIV and the internet have dramatically changed the sexual and emotional landscape for gay men in America over the past twenty-five years. Six actors portray twenty recurring characters whose lives all intersect in surprising, humorous and revealing ways. The stories shared range from first kisses to last loves; from on-line hookups to off-line breakups; from sleeping bag seductions to bathroom rapes. Like Terrence McNally’s The Ritz and Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, David Parr’s Slap & Tickle shines fresh light on the darkest of places, giving voice to the defining experiences of our lives that are too often kept silent. What emerges is a play not just about sex but about our universal desire to connect.

July 6 through August 14 at 8:00pm all seats $33.50

CTEK Arts presents Fully Committed by Becky Mode

A dazzling one-man tour de force comedy about the plight of an out-of-work actor who is handling the reservation desk at the hottest restaurant in Manhattan. The play features award winning actor Morgan Sills who performs 70 characters – celebrities, socialites, fashionistas – who will do anything to get the best table in the house.
Fully Committed is presented by CTEK Arts, Priscilla Sample and Margaret Van Sant, Producing Artistic Directors, and performs at The Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA.

”...hilarious and touching, gallops along at a swift almost frantic pace.” Time Out New York

July 18, 19, 25, 26 at 8:00pm General admission – $33.50, Seniors and Students $28.50

Norris Church Mailer and Dwayne Raymond to Read on June 10th 7:30pm

Norris will be reading from her book A Ticket to the Circus.

Dwayne will be reading from Mornings with Mailer.

The event is free and open to the public. Donations accepted.

Contact: Tim McCarthy 508.487.6308 tim@liptv.us

The two authors will be reading from their respective books. There will be a Q & A period afterward followed by book signings by both.

“We really wanted to give the town a chance to hear these two read from their wonderful books. Norris and Norman have always been very generous to the theater. This is our chance to acknowledge our love for them as well. So please turn out for Norris and Dwayne”, said Tim McCarthy

The Provincetown Theater Company Presents
The 2010 Spring Playwrights’ Festival

The Spring Playwrights’ Festival is pleased to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument. Seven original short plays by local playwrights will be performed together June 4,5,11,12 at 7:30pm and June 6 and 13 at 2:00pm. Watch for the Monument to appear throughout the production!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2010 SPRING PLAYWRIGHTS’ FESTIVAL WINNERS!

CLEANING THE CORNERS-Jeannette Angell
At the funeral of their mother, a brother confronts his sister on her unquestioning quasi-servitude to the woman. Later, he and his partner encourage her to let go of the myriad strings that tied her to the old lady and take the reins of her own life.

TOUCHSTONE-Doug Asher-Best
The lives of two men are compromised by illness as they await the first annual lighting of The Monument. The uncertainty of their own futures brings to mind the harsh realities faced by the Pilgrims in their first year.

SNAKEBITE-Max Bron
An up-and-coming stock market analyst and drug addict is about to find out an important lesson: The pecking order isn’t always what it seems.

BIRDY AT THE LILY-Jody O’Neil
One May in Provincetown, a local lesbian sage encounters the wife of a Boston professor on a private beach in the East End of town. By fall, the gloves… and so much more… are off!

ALMOST THERE-Candace Perry
Harold is climbing the Monument as a weight loss regimen. His partner Simon wants to know why.

THE REVENANT-Jennifer Sirrico
On a beautiful night Libby waits for a phone call from her fiance. Her grandfather’s ghost arrives, uninvited, and suggests she is engaged to the wrong man.

PASSING THE TORCH-Jerry Thompson
In 1907, before the laying of the cornerstone of the Pilgrim monument, little Lucelia listens to a boring speech by Teddy Roosevelt. Seventy-eight years later as a grandmother, she attempts to climb the monument one last time.

CTEK Arts Presents

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Directed by David Drake

May 13-15, 20-22 and 27-29 at 7:30pm and May 16 and 23 at 5:00pm.

CTEK Arts presents Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
Directed by David Drake

Could it be that Thornton Wilder’s classic about the cycle of life in a small New England town at the turn-of-the-last-century hasn’t been performed in Provincetown since 1970? Unable to document a production in P-town since a one-night staging 40 years ago at Town Hall, Wilder scholars believe so!

Well, to prove this Pulitzer Prize-winning vision is as timeless and entertaining as ever, CTEK Arts (The Wild Party, Feel the Bend) will update the history books this spring with a fresh, new, modern-dress production of Our Town directed by Obie Award winner David Drake, beginning performances on May 13th. Playing Thursdays thru Saturdays at 7:30PM, and Sundays at 5PM, through May 23th.

Wilder’s quintessential American citizens of Grover’s Corners will come vividly to life on stage via a cast of over 25 actors from Provincetown and across the Cape.
A play filled with humor, truth, love, and the value of community, Our Town is must-see for the entire family.

Before the performance (or during intermission), in the lobby, please take time to enjoy a new three-dimensional art installation created especially for our production of Our Town by the internationally acclaimed Provincetown artist John Dowd.

For reservations go to www.provincetowntheater.org, or call 508-487-7487.

Tickets on sale now. $26.00 adult, $22 seniors/students

Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II
Directed by Anthony Jackman

Edward II is a notorious Renaissance or Early Modern period play written by the infamous deviant Christopher Marlowe. It is one of the earliest English history plays. The full title of the first publication is The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer. Considered dangerous and sexually charged at the time, this rarely produced play has been influencing theater since the 1690’s. Full of dialect and sword fights, this play is a must see.

Marlowe’s play opens at the outset of the reign, with Edward’s exiled favourite, Piers Gaveston, rejoicing at the recent death of Edward I and his own resulting ability to return to England. The play telescopes most of Edward II’s reign into a single narrative, beginning with the recall of his favourite, Piers Gaveston, from exile, and ending with his son Edward III’s execution of Mortimer Junior for the king’s murder.

For reservations go to www.provincetowntheater.org, or call 508-487-7487.

CTEK Arts Presents

Feel the Bend

CTEK Arts is opening their season at The Provincetown Theater, March 4th, with the premiere of Priscilla Sample’s play Feel The Bend, directed by Jeff Spencer. Sample, an award winning playwright, has had three of her plays performed in the Provincetown Playwrights Festival, and has twice had her plays selected as the “Best of the Fest” at the innovative FronteraFest in Austin, TX. Feel The Bend was selected for a staged reading in the Provincetown Playwrights Festival this past fall.

Describing the play, Sample says she wondered “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we only had to deal with the memories we find worthy of keeping?” and the script is the result of that thinking. Set in a seaside town, Feel The Bend is about a woman, Anna, who is searching for “something more” in life, while trying to forget a disturbing past. Anna negotiates through a difficult love triangle, while trying to understand why her memories intrude on the present day.

Director Jeff Spencer has been acting and directing on Cape Cod, as well as in Scarborough England, Maine and off-Broadway for 28 years. This past January, he directed the highly-successful Hats; the musical at the Chatham Drama Guild; and has also directed for the Academy of Performing Arts and the Provincetown Theater Company, among others.

The roles of Anna, Betti, and Jon, the love triangle at the center of the play, are performed by River Lombardi, Suzy Kaplan, and John Long. Karen Billard plays Carol, Anna’s confident and best friend.

River Lombardi is performing the role of Anna, the woman at the center of the love triangle. River has trained at The American Conservatory Theater, SF, CA, as well as The Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY, NY. She has done the majority of her work at Eventide Arts in Dennis, MA. Betti is performed by Suzy Kaplan, who has recently returned to her native Rhode Island, after spending the last ten years in Los Angeles where she has been in a number of films, TV and commercials. John Long is making his first appearance in Provincetown in the role of Jon. Most recently he worked as fight choreographer of Women Behind Bars at W.H.A.T directed by Patrick Falco and in NYC, John has worked with The Public Theatre, The Ma-Yi Theatre and The Ateh Theatre Companies. Karen Billard, performing the role of Carol, has performed with Big and Small Mask Troupe here on the Cape, and costumed many productions at Cape theaters.

Feel the Bend, a new play (premiere production) by Priscilla Sample, directed by Jeff Spencer and presented by: CTEK Arts, Priscilla Sample and Margaret Van Sant, Producing Artistic Directors, performs at:
The Provincetown Theater
238 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA 02657

Thurs., March 11 – Sat., March 13, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., March 14, 2:00 p.m.
For further information contact CTEK Arts at mvansant@ctekarts.org or psample@ctekarts.org.

The Provincetown Theater Company Presents:
The 2010 Winter Readings Series

January 13: My God, the Scallops by Matt Tudor. Directed by Matt Tudor.

This is the story of a Provincetown restaurant opening and all the chaos that ensues. This is a romp through the dining room and into hell’s kitchen where the heat is on and nothing is going right.

January 20: THE FINER LIFE by Tom Wolfson

The Finer Life: A Living Memoir #1 is set in a an Upper East Side brownstone and its surroundings in NYC in the latter 1950’s. It depicts a nine year old lad’s struggle to survive in a humorous and volatile family.

The Finer Life is based on Tom’s story adapted for the stage by Janine Perry of Cape Rep Theater. Tom hopes to continue with his series of 5 or 6 “Living Memoirs”, the second of which will be Living in the Promised Land: A Living Memoir #2.

January 27: Night Falls on Emerald City by Larry Marsland. Directed by Larry Marsland.

In June of 1968, Judy Garland was scheduled to appear for two nights at the Back Bay Theater in Boston.

After a long and sometimes noble history, the Back Bay had been condemned and was designated for demolition following Miss Garland’s appearance.

The playwright, then a college student, ushered the first night of the run. Miss Garland showed up at the theater at ten o’clock. Her audience waited for her and cheered with relief when she finally appeared. After many apologies and vague excuses, she sang until well after midnight. It was an extraordinary evening.

Thrilled by the experience, the playwright bought a ticket for the second evening’s performance but Miss Garland never showed up.

Night Falls on Emerald City is a snapshot, not a definitive moment, merely a “night in the life” sort of imagining of what might have occurred between the first and second nights.

Febrary 3: Ibsen’s Bastards by Bill Plott

Can determined effort prevent the sins of the father from being visited on the children? The question is probed by Bill Plott’s drama, IBSEN’S BASTARDS. IBSEN’S BASTARDS takes place in 1898 in Minnesota in the Larsen farmhouse. John Blegen, a hired hand of uncertain origin, has grown close to both the wife and daughter of his employer, August Larsen, with whom he is locked in a fatal struggle. The action is preceded by a prologue which traces the results of a youthful indiscretion by Henrick Ibsen, and hints at Blegen’s antecedents.

Febrary 10: Identity Crisis by Peter Snoad

Postponed by weather to March 24.

February 17: DEAD AND BURIED by James McLindon

DEAD AND BURIED is a comedic look at life behind the scenes in a cemetery through the lens of young love thwarted ambition.

The author is widely produced playwright James McLindon, and the director is David Allen, former head of the Cape Cod Community College Theater Department.

February 24: Hawthorn and Melville by Carl A. Rossi

HAWTHORNE AND MELVILLE deals with the Nathaniel Hawthorne-Herman Melville relationship when the two men met for the first time in the Berkshire mountains of 1850, how Melville’s love for Hawthorne turned a simple whaling story into MOBY DICK, and why ultimately the relationship had to come to an end.

March 3: Easy to Love by Susan Lumenello

It’s a gay world—homosexuals are 90 percent of the population, reproduction is done under “prescribed clinical settings” and morality dictated by “the sacred writings.” One Thanksgiving, young David brings home his “roommate” and announces to his nice liberal family that he’s…straight…a hetero…queer. The news does not go over well…

March 10: Wetu in the City by MWalim. Directed by

Written by a Wampanoag Indian and professor at UMass.-Dartmouth, this is the story of half African-American Indians who still live in The Bronx where they are engaged in a power struggle which ultimately leads to the tribe moving to land in Vermont.

Calvin grew up in the North Bronx knowing that by way of his father he was a part of the Waquasiq band that once occupied the Bronx, finding out by chance, years after his father’s death, that his father’s family and tribe lived in the South Bronx on a triple-square-block compound that they call “The Rez”. This is the story of Calvin’s journey home.

March 17: Sin by Ken Crost.

March 24:Identity Crisis by Peter Snoad

Postponed from February 10

IDENTITY CRISIS—It’s an unpublicized phenomenon that’s sweeping the country: white people turning black. On the eve of his wedding, Alan Guthrie learns it’s about to happen to him. And he’s freaked: his racist prospective father-in-law will never allow the nuptials to proceed, and Alan’s whole future with his beloved Marcia is in jeopardy. The solution? Get his identical twin brother, David, who is gay, to impersonate him as the groom…

Peter Snoad is a Boston-based playwright whose plays have been staged around the country and in Canada. His play, GUIDED TOUR, won two national new play awards, the Stanley Drama Award and the Arthur W. Stone Playwriting Award. Last year, Peter received an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. In addition to IDENTITY CRISIS, Peter is working on a new full-length play inspired by the life of the black abolitionist, David Walker.