The 2018-2019 Season
SouthWest StageWorks continues to provide both its audiences and artists with a complex and entertaining mainstage season:
SouthWest StageWorks continues to provide both its audiences and artists with a complex and entertaining mainstage season:
November 2018:
Mamma Mia!
Music and Lyrics By: Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Book By: Catherine Johnson
Directed By: Jamie M. Rea
Book By: Catherine Johnson
Directed By: Jamie M. Rea
ABBA's hits tell both the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father, and the fiercely independent mother who’s built a life for them both in a sunny Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, that daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past hilariously into her mother’s present on the island they last visited together 20 years ago.
The storytelling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! a guaranteed smash hit for any theatre. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget.
(Runs November 1-10 and is appropriate for audiences Upper Elementary and Older for occasional coarse language)
The storytelling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! a guaranteed smash hit for any theatre. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget.
(Runs November 1-10 and is appropriate for audiences Upper Elementary and Older for occasional coarse language)
FEBRUARY 2019:
Teen West Project: Year 7 - A Short in the wire
Written by: The Playwrights of Playwrights West
Directed by: Matthew B. Zrebski
Directed by: Matthew B. Zrebski
In its seventh year collaborating with SouthWest StageWorks at Wilson High School, Playwrights West will mine the entire company, along with alumni and previous writers of Teen West, to create an evening of short works inspired by the question: how have you been shorted? This question, intended to be wide ranging in how it’s perceived, will hopefully generate incredible dialogue within the Wilson student community - conversations around issues of disenfranchisement, outdated systems, archaic paradigms, and uncontrollable life factors that lead to one feeling unable to fully climb the social and economic ladders of our time.
(Runs February 14-23 and is appropriate for audiences aged Middle School and older for mature language and situations)
(Runs February 14-23 and is appropriate for audiences aged Middle School and older for mature language and situations)
SPRING 2019:
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Book and Lyrics by: Anne Washburn
Music by: Michael Friedman
Directed by: Jamie Miller
Music by: Michael Friedman
Directed by: Jamie Miller
Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy propels us forward nearly a century, following a new civilization stumbling into its future.
After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of "The Simpsons" episode "Cape Feare" entirely from memory. 7 years later, this and other snippets of pop culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles, and pop songs) have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto its past. 75 years later, these are the myths and legends from which new forms of performance are created.
An ode to live theater, and the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages, Mr. Burns is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.
(Runs May 2-11 and is appropriate for ages Middle School and Older for some coarse language and suspenseful situations.)
After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of "The Simpsons" episode "Cape Feare" entirely from memory. 7 years later, this and other snippets of pop culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles, and pop songs) have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto its past. 75 years later, these are the myths and legends from which new forms of performance are created.
An ode to live theater, and the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages, Mr. Burns is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.
(Runs May 2-11 and is appropriate for ages Middle School and Older for some coarse language and suspenseful situations.)