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OUR 10 th<br />
ANNIVERSARY<br />
SEASON<br />
A<br />
Decade<br />
of<br />
Daring<br />
<strong>19</strong>/<strong>20</strong> SEASON<br />
FREEFALLTHEATRE.COM
Ghost Light<br />
From the Artistic Director...<br />
This season is filled with<br />
hauntings – ghosts, whether<br />
literal or figurative, that emerge<br />
from the past to give insight,<br />
create obstacles, or remind us<br />
where we come from.<br />
The theatre tradition of the<br />
ghost light (a single light left on<br />
in the theatre when everyone<br />
is gone for the night) derives<br />
its name from the notion that<br />
all theatres are haunted. Of<br />
course its practical purpose is<br />
for safety, but the superstitions<br />
surrounding it are long and<br />
storied.<br />
The Turn<br />
of the Screw<br />
by Jeffrey Hatcher<br />
from the story by Henry James<br />
The Lion in Winter<br />
by James Goldman<br />
Marie and Rosetta<br />
by George Brant<br />
Lone Star Spirits<br />
by Josh Tobiessen<br />
Dear World<br />
music and lyrics by Jerry Herman<br />
book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee<br />
based on The Madwoman of Chaillot<br />
by Jean Giraudoux<br />
as adapted by Maurice Valency<br />
new version by David Thompson<br />
Oz<br />
music by Michael Raabe<br />
book by Eric Davis<br />
lyrics by Michael Raabe and Eric Davis<br />
based on the Oz books by L. Frank Baum<br />
I’m not a superstitious person,<br />
but I do like to think that each<br />
story we tell and each character<br />
breathed to life on our stage<br />
leaves something behind.<br />
I’m overwhelmed to think of all<br />
of the ghosts we’ve left behind<br />
in the last decade. Thank you to<br />
all of the audiences that have<br />
helped us imagine them into<br />
existence. We look forward to<br />
leaving the light on for them for<br />
years to come.<br />
-Eric Davis, Artistic Director<br />
Alicia Thomas and the cast of<br />
Crumbs from the Table of Joy<br />
cover: Lee Anne Matthews and<br />
David Foley in The Wild Party,<br />
freeFall’s first production
Joe Lauck in The Buffalo Kings<br />
A DEEPER<br />
UNDERSTANDING<br />
Build a<br />
Lasting<br />
Legacy<br />
By remembering freeFall in<br />
your estate planning, you<br />
can help ensure our financial<br />
health and stability well into<br />
the future.<br />
Legacy gifts form a strong<br />
foundation from which freeFall<br />
can continue to grow and thrive,<br />
enriching our community for<br />
generations.<br />
Patrons who notify us of their<br />
planned gift will be included in<br />
our Legacy Society. Members<br />
will be listed in our playbills and<br />
annual report, as well as invited<br />
to an annual event.<br />
Please contact Development<br />
Director, Amanda Chandler, at<br />
727-498-5<strong>20</strong>5 x005 for further<br />
information.<br />
free programming<br />
to enrich your<br />
theatre-going<br />
experience<br />
Talk-backs//<br />
After select Friday evening<br />
performances, these talks<br />
with members of the<br />
cast and creative team,<br />
moderated by James<br />
Rayfield, give the audience<br />
an opportunity to hear<br />
about the artists’ process<br />
and ask questions about<br />
what they’ve just seen.<br />
Epilogues//<br />
These more in-depth<br />
talks with our resident<br />
dramaturg, Timothy<br />
Saunders, give insight into<br />
the history and background<br />
of the authors, settings,<br />
themes, and other aspects<br />
of the plays we produce.<br />
See our online calendar of<br />
events at<br />
freefalltheatre.com for<br />
specific dates and times.
The Turn of the Screw<br />
by Jeffrey Hatcher<br />
from the story by Henry James<br />
September 28 - October 27, <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
Precocious Miles and quiet Flora have a new governess. It quickly becomes<br />
apparent that this new job is more than she bargained for. When she learns the<br />
shocking truth about her predecessor, Miss Jessel, and begins to suspect that<br />
the orphans are under the influence of malevolent forces, she resolves to protect<br />
them by any means necessary.<br />
What unfolds is one of the eeriest and most deeply psychological ghost stories<br />
ever written. Hatcher’s razor-sharp adaptation preserves much of the ambiguity<br />
at the heart of Henry James’ classic novella. Is this place truly haunted, or is the<br />
governess the one plagued by demons of another sort?<br />
This show contains adult themes. Discretion advised.<br />
Presenting Sponsors: Kate Tiedemann & Ellen Cotton<br />
Show sponsors: Marion Rich<br />
Bill Ward<br />
Community Partner Sponsor: Cherie Willard<br />
TUE WED THU FRI SAT<br />
8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
September<br />
2pm<br />
October<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
SUN<br />
MON<br />
27 28<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
29 30 1 2 3 4 5<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
13 14 15 16 17 18 <strong>19</strong><br />
<strong>20</strong> 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
27<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm
The Lion In Winter<br />
by James Goldman<br />
November 23 - December 22, <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
Henry II has let his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out of prison to spend Christmas<br />
with the family. But more is afoot than decking the halls with boughs of holly.<br />
Each has their eyes set on the crown for a different son. Parents, siblings, and<br />
the King of France become embroiled in a game of thrones that threatens to<br />
destroy them all.<br />
With a wildly comic tone, despite its dramatic action, James Goldman’s modern<br />
classic is the family drama that lurks beneath the upheaval of history. And you<br />
thought your family bickered at the holidays.<br />
This show contains adult themes. Discretion advised.<br />
Presenting Sponsor: Al May<br />
Community Partner Sponsors: Rick Behnke & Robert Newell<br />
Hal Freedman & Willi Rudowsky<br />
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT<br />
November<br />
8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
22 23<br />
2pm 7pm 7pm 8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
24 25 26 27 28 29 30<br />
December<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
8 9 10 11 12 13 14<br />
15 16 17 18 <strong>19</strong> <strong>20</strong> 21<br />
22<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm
Marie and Rosetta<br />
by George Brant<br />
January 18 - February 16, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Sister Rosetta Tharpe broke new ground in the world of gospel music. An<br />
influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, and Ray Charles, she is<br />
considered by many to be the “Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”<br />
This jubilant play with music gives us a fly-on-the-wall seat to the first rehearsal<br />
between Rosetta and her protégée, Marie Knight, on the eve of the tour that<br />
would establish them as one of the most important musical duos in American<br />
popular music.<br />
This show contains mild adult themes. Discretion advised.<br />
Presenting Sponsors: Michael Miller & Robert Jenkins<br />
Show Sponsors: Marion Rich<br />
Sylvia Rusche<br />
Community Partner Sponsor: Cherie Willard<br />
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT<br />
January<br />
8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
17 18<br />
2pm 7pm 7pm 8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
2pm<br />
<strong>19</strong> <strong>20</strong> 21 22 23 24 25<br />
26 27 28 29 30 31 1<br />
February<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
9 10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
16<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm
Lone Star Spirits<br />
by Josh Tobiessen<br />
February 29 - March 29, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Marley is back in her small Texas hometown for what she hopes will be an<br />
easy trip to deal with some family business. When she arrives at her estranged<br />
father’s liquor store with her hipster fiancé, there is a collision between who<br />
she is and where she comes from. When her ex-boyfriend – the local football<br />
hero, an old high school chum, and the ghost of the bear-wrestling pioneer who<br />
founded the town show up, things take a series of unexpected turns.<br />
This is a fresh, smart comedy about the ghosts that haunt us all – wherever we<br />
find ourselves in the cultural divide.<br />
This show contains adult themes. Discretion advised.<br />
Show Sponsors: Rick Behnke & Robert Newell<br />
Marion Rich<br />
Community Partner Sponsors: Betsy Schweitzer<br />
Bill Ward<br />
TUE WED THU FRI SAT<br />
8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
February<br />
March<br />
2pm 7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
SUN<br />
MON<br />
28 29<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
8 9 10 11 12 13 14<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
15 16 17 18 <strong>19</strong> <strong>20</strong> 21<br />
22 23 24 25 26 27 28<br />
29<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm
Dear World<br />
music and lyrics by Jerry Herman<br />
book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee<br />
based on The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux<br />
as adapted by Maurice Valency new version by David Thompson<br />
April 25 - May 24, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
The Countess Aurelia lives in the basement of a quaint bistro in <strong>19</strong>40s Paris,<br />
driven mad, reminiscing about her lost love. When oil is discovered beneath<br />
the streets of Paris, a group of corporate presidents hatch a scheme to blow up<br />
the bistro and get at it. The Countess rallies the denizens of the Paris fringe to<br />
foil their plot and exert a fitting punishment on the greedy execs. Can beauty,<br />
nature, and art prevail against greed and ravenous industry? Will the doves ever<br />
return to Paris?<br />
Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee reimagine Giraudoux’s The<br />
Madwoman of Chaillot as a musical with the kind of decadent and ebullient score<br />
that is Herman’s trademark.<br />
This show is recommended for all audiences.<br />
Show sponsors: Michael Miller & Robert Jenkins<br />
Community Partner Sponsors: Judy Heintzelman and Rick Belejack & Alan Towne<br />
TUE WED THU FRI SAT<br />
8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
April<br />
May<br />
2pm<br />
2pm 7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
SUN<br />
MON<br />
24 25<br />
8pm<br />
26 27 28 29 30 1 2<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
10 11 12 13 14 15 16<br />
17 18 <strong>19</strong> <strong>20</strong> 21 22 23<br />
24<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm
New<br />
Inspiration<br />
December <strong>20</strong>15
Oz<br />
music by Michael Raabe<br />
book by Eric Davis<br />
lyrics by Michael Raabe and Eric Davis<br />
based on the Oz books by L. Frank Baum<br />
June 27 - July 26, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
This brand new musical, set in L. Frank Baum’s beloved Land of Oz, will take you<br />
to a place you’ve visited before, but never like this. Baum’s wisdom, imagination,<br />
and distinct point of view have inspired generations of readers and theatregoers.<br />
freeFall takes you over the rainbow to close our 10th full season of plays<br />
and musicals.<br />
This show is recommended for all audiences.<br />
Presenting Sponsors: Kate Tiedemann & Ellen Cotton<br />
Bill Ward<br />
Show Sponsors: Russell Buchan<br />
Marion Rich<br />
Community Partner Sponsors: Rick Behnke & Robert Newell<br />
Betsy Schweitzer<br />
Cherie Willard<br />
TUE WED THU FRI SAT<br />
8pm 2pm<br />
8pm<br />
June<br />
2pm<br />
July<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
2pm<br />
SUN<br />
MON<br />
26 27<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
28 29 30 1 2 3 4<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
5 6 7 8 9 10 11<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm<br />
12 13 14 15 16 17 18<br />
<strong>19</strong> <strong>20</strong> 21 22 23 24 25<br />
26<br />
7pm 7pm 8pm<br />
2pm<br />
8pm
Daniel J. Maldonado in<br />
Pippin<br />
Take<br />
the<br />
leap...
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