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| Welcome to the Harlingen Performing Arts Theatre 2011-2012 season
Reminder: Shows and dates are subject to change, so check back before you head out. Proof a drama by David Auburn. To be directed by Joel Brotzman. Auditions
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness—or genius—will she inherit? [2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play] October 14, 15, 16 & 21, 22, 23
Once on this Island a musical. To be directed by Kathy Eunice. Auditions Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Music by Stephen Flaherty Based on My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy
This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. The contemporary, Caribbean-flavored score uses song and dance to tell the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of her island. When the injured Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred and death. Jan. 27, 28, 29 & Feb. 3, 4, 5 Blithe Spirit a British farce by Noel Coward. To be directed by T.J. Faver. Auditions
The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium", one Madame Arcati. As the (worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles' current wife Ruth is accidentally killed, "passes over", joins Elvira and the two "blithe spirits" haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. March 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, April 1 Reminder: Shows and dates are subject to change so check back before you head out.
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