Penobscot Theatre Company's
25th Anniversary Season 1999-2000!
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- October 6 -
17, 1999
- An elderly bachelor trains a young girl from childhood to
be his obedient wife. Unwisely, he enlists the assistance of a
dashing young man in wooing the young girl. Hilarious plot
twists and surprise turns of events lead to the inevitable
conclusion of the triumph of young love.
How I learned to
Drive by Paula
Vogel
- November 3 -
21, 1999
- A wildly funny, surprising and harrowing account of an
inappropriate relationship between an older man and a young girl
he is teaching to drive. Li'l Bit learns the rules of the road
from Uncle Buck and much more in this extraordinary look at this
mysterious, troubling and touching forbidden love.
A Tuna Christmas
by Jaston William, Joe Sears,
Ed Howard
- December 2 -
12, 1999
- Ron Adams and Kent McKusick return to PTC with their
hilarious rendition of this holiday two man hilarity.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- December 14
- 23, 1999
- The holiday hit returns! The ghosts of Christmas will
dispel the "bah, humbug" in everyone. Don't miss the
Holiday Classic production, whether for the first time or the
hundredth.
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- Wit by Margaret Edson
- February 2 -
20, 2000
- 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner! Dr. Vivian Bearing is a scholar
of English Literature specializing in the works of John Donne.
She is also a cancer patient. Donne's poetic masterpiece
"Death be not Proud" provides poignant counterpoint as
Dr. Bearing transits from her world as a highly respected and
feared professor of literature to the faceless bureaucracy of
the medical machine of oncology care. A delightfully
entertaining work of enormous spirit and humanity.
- The Children's Hour by
Lillian Hellman
- March 8 -
19, 2000
- Two women run a school for girls. A malicious youngster
starts a rumor which leads to scandal and ruin for the two
women. Later, it is discovered that the gossip was pure
invention but, too late to avert the tragic consequences for the
teachers.
- Art
by Yesmina Reza
- April 5 -
16, 2000
- A smash hit on Broadway and in productions around the
world. Serge has bought a painting...it is completely white. The
chaos this purchase visits on himself, his relationship with his
two best friends and his understanding of the meaning of art are
the seeds for this extraordinary new comedy.
- Three Tall Women by Edward Albee
- May 10 - 21,
2000
- Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this play has
been called "a perfect illustration of why theatre is an
indispensable art." The story concerns an elderly lady on
her death bed. A lawyer arrives and is joined by the woman's
matronly companion in order to sort out the woman's affairs. Her
long life is laid out before her in a no-holds-barred exchange
among the three women. In a stunning coup-de-theatre in the
second act, we learn the true identities of the three tall women
and the exact nature of their relationship.
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