Lantern Theater Company 2012/13 Season
NOW ON STAGE
“Heroes immerses us in the bittersweet folly of middle and old age.”
Heroes
May 16 - June 9, 2013 (Press Opening: Wed, May 22, 7 p.m.)
PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE
By Tom Stoppard
Adapted from Gerald Sibleyras’ Le Vent De Peupliers
Directed by M. Craig Getting
Gustave, Phillippe, and Henri—war heroes, all—are plotting an escape. They’ve had enough of the tortures of their confinement: dictatorial captors, untrustworthy fellow prisoners, and far too many birthday parties. Indeed, life in a retired soldiers’home is almost unbearable! So, while keeping each other company on the back patio, they hatch a plan to escape to Indochina, or at least to a picnic under the poplars on a nearby hill. Winner of London’s prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of this popular French play is playful, bawdy, and heartbreakingly funny.
COMING NEXT YEAR
Jane Austen’s Emma, September 19 – October 20, 2013
Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales, an adaptation by Charles McMahon and Sebastienne Mundheim, December 5, 2013 – January 5, 2014
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, February 6 – March 16, 2014
Athol Fugard’s The Train Driver, April 10 – May 4, 2014
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