Lantern Theater Company 2011/12 Season
Celebrating its 18th anniversary season in 2011/12, Lantern Theater Company announces a slate of plays and events that illustrate the company’s ongoing commitment to celebrating the best in classic and contemporary playwriting.
The 2011/12 season opens with New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 – the Philadelphia premiere of David Ives’ recent off-Broadway hit about one of the greatest philosophers in history. The Lantern celebrates the holiday season with a sophisticated, sexy, and sparkling production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives. Springtime brings a fresh production of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy of star-crossed lovers and a city at war. The season concludes with The Island, a moving and surprisingly funny drama by Tony® Award-winners Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona.
“The Lantern’s intimate performance space will host a season full of big ideas and big characters,” says Lantern Artistic Director Charles McMahon. “We will deal with burning issues of conscience, human rights, and the power of the state in New Jerusalem and The Island, and with the irresistible force of human attraction in Romeo and Juliet and Private Lives. It’s an ambitious program of works that explore – through radically different eyes and in many different voices – what it means to be human.”
Visit lanterntheater.org or call 215.829.0395 for full schedules and tickets.
Lantern Theater Company’s 2011/12 Mainstage Season
New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656
October 6 - 30, 2011
Philadelphia Premiere
By David Ives
Directed by Charles McMahon
Private Lives
December 8 - 31, 2011
By Noël Coward
Directed by Kathryn MacMillan
Romeo and Juliet
March 1 - April 1, 2012
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Charles McMahon
The Island
May 17 - June 10, 2012 (Press Opening: Wed, May 23, 7:00 p.m.)
By Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona
Directed by Peter DeLaurier
The Island is Robben Island, South Africa’s notorious prison, where John and Winston are political prisoners and cellmates. After absurdly grueling days laboring under the sun, they return to their dark cell to rehearse a makeshift performance of Sophocles’ play Antigone. Winston takes the part of young Antigone, who defies the laws of the state for the sake of her conscience. John takes the part of Creon, the king, who is so desperate to hold onto power that he will crush any dissent. Rehearsals in the cramped cell will test their friendship and strain their resilience in this gripping, vivid portrait of apartheid-era struggle. Undeniably moving and surprisingly funny, this modern classic by Tony® Award-winners Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntoshona celebrates hope, passion, and the strength of friendship. Beloved Philadelphia actor Frank X will be joined by an additional cast member to be announced shortly.
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