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CAPOTE / BALDWIN
two plays, two actors, two iconic American authors, two controversial voices

Winter Repertoire
January 8 – 31, 2010
Produced by Peter Reynolds
Adrienne Theatre, Second Stage
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Mauckingbird Theatre Company delves into the lives of two influential gay writers Truman Capote and James Baldwin – both authors of literary touchstones of the mid-twentieth century.

TRU
by Jay Presson Allen
starring Chris Faith as Truman Capote
directed by Tony Braithwaite

TRU offers a look into the psyche of Truman Capote (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, In Cold Blood), one of America's most controversial and colorful authors, as he reels from social shunning by his elite Manhattan friends following Esquire Magazine’s publication of a gossip-filled chapter from his never-to-be finished work Answered Prayers. Set in the writer’s New York City apartment the week before Christmas 1975, the lonely Capote muses about his life and career in this one-man tour de force adapted from the author’s own words and works.

The Threshing Floor (World Premiere)
written by and starring James Ijames
as James Baldwin and other characters
directed by Brandon McShaffrey

The World Premiere of The Threshing Floor honors the life, ideas, and everlasting imprint of quintessential American writer James Baldwin (Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovanni’s Room). From 1920s Harlem to the bohemian utopia of Paris in the 40s, to the civil unrest of the 50s and 60s, numerous figures from Baldwin’s life emerge in this one-man play featuring luminaries like Josephine Baker and Eldridge Cleaver, the author’s own lovers, parents, and fellow civil rights activists.

Tickets:

Adults $20, Senior Citizens $18, Students $15
Box Office: (215) 923-8909
www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org

Fri. Jan. 8 – The Threshing Floor 7:30 p.m. (preview)
Sat. Jan. 9 – TRU 7:30 p.m. (preview)
Sun. Jan. 10 – TRU 2:00 p.m. (preview)
Wed. Jan. 13 – TRU 7:30 p.m. (opening)
Thurs. Jan. 14 – The Threshing Floor 7:30 p.m. (opening)
Fri. Jan. 15 – The Threshing Floor 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 16 – TRU 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 17 – TRU 2:00 p.m.
The Threshing Floor 7:00 p.m.
Wed. Jan. 20 – The Threshing Floor 7:30 p.m.
Thurs. Jan. 21 – TRU 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 22 – TRU 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 23 – The Threshing Floor 2:00 p.m.
TRU 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 24 – TRU 2:00 p.m.
The Threshing Floor 7:00 p.m.
Mon. Jan. 25 – TRU 7:30 p.m.
Wed. Jan. 27 – TRU 7:30 p.m.
Thurs. Jan. 28 – The Threshing Floor 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 29 – TRU 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 30 – The Threshing Floor 2:00 p.m.
TRU 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 31 – TRU 2:00 p.m.


About Mauckingbird Theatre Company

“Gay or not Gay, this is simply good theater.” – Philadelphia Magazine

Founded by Artistic Director Peter Reynolds and Managing Director Lindsay Mauck, Mauckingbird Theatre Company is committed to producing professional gay-themed theatre, while also exploring classic literature and musical genres and providing affordable productions of infrequently produced works. Past productions include the critically acclaimed all-male versions of Shakespeare's R & J (2008) and The Misanthrope (2008), the lesbian adaptation of Hedda Gabler (2009), and Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story (2009).

Press

“Mauckingbird is a theatre company worth heading out for on a cold winter evening.”

- Philadelphia Magazine
“...this new kid in town offers intelligently selected and well produced gay-related work performed for thinking audiences of whatever persuasion.”
- Curtainup.com
"As Philadelphia theater grows, the theater community takes great pride in touting its diversity. Sadly this so-called diversity rarely includes plays geared toward gay audiences... If R&J is anywhere nearly as popular with audiences and critics as The Misanthrope, the little company with the funny name may establish itself as the place to go in Philly for original gay theater."
- Philadelphia Weekly
Review, The Misanthrope: “A very accomplished and very enjoyable Moliere comedy, a Misanthrope of much charm and style. Transposing the foppishness of 17th-century French high society to the fabulosity of the gay club world, director Peter Reynolds makes this all-male production make surprising sense...”
- Philadelphia Inquirer
Review, The Misanthrope: “The Misanthrope will always remain the same. Yet, paradoxically, this is what makes its timeless universality, in the hands of Mauckingbird, work so well in its all-male milieu.”
- The Weekly Press / UC Review
Review, The Misanthrope: “... The production bristles with bitter humor, timing the wit of each insult so that each character gives as good as he gets, and where the priceless line, 'your uppence has finally come,' could easily apply to all.”
- Edge Philadelphia