Friday, February 15, 2008
Theater Theatrical Outfit announces 2008-2009 season
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 9:44 PM
(Photo by Bill DeLoach)
Theatrical Outfit is first out of the gate for Atlanta theaters, having announced its 2008-2009 theatrical season with the opening of Southern Comfort, which stars the always-reliable Jill Jane Clements and Steve Coulter in a two-actor comedy about romance late in life.
The Outfit’s next season begins in July with a remount of Gee’s Bend (July 16-27), a historical drama (pictured with Michele McCullough Hazard (left) and Shontelle Thrash; reviewed here) about famous quilts and the community of women who made them. The timing dovetails with the National Black Arts Festival.
Big River (Sept. 10-Oct. 5) is Roger Miller’s acclaimed musical version of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a slice of Americana that sounds right up the Outfit’s alley.
A Lesson Before Dying (Oct. 29-Nov. 23) is Romulus Linney's theatrical adaptation of Ernest Gaines’ novel about race relations in Louisiana in the 1940s. By the way, Onstage Atlanta’s production, directed by Barbara Cole Uterhardt, runs through Feb. 16. (Coincidence?)
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Dec. 3-21) returns for the holidays and could easily be a perennial production (reviewed here).
Going With Jenny (Jan. 28-Feb. 15) is a world premiere about a young married couple by playwright Thomas Ward, who penned the Outfit’s superb production of Keeping Watch in 2006.
Tent Meeting (March 11-April 5) offers an American premiere of a show about a traveling revival with gospel music, written by Morris Ertman and Ron Reed.
Driving Miss Daisy (April 22-May 17) revisits Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer-, Tony- and Oscar-winning story about the friendship of a Jewish widow and an African-American chauffeur in midcentury Atlanta. The Outfit touts the production as the play’s 21st anniversary, since it opened on an Atlanta stage in 1988.
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