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2013-2014 Wilson Mainstage Subscription Season

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A Countrified Musical

Book, Lyrics, and Music by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann
Directed by Mark Cuddy
Choreography by Peggy Hickey
September 10, 2013 – October 13, 2013

Welcome to the Double Cupp Diner, way down on Highway 57 between Frog Level and Smyrna, where the cherry pie is fresh and served with sass, and the music and the waitresses are like the coffee - hot! The boys from the gas station next door play a high-octane blend of country and bluegrass packed with highly entertaining toe-tappers about life, love, and good times. Come and melt your troubles away with a generous serving of great music and foot-stomping fun.

Alfred Hitchcock's

Adapted by Patrick Barlow
From the novel by John Buchan
Directed by Sean Daniels
October 22, 2013 – November 17, 2013

Hitchcock meets hilarious as Englishman Richard Hannay encounters dastardly murders, double crossing secret agents and devastatingly beautiful women in this fast-paced whodunit. Part espionage thriller and part slapstick comedy, four actors play over 150 characters in this ingeniously adapted homage to film noir and theatrical stagecraft. A runaway hit in London and on Broadway and the winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

Rochester’s Holiday Tradition

By Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Mark Cuddy
Music and lyrics by Gregg Coffin
Directed by Mark Cuddy
November 27 – December 28, 2013

On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by a series of ghosts who remind him who he was and what he might yet become. He learns the true meaning of the season and that it’s never too late to make a new start. The famous tale of redemption for the most despised man in London will awaken your heart and rekindle your spirit in this critically acclaimed adaptation. Recommended for the entire family! (Please remember that children under five are not permitted in the theatre.) *Note: Not a part of the subscription series.

From the Author and Director of Almost, Maine

By John Cariani
Directed by Skip Greer
January 7, 2014 – February 2, 2014

Somewhere on a remote wooded road – not far from Almost, Maine – sits Nat Paradis’ “Last Gas Convenient Store.” As Nat sorts through life as a single parent, his teenage son and fun-loving father give him constant grief, and time seems to slip through his fingers. When an old flame returns to town, Nat gets a rare second chance, only to discover that in between love lost and love found, life throws a lot of curve balls. A bittersweet, romantic comedy full of heart, humor, and baseball.

By Bruce Norris
Directed by Mark Cuddy
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
February 11, 2014 – March 9, 2014

A wickedly funny and fiercely provocative play about the volatile combination of race and real estate. In 1959, a white couple sells their home to the Younger family of A Raisin in the Sun, causing uproar among their white neighbors. Fast forward 50 years and the same house lands in the hands of a white couple with plans for gentrification and a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. While the stakes have changed over the years, the debate remains strikingly similar as neighbors wage a hilarious and horrifying battle revealing just how far ideas about race have evolved—or have they?

World Premiere

By Deborah Zoe Laufer
Directed by Sean Daniels
March 18, 2014 – April 13, 2014

Ripped directly from the headlines. An ambitious geneticist faces ethical battles in both her professional and family worlds. Gillian is hired to help determine why a Native American tribe is being devastated by diabetes, but her research calls into question their most sacred traditions.  Meanwhile, at home, she and her husband are confronted with the choice of using modern science to determine whether their four year-old daughter will be haunted by the family’s medical history. With scientific breakthroughs happening at breakneck speed, this heartwarming and honest tale explores the question of just how much knowledge is too much.

An American Comedy Classic

By Neil Simon
Directed by John Miller-Stephany
April 22, 2014 – May 18, 2014

One of Neil Simon’s most recognizable and timeless comedies. Fastidious Felix is thrown out by his wife. His only refuge is with best friend, Oscar, a recently divorced sportswriter whose apartment is a study in slovenly chaos. Friends, yes, but with decidedly different approaches to life, to love – and yes, to housework – the results are side-splitting laughter and classic comedy. The trials and tribulations of this peculiar pair trying to create their new, unmarried lives have been entertaining audiences for nearly 50 years.

2013-2014 Fielding Nextstage Season

SINGLE TICKETS GO ON SALE IN AUGUST

World Premiere
ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Greg Kotis
Directed by Sean Daniels
A Geva Theatre Center Conservatory Production
September 2013

Geva’s entry into the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. An evening of short, silly, subversive, satirical plays and charming, musical numbers where hijinks ensue. Two-time Tony Award-winner Greg Kotis (Urinetown) answers all your questions. All of them.

FESTIVAL OF NEW THEATRE

October 2013

A two-week showcase of new plays and projects that are currently in Geva’s developmental process. More than 250 full-length or short works have received readings and/or workshops as part of Geva’s new play development programs, and more than 65 have had subsequent productions around the country and the globe.

SISTER STRIKES AGAIN!: LATE NIGHT CATECHISM 2

By Maripat Donovan
Starring Colleen Moore
November 5 – December 15, 2013

On sale on a later date

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the classroom… Sister is back! And so are the nun-stop laughs. With the blessings of the archdiocese, Sister has assembled banners, filmstrips, mimeographed handouts, historical facts, and hysterical insights as she conducts her class in an overview of Heaven and Hell, comparing them to a catholic version of Chutes and Ladders. Sister also offers her personal list of sins for the new millennium. With all the wit, wisdom, and wackiness of the original, Sister Strikes Again! is bound to bring back former students and make millions of new converts.

2014 Fielding Studio Series
January – May 2014

SUBSCRIPTIONS ON SALE IN MAY 2013
SINGLE TICKETS GO ON SALE IN AUGUST

World Premiere
TINKER TO EVERS TO CHANCE
By Mat Smart
Directed by Sean Daniels

Play ball! Lauren makes a rare trip home to Chicago to take her ailing mother to the biggest Cubs game of the year, Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS. But her mother has disappeared, leaving behind her caretaker and the fresh manuscript of a play about Cubs great Johnny Evers. A story about second chances and the redeeming power of baseball.

STRANDED ON EARTH

By Eric Coble
Starring Brigitt Markusfeld

One woman's mysterious tale of a life held in suspension. Alexa, a brilliant artist, flashes between the mundane chaos and poetic depths of her world, circling in on the moment when everything changed, the moment between Before and After.

PLUS TWO MORE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED

All plays, artists, schedules and prices are subject to change.