Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!
$15.00 general admission
$12.00 senior citizens
$10.00 students
Cash or checks only!
"Kick Ass Plays For Women"
by Jane Shepard
Fridays and Saturdays,
November 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Award-winning new playwright Jane Shepard comes to print with powerful short plays for women. Edgy, original, and with a darkly funny humanity.
Directed by Laurel Clark and Christine Robison
Featuring Alia Laurence, Sarah Lee Dobbs, Christine Robison, Michelle Kepner-Prueitt, Caroline Ross and Samantha O'Hare
"The Eight: Reindeer Monologues"
written by Jeff Goode
Directed by Michael Colavolpe
December 17 at 8:00 p.m.
December 18 and 19 at 8:00 p.m. AND 10:00 p.m.
December 20 at 3:00 p.m. AND 8:00 p.m.
Scandal erupts at the North Pole when one of Santa's eight tiny reindeer accuses him of sexual harassment. As mass media descends upon the event, the other members of the sleigh team demand to share their perspectives, and a horrific tale of corruption and perversion emerges, which seems to implicate everyone from the littlest elf to the tainted Saint himself. With each deer's confession, the truth behind the shocking allegations becomes clearer and clearer. ...and murkier and murkier. A dark, dark Christmas comedy.
Starring Chris Prueitt, Jeff Lindberg, Ryan Gigliotti, Robyn Pedretti Kelly, Kevin Kriegel, Janine Klein, Kevin Bee, and Michelle Prueitt. Special appearance by Christian Kelty.
"Dog Sees God:
Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead"
Written by Bert V. Royal
Directed by Tara Corless
February 18-28, 2009
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 3 p.m.
Cast:
CB- P.J. Gajda II
Cb's sister- Megan Goldman
Van- Adam Delmedico
Matt- Kyle James
Beethoven- T.J. Parman
Marcy- Megan Borkes
Trica- Lindsay Pennington
Van's sister- "Bunny" Fitzgerald
THE STORY: When CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group's bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that's both haunting and hopeful. Tony Award Winner, Best Play 1983 Each act focuses on a different phase in Arnold's life. In the first, Arnold meets Ed, who is uncomfortable with his bisexuality. In the second, one year later, Arnold meets Alan, and the two settle down into a blissful existence that includes plans to adopt a child, until tragedy strikes. In the third, several years later, Arnold is a single father raising gay teenager David. Arnold is forced to deal with his mother's intolerance and disrespect when she visits from Florida. The award-winning and popular work broke new ground in the theatre: "At the height of the post-Stonewall clone era, Harvey challenged both gay and straight audiences to champion an effeminate gay man's longings for love and family." "A very funny, poignant and unabashedly entertaining work that, so help me, is something for the whole family...the zappiest evening of theatre you could ask for." - Newsweek "Under the tragedy, the play is gorgeously funny." - N.Y. Post
"Torch Song Trilogy"
Written by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by Wade Hair
April 16-May 2, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 p.m.
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s.
"The Insanity of Mary Girard"
Written by Lanie Robertson
Directed by Seth Lindsey
July 23-August 8, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
In 1790, Mary Girard is committed to an asylum. Having become pregnant by another man, her husband has had her declared legally insane. Mary sits in a chair as the "furies" dance around and impersonate people from her past. By the end of this haunting and highly theatrical piece, she is insane.
