The Keegan Theatre’s fifteenth anniversary season is, as usual, diverse: This year, audiences will see musicals, Irish theater, plays best-known for their film adaptations, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner.
The latter, “August: Osage County,” will close out the 2011-2012 season for Keegan; Tracy Letts won the Pulitzer for his family drama in 2008. It will be directed by Keegan’s producing artistic director, Mark Rhea.
Keegan will continue its tradition of producing Irish theater with two world-premiere productions: “An Irish Carol,” based on Dickens’ ”A Christmas Carol,” and Rosemary Jenkinson’s “Cuchullain.” Keegan has presented a work by Jenkinson every year for the past two years (Her ”Stella Morgan” didn’t wow Nelson Pressley, but Celia Wren enjoyed “Basra Boy”).
Two of the plays in Keegan’s season have twice been adapted for film. “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller, will hit the stage in time for Halloween. Its most recent film adaptation starred Winona Ryder. “12 Angry Men,” by Reginald Rose, was first made into a 1957 film starring Henry Fonda, and was remade in 1997. Currently on Keegan’s stage is another stage-to-film favorite, “Steel Magnolias,” which Wren quipped was “low in energy — like a hair dryer running during a brownout.”
The full schedule, including a fan-favorite Tony Award-winning musical, is below:
THE CRUCIBLE*
by Arthur Miller
October 22 - November 19, 2011
directed by Susan Marie Rhea
*2011 Ireland tour production
AN IRISH CAROL*
by Matthew J. Keenan
(loosely based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol)
December 3 - December 31, 2011
directed by Mark A. Rhea
*world premiere
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR
by Neil Simon
January 21 - February 18, 2012
directed by Colin Smith
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
by Reginald Rose
March 3 – March 25, 2012
directed by Christopher Gallu
WORKING - A Musical
from the book by Studs Terkel
adapted by Stephen Schwartz & Nina Faso
April 14 – May 13, 2012
directed by Shirley Serotsky
SPRING AWAKENING
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater & Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
June 2 – July 8, 2012
directed by Mark A. Rhea & Susan Marie Rhea
CUCHULLAIN*
by Rosemary Jenkinson
June 9 – July 1, 2012
directed by Abigail Isaac
*world premiere
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Tracy Letts
July 28 – August 26, 2012
directed by Mark A. Rhea
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