New Troupe Announces Its Season

Fairfax County's newest professional theater company, the Hub Theatre, has announced a full slate of productions for the 2009-10 season.

The lack of a performance space has had the troupe searching for theaters for some of its shows, but it has a location for its opener.

On Oct. 30, the Hub Theatre opens its season with Italian playwright Dario Fo's political satire "We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!" at ArtSpace in Falls Church. The play runs through Nov. 22.

The Hub has rescheduled Katherine Shultz Miller's "A Thousand Cranes," originally planned for the summer, for April 2 to 4; the location is to be determined. It is the moving and true story of Sadako Sasaki, a survivor of the World War II bombing of Hiroshima. The production is part of the Hub's children's theater classes.

The next production is a contemporary, three-person musical, "The Boy in the Bathroom," from Michael Lluberes. It's scheduled for May and June, with dates and location to be determined. This Washington area premiere will bring back Jeremy Skidmore, who directed the Hub's inaugural production of "The Pavilion" last season.

The group is continuing a series of staged readings at the Greater Reston Arts Center, beginning with Marc Acito's "Birds of a Feather" on Nov. 5, and Francis Chu-Cowhig's "410 [Gone]" on Jan. 14. (An additional play, not yet announced, will be read Dec. 17.) The program "Community Voices" will be offered Dec. 5 and 6 at the Soundry in Vienna.

The Hub is collaborating with the Virginia Commission for the Arts on a program called "Minds Wide Open," with April performances set for the Greater Reston Arts Center. The program features "Benched," by Allyson Currin; "Superwoman and her Daughters," by Kristen DeWulf; and a screening of "Who Does She Think She Is?" Performance dates will be announced.