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Macbeth
January 30 - April 03, 2010
Wurtele Thrust Stage
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling
Shakespeare’s shortest and darkest tragedy, performed here with no intermission, moves with the rapid pace of the murder thriller it is, exposing the politics of power and the corruption it breeds.
Read more » Yellow Face
February 04 - February 21, 2010
Dowling Studio
The Guthrie presents
A Mu Performing Arts production of
Yellow Face
by David Henry Hwang
directed by Rick Shiomi
In classic David Hwang fashion, Yellow Face is a head-spinning comedy that delivers poignancy with a punch. Following the playwright's alter-ego DHH, the play takes us from the pinnacle of his Tony Award with M. Butterfly downward through the Miss Saigon controversy.
Read more » Brief Encounter
February 11 - April 03, 2010
McGuire Proscenium Stage
Guthrie's WorldStage Series presents
Kneehigh Theatre’s production of
Noël Coward’s
Brief Encounter
originally produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld
adapted and directed by Emma Rice
Brief Encounter will play the Guthrie as one of just three exclusive stops in the U.S. following its critically acclaimed run in London where it was hailed by critics as "brilliantly done and superbly acted" and "a first class return to romance."
Read more » Violet
February 26 - March 21, 2010
Dowling Studio
The Guthrie presents
A Theater Latte Da production of
Violet
music by Jeanine Tesori
lyrics and book by Brian Crawley
based on "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts
direction by Peter Rothstein
musical direction by Denise Prosek
Set against the backdrop of the Deep South in the early days of the civil rights movement, Violet is an uplifting musical about a young white woman who is physically and emotionally scarred.
Read more » Coward's Women
March 30 - April 03, 2010
Dowling Studio
The Guthrie presents
A Producing House production of
Coward’s Women
with music by Noël Coward
conceived and directed by Michael Todaro
A musical review featuring some of Noël Coward’s best-known songs as well as some of his lesser known works, sung by Twin Cities performers Erin Schwab and Maud Hixson with a four-piece combo.
Read more » M. Butterfly
April 17 - June 06, 2010
Wurtele Thrust Stage
by David Henry Hwang
directed by Peter Rothstein
Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer-finalist M. Butterfly traces lines of race, gender and power through love and deception. French diplomat Rene Gallimard is dazzled by "the perfect woman," Song Liling, a performer in the Peking opera.
Read more » Dollhouse
May 22 - July 11, 2010
McGuire Proscenium Stage
by Rebecca Gilman
based on A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
directed by Wendy C. Goldberg
Nora seems to have it all: a successful husband, three adorable children and a beautiful home in Lincoln Park. But what looks like the perfect life is woefully incomplete, propped up by dark secrets and bitter betrayals.
Read more » She Stoops to Conquer
July 03 - August 21, 2010
Wurtele Thrust Stage
by Oliver Goldsmith
directed by Joe Dowling
More than 10 years since the Guthrie last staged this uproariously funny comedy – considered by many to be the original situation comedy – Guthrie Director Joe Dowling will direct Goldsmith’s lighthearted comedy of manners.
Read more » A Streetcar Named Desire
August 14 - October 03, 2010
McGuire Proscenium Stage
by Tennessee Williams
directed by John Miller-Stephany
The unraveling of Blanche DuBois plays out within a lily-laced atmosphere of heated passion and pulsing sweat in Tennessee William’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.
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