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Watch Joe Dowling discuss the mainstage plays in the new 2009-2010 season.
The Importance of Being Earnest
September 12 - November 08, 2009
Wurtele Thrust Stage
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Joe Dowling
In Oscar Wilde's most perfect comedy, loved for its sensational characters and popular one-liners, young bachelors Jack and Algernon each assume a pseudonym to woo the women who have won their hearts.
Read more » Faith Healer
October 17 - December 06, 2009
McGuire Proscenium Stage
by Brian Friel
directed by Joe Dowling
associate director Benjamin McGovern
Guthrie Director Joe Dowling, known throughout Ireland and the United States as a preeminent director and scholar of Brian Friel’s work, will honor the legendary Irish playwright’s 80th birthday by returning to his acting roots to play the title role in this powerful play about faith healer Frank Hardy, his wife Grace and talent manager Teddy.
Read more » Northern Lights/Southern Cross
October 22 - November 08, 2009
Dowling Studio
The Guthrie presents
An Interact Theater production of
Northern Lights/Southern Cross:
Tales from the Other Side of the World
an international collaboration with
Australia’s Tutti Ensemble
written by Kevin Kling
music by Pat Rix
directed by Jeanne Calvit
Northern Lights/Southern Cross reaches across cultures and across the hemispheres to tell the epic story of an ordinary man.
Read more » A Christmas Carol
November 19 - December 31, 2009
Wurtele Thrust Stage
by Charles Dickens
adapted by Barbara Field
directed by Gary Gisselman
It's back, and it's better than ever. This season the Guthrie celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the beloved holiday favorite A Christmas Carol with a brand new 90-minute adaptation perfectly suited for families of all sizes, theatergoers young and old.
Read more » Romeo and Juliet
January 09 - January 31, 2010
McGuire Proscenium Stage
The Acting Company in association with
the Guthrie Theater presents
Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Penny Metropulos
Perhaps one of Shakespeare's most widely-known works, Romeo and Juliet recounts the tragedy of star-crossed teenage love ensnared in a family feud.
Read more » Singled Out: A Festival of Emerging Artists
January 14 - January 24, 2010
Dowling Studio
The Guthrie presents
Singled Out: A Festival of Emerging Artists
curated by Benjamin McGovern
This two-week festival brings together local companies and artists to present the best work of the Twin Cities theater scene.
Read more » Macbeth
January 30 - April 03, 2010
Wurtele Thrust Stage
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling
With action that moves at the rapid pace of a thriller as the mystery of Macbeth unfolds, this tragedy reveals Shakespeare at his storytelling best.
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 Program 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-nominated 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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