2008 – 2009 Mead Theatre Lab Program Season

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Summer Brew
Washington Improv Theater
June 4 – July 4, 2009
Thursday – Saturdays 8 p.m.
Friday – Saturday Late Show TBA

Washington Improv Theater’s summer run brings the unpredictable back to Penn Quarter for 5 weekends only. Come check out your favorite WIT ensemble, or see a group you’ve never seen before. More info coming soon at www.washingtonimprovtheater.com.

Out at Sea
    Written by Sławomir Mrożek
    Translated by Nicholas Bethell
    Directed by Hanna Bondarewska
    Produced by Ambassador Theater
Opening: June 16 at 8 p.m., followed by a wine reception
June 17 & 21 – 24 at 8 p.m.
June 21 at 3 p.m.
July 13 – 16 at 8 p.m.
[Pay-What-You-Can Previews: June 8 & 9 at 8:00 p.m.]
Tickets: $25 available at the door and online.

Three men find themselves on a makeshift raft in the middle of the ocean. With hunger setting in and no hope of rescue, they discuss the limited available sources of sustenance. The hilarious conversation that ensues explores the folly of human nature in all its comedy and pathos, as well as the way that class, politics, and Darwinian natural selection intrude upon even the smallest of communities. This short Polish masterpiece is a must-see for lovers of the absurd or anyone who enjoys an unconventional laugh.

What's Playing Soon

Miss Crandall's Classes
    Written by Catherine Gropper
    Starring Salome Jens, Melissa Wolff, Randolf Scott, Michael Graves
        and Latonia Phipps
    Directed by Jessica Bauman
Produced by Promise Productions
Two performances only, July 9 at 7 & 10 p.m.
Tickets: $15.00 available through DC Fringe, online or 866-811-4111

Miss Crandall decides to admit the first black girl to her all white academy and the town and history are never the same. Personal and political abolition are explored through friendship, a tumultuous marriage and ultimately the classroom of life! 85 min.

Break of Noon
    Part of Washington Stage Guild Summer Reading Series
    Written by Paul Claudel
July 12, 2009 at 2:30 & 7:00 p.m.
Free admission. RSVP to 240-582-0050 or .

Four travelers — a woman and three men who, in different ways, love her — come to the turning point that is the noon of their existence, midway through life’s journey. Each must choose a path without refusing the spiritual and ineffable challenges along the way. Claudel won the Nobel Prize for Literature during a career as poet, playwright and diplomat that included a stint here in DC as French Ambassador to the US.

* Part of the 2008 – 2009 Mead Theatre Lab Program.