MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATRE 2008-2009 SEASON
THE FANTASTICKS
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
October 16 – November 9, 2008
Musical – The longest running musical in the world, The Fantasticks is an irresistible musical with a universal message. A boy falls in love with the girl next door until he learns that he may have been deceived! The two lovers part and set out to test the world and all it has to offer. A story of first love, lost love and eventually, true love, it will capture your heart with its beloved songs “Try to Remember” and “Soon It’s Gonna Rain.”
SKYLIGHT
by David Hare
November 20 – December 14, 2008
Drama – A young school teacher and a successful restaurateur reunite at a crossroads after years of separation – to remember and perhaps to rekindle their past affair. Recently represented on Broadway with The Vertical Hour, Hare tells this very human story with wit, empathy and a dramatic ferociousness.
A VIEW OF THE HARBOR
by Richard Dresser
January 8 – February 1, 2009
Regional Premiere – Comedy – The finale of Dresser’s trilogy on happiness in America. With wealth and access in his grasp, a young idealist has everything that the characters from Augusta and The Pursuit of Happiness covet, but he wonders what it all means. The trilogy comes full circle as he seeks happiness in the most unlikely of places.
TRANCED
by Bob Clyman
February 12 – March 8, 2009
Regional Premiere – Drama – A new thriller by the author of Secret Order. A hypnotherapist uncovers an earth-shattering travesty during sessions with an African graduate student patient. What is the truth in the shocking hypnotic revelations of his patient – and who will listen and expose an international lie?
BAD DATES
by Theresa Rebeck
March 19 – April 12, 2009
Comedy – A hip and touching comedy. Haley has a teenage daughter, a screamingly stressful job, the Romanian mob for a boss, and 500 pairs of shoes. She works her shoes, tripping through this hilarious love and fashion odyssey that has had audiences around the country rolling in the aisles!
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
by Eugene O’Neill
April 23 – May 17, 2009
Drama – An American classic about two lost souls and their touching encounter under a full moon. Fatigued with life, Josie and James struggle with dual realities in a comic and tragic encounter. It is a stark look at humanity in its basest and loveliest forms by four-time Pulitzer Prize and America’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright.
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