Hangar Theatre - Ithaca, New York - 2008 Mainstage Season

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2008 Mainstage Season

Full-scale musicals, beloved classics, comedies, dramas and world premieres of new plays. The Hangar's Mainstage presents five fabulous shows every summer!

June 4 - June 14
The Overwhelming by J.T. Rogers

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Set in Rwanda in 1994, The Overwhelming tells the chilling tale of an American professor who unwittingly takes his family on a trip to Rwanda in the weeks leading up to the genocide. Intended as a reunion with an old college friend, the visit spirals quickly into chaos, duplicity, and tragedy as Rwanda descends into the maelstrom of a bloody civil war. Dramatic storytelling at its very best, this gripping play will be directed by Robert Moss.

“Smart, complacency-rattling drama.” Time-Out Magazine

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June 18 - June 28
No Child… by Nilaja Sun
A gifted young African-American actor, Nilaja Sun worked as a teaching artist in a tough Bronx high school, directing students in a play about life in prison. At times funny, at other times sad and deeply moving, "No Child…" dramatizes her experience through a bravura one-person performance. Insightfully directed by Wendy Dann, the play offers a complex and troubling alternative to the simple, sweeping policies of "No Child Left Behind." In the words of playwright Nilaja Sun, "I created this piece to be a snapshot from the trenches, something entertaining and provocative that'll get people talking about the state of our public schools."

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June 25 - July 5
Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck
Cheerful, quirky, and resilient Haley has escaped a bad marriage and an ugly life in Texas to create a life in Manhattan with her daughter. Her job as a waitress has evolved into management of a restaurant that becomes suddenly stylish when it receives a glowing review in the New York Times. Her daughter has hit adolescence. It’s time to give men another chance. As we laugh uproariously, Haley goes on one bad date after another, working her way through her huge collection of shoes, reporting in hilarious detail each catastrophic encounter. And just when someone genuinely interesting comes into her life, the Romanian mobsters who own the restaurant she manages threaten to turn it all upside down! Bad Dates is a romantic comedy sure to delight Hangar audiences…and their dates.

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT: Bad Dates is not a part of subscription packages.

For tickets call the Ticket Center at Clinton House at (607)273-4497 Subscribers can buy tickets early, during Subscriber Exchange Week from April 24 to May 1 and receive their subscriber discount.

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July 10 - July 26
Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
musical director: John Bell

From the team who brought us the beloved musicals Carousel, The King and I, and The Sound of Music comes the first of their Broadway hits - a treasure of the American theatre and the longest running Broadway musical of its time. It’s the Wild West of the Oklahoma territory, where life is ungoverned and unpredictable, and cowboys and farmers are in spirited competition for the land. In this setting we meet two such men, Jud and Curly, and the woman they both love. The hit songs from Oklahoma! are among the most popular of our musical heritage: Oklahoma!, Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’, and People Will Say We’re in Love. Broadway director Dan Knechtges will bring a fresh energy to this time-honored classic that the entire family will love!

Winner of a special Pulitzer Prize, an honorary Grammy, and a special Tony Award.

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July 30 - August 9
The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge
Set in a remote village in Ireland’s County Mayo, The Playboy of the Western World is a great classic Irish comedy and the most famous play ever produced by the Irish National Theatre. On the run after murdering his father, Christy Mahon seeks refuge in Michael Flaherty’s pub. There he meets and enchants Flaherty’s daughter, Pegeen, much to the dismay of her fiancé. But there is more to Christy’s story than meets the eye and a surprise visitor sets the stage for a hilarious and shocking turn of events. A comedic masterpiece directed by Robert Moss.

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August 14 - August 30
Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell
From the generation of rock musicals that came of age in the time of Rent, Hedwig and the Angry Inch takes us into the down and dirty rock cafés of Berlin following the fall of the Wall. Here we meet Hedwig, whose glittery gender is as ambiguous as the future of the city that bore her. She and her band, The Angry Inch, rock the theatre to its very foundations as Hedwig finally comes to accept that she is -- as we all are -- male, female, and human. This show will take your breath away… it’s funny, raucous, touching, and a rousing end to the Hangar’s 34th season. A smash-hit with a two-year run in New York City, the Hangar production will be directed by Michael Donald Edwards, Artistic Director of the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota.

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