Project #1: Genres

Seattle Professional Theatre: Intiman Theatre

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne adapted by Naomi Iizuka (will be produced 2010)

"Originally written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850, this American romance…"

http://www.intiman.org/2010season/scarlet/

“Drama”

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1090

A Doctor In Spite Of Himself by Moliere (will be produced in 2010)

"A Doctor" combines wicked satire with the virtuosic playfulness of Commedia dell'Arte."

http://www.intiman.org/2010season/doctor/

"This ribald comedy"

http://www.curtainup.com/doctorinspiteofhimself.html

Ruined by Lynn Nottage (will be produced in 2010)

"Ruined…is a stirring, complex drama"

http://www.intiman.org/2010season/ruined/

“Ruined is a swift, urgent, and cannily plotted melodrama”

http://criticometer.blogspot.com/2009/02/ruined.html

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes (produced in 2009)

"Langston Hughes's free-flowing musical"

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/18/nyregion/theater-in-review-rousing-foot-stomping-black-nativity.html

"As they do, they succeed at blurring the lines between musical revue, floor show, and revival meeting."

http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/12-2007/black-nativity_12245.html

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (produced in 2009)

“Drama”

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/7036

“Tragic, compassionate memoir”

https://lyricstage.com/main_stage/the_year_of_magical_thinking/

Othello by William Shakespeare (produced in 2009)

“Shakespeare’s great tragedy”

http://www.curtainup.com/othellonewaud09.html

“Shakespeare’s drama”

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review_Othello_Is_Life_Worth_Living_20090928

A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner (produced in 2009)

“Comedy”

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/893

“Gardner’s precious, middle-of-the-road comedy”

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/12/theater/theater-review-back-when-oddballs-roamed-the-earth.html

Crime and Punishment adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus (produced in 2009)

“Full length, Drama”

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/6088

“Portrayed by only three actors, this morality tale…”

http://seattle.broadwayworld.com/article/Intimans_Crime_and_Punishment_keeps_the_audience_thinking_and_talking_20090406

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (produced in 2008)

“Drama”

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/5209

“Tennessee Williams’ acclaimed melodrama”

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/streetcar_11-11a.html

The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (produced in 2008)

“Drama”

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/5278

“While the play is a tragedy…”

http://www.curtainup.com/annfrank.html

Seattle Academic Theatre: University of Washington

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (will be produced in 2010)

“Comedy”

http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-07-29/entertainment/17217329_1_fairies-shakespeare-santa-cruz-festival-glen

“Midsummer is a complex farce”

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream.htm

Bat Boy: The Musical by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming (will be produced in 2010)

“Bat Boy is a quirky, tragic-comedy”

http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/performances/index.shtml

“Comedy. Musical”

http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3013

Translations by Brian Friel (will be produced in 2010)

“Drama”

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1753

“Still, though the play is a tragedy…”

http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/tran-rev.html

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis (currently in production)

“Drama”

http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3629

“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, a 2005 trial drama/comedy/fantasy”

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-01-07/things-to-do/theater-things-to-do/2010-theater-preview-plus-judas-iscariot-review-news

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera (produced in 2009)

“…the whimsical yet absorbing romantic drama…”

http://www.rorschachtheatre.com/default.aspx?webpage=dali

“Jose Rivera’s surreal romance”

http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/ref.htm

The Two Orphans by Adolphe D'Ennery and Eugene Cormon (produced in 2009)

“The melodrama is an actor-driven style.”

http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/performances/docs/programs/2008-09_TwoOrphans.pdf

“Drama”

http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=8962

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (produced in 2009)

“a romantic comedy…”

http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/performances/docs/programs/2008-09_BlitheSpirit.pdf

“An improbable farce”

http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?ID=482340

Big Love by Charles Mee (produced in 2009)

“Comedies and romances”

http://www.panix.com/userdirs/meejr/html/plays.html

“In this serious farce”

http://chancetheater.com/season_2005/4b_love/press.php

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (produced in 2008)

“Shakespeare’s romantic comedy”

http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/theater/reviews/26night.html

“Shakespeare’s gender-bending, romantic farce”

http://www.raleighlittletheatre.org/press/060407-twelfthnight.html

The Misanthrope by Jean Baptiste Moliere (produced in 2008)

“Comedy”

http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1607

“Moliere’s comedy of manners”

http://www.curtainup.com/misanthropelon09.html