2008-2009 Season...
Real Life Stories of the F.I.B., the Fraudulent Identity Bureau
Join us as we explore three stories of mistaken, assumed and fraudulent identities and the confusion, corruption and controversy that comes with each.
It's all in a day's work at the Journeymen Theater Fraudulent Identity Bureau - in residence all year at Church Street Theater, 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC
As American As
By Ken Prestininzi
Directed by Shirley Serotsky
October 22-November 15, 2008
The war comes home to middle America when the Penini's basement is transformed
into a black-site where a hooded man is interrogated by two men named Frank.
How far would you go to save your only son?
The Inspector General
By Nikolai Gogol
Directed by Kathleen Akerley
February 4-28, 2009
This famous ensemble comedy by Nikolai Gogol plays out in a backwater Russian
village, where government leaders and local cronies are willing to give a
visiting official money, women, and whatever else he wants—just as long as he
gives them a good report. But are they even greasing the right man's palms?
Packed with sizzling scandal, local flavor, and politicians behaving very, very
badly, The Government Inspector could easily be set here in Washington, DC.
Tartuffe
By Moliere
Directed by Karl Kippola
May 20-June 13, 2009
The wealthy Orgon has fallen under the spell of Tartuffe and refuses to see
what's as plain as the nose on his face: beneath a pious facade, Tartuffe is an
imposter- a grasping schemer intent on the family's fortune and their daughter's
hand in marriage. Will he be rewarded with riches, or will the hypocrite get the
comeuppance he richly deserves?
Molière's savagely brilliant comedy has seduced audiences for nearly 350 years with an engine driven by secrets, scandals and lies, Tartuffe remains as
wickedly pointed as when it first played in 1664.
Other events...
Third Annual Capital Fringe Festival
July 10-27, 2008
Ball and Chain
Directed by John Michael McDonald
Featurting: Krista Cowan and Tyson Slocum
We have asked for the submission of original 10 minutes plays from local playwrights that address the aforementioned topic. The show will include the “winners” of this search and will be augmented by who knows what to create a fun-filled evening sure to entertain. The Fringe Festival is our chance (and we take it) to play and take great artistic risks!
| Where: | The Universe — Universalist National Memorial Church 1810 16th Street NW, Washington DC |
| When: | July 16 @ 7:00 p.m. July 19 @ 9:30 p.m. July 24 @ 8:45 p.m. |
July 18 @ 9:30 p.m July 23 @ 9:00 p.m. July 26 @ 1:00 p.m. |
The Kennedy Center Annual Page-to-Stage Festival
August 30, 2008
A Delicate People
By Jacqueline E. Lawton
Directed by Deborah Kirby
Location: Terrace Theater
Time: 7:30pm
A Delicate People is a play about faith and homosexuality. This heartbreaking, lyrical, passionate, and uncompromising story is a meditation on love and the sacrifices made to protect those we hold most dear.
The Faithful
by Scott Organ
Director by Andy Wassenich
Location: Terrace Theater
Time: 5:00pm
David is a former minister who tells people his wife is dead. Kate was a child bride who is leaving the safety of her "family" behind. Alan took a fall and thinks he's seen God. The Faithful is a play about life and love and the loss of both; and the walls and shelters, both real and imagined, we build to protect ourselves from harsh realities. What happens when something, or someone knocks the walls down?
Saturday Readings
Second Saturday of every month from
10:00am - 1:00pm
Read through new plays with actors, directors, and playwrights
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