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2006-2007 Season
Timberlake Wertenbaker's brain-teasing play addresses the ruling metaphor of our times: the survival of the fittest. Set in two distinct periods, After Darwin follows Charles Darwin traveling aboard the 'Beagle' with Robert FitzRoy into uncharted waters off the coast of South America and then, hundreds of years later, Millie, Ian and Tom as they recreate a stage version of Darwin's travels. During their staging, they uncover the polarities both in and between their own lives. A rich, absorbing piece that tackles the issue of evolution, and how we live with one another in a world where, for many, "belief" has been replaced by a void. Featuring: Grady Weatherford, Eric Messner, Elizabeth Richards, Dallas Miller.
Featuring: Jim Zadar, JJ Area, Sean McCoy, Becky Peters, Scott McCormick, Josh Drew, and Andy Brownstein
When one of the few African American students at liberal Belmont College begins receiving hate mail, the campus erupts, first with shock, then with mutual recrimination as faculty and students alike try to prove their own tolerance by condemning one another. At the center of this maelstrom is Sarah Daniels, the dean of students. As the administration sponsors public "race forums" and the students start their activist groups, Sarah is forced to explore her own feelings of racism. Her self-examination leads to some surprising discoveries and painful insights, the consequences of which even she can't predict. Featuring: Maura McGinn, Jim Jorgensen, Cesar Guadamuz, Deborah Kirby, Steve Beall, and David Drake
An adventurous odyssey in which a solitary, middle-aged Englishwoman and her strange cargo set off across the high seas to The Colonies, carrying out a mission which grows more mysterious and more personal with every league traveled. Featuring: Ellen Young, James Whalen, Scott McCormick, Matt Dunphy, Manolo Santalla, Nick Greek, Jennica Nishida, and Joseph W. Lane, and Heather Gaither
This world premiere was part of the Capital Fringe Festival. Adapted from Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener”, Bartleby tells the tale of an office disrupted by an employee who refuses to conform. This stylized, anachronistic piece blends elements of the last three centuries with snappy dialogue and movement interludes. The conclusion and ultimate destruction of Bartleby intones an ominous warning about society’s reception to nonconformity. Featuring: Cecil Baldwin, Mary C. Davis, Laura Dunlop, Tiffany Fillmore, Stephen Lopez, Eric Messner, Dallas Miller, Jennica Nishida, Becky Peters, Theodore Snead, and Yasmin Tuazon 2005-2006 SEASON[back to top]
April 14 - May 6, 2006 Manicures and Monuments, winner of Best New Play, 1995/1996 from the Dallas Theater Critic Forum, completes season two. Set in a nursing home in Oklahoma, Manicures and Monuments is the story of a young woman, Janann, who as a volunteer at the local nursing home as part of her manicurist training, meets and clashes with Lucinda, an abusive, retired Army nurse. The sparks fly as both women come to understand one another and build a lasting and timeless friendship. Manicures and Monuments is directed by JTE Artistic Director Deborah Kirby and features Tiffany Fillmore as Janann. Featuring: Tiffany Fillmore, Marilyn Bennett, Glee Murray, Sarah Melinda, Charlene James-Duguid, Manolo Santalla, Zuanna Sherman, and J.P. Illarramendi
The Washington Premiere of An Experiment With An Air Pump by Shelagh Stephenson (Memory of Water) is a daring and darkly humorous play about the past and future of science and society. The story unfolds on the eve of two new millennia in 1799 and 1999. Using Joseph Wright's painting entitled "Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump" as a backdrop, the play juxtaposes the lives of two families in societies on the brink of major change. Stephenson's play is a fascinating insight into the moral dilemmas that accompany scientific progress. Featuring: Becky Peters, Matt Dunphy, Andy Brownstein, Lindsay Allen, Bette Cassatt, Tara Garwood, and Michael Paelantonio
The Boys Next Door is a brilliant example of ensemble theatre as it addresses the struggles of mainstreaming mentally challenged individuals into society. It also presents a remarkably vivid portrait of the world in which many mentally handicapped adults live and function. Featuring: Deborah Kirby, Cecil Baldwin, Don Prather, Dallas Miller, Michael Propster, Al Twanmo, Becky Peters, Barry Abrams, and Aniko Olah
CROATOAN "Croatoan" is a fractured Southern gothic about the spaces between American myth and memory. Trudy Wutherford and her daughter, Zoe, were abandoned by her husband years ago. The only item he left behind was a postcard with the word "CROATOAN" written on it. On the eve of an impending hurricane a cagey young Bible salesman appears on their doorstep with clues to the missing man's whereabouts and a very personal agenda. Featuring: Silvia Roldan Dohi, Lauren Whitley, Dwayne Thomas, Clay Steakly, Gus Demos, and Tiffany Fillmore 2004-2005 SEASON[back to top]
Ty is the handsome darling of the New York Arts scene and Donna is a midwestern divorced mom in a custody battle. Ty and Donna couldn't be less alike, except that they are both in rehab as a last ditch effort to salvage their lives. In a series of laugh-out-loud scenes, Ty and Donna support and complicate each other's recovery. A great, no-preaching, play for people in recovery and a clear snap shot for people who want to understand them. Featuring: Cecil Baldwin and Deborah Kirby
Dietz describes his play as growing from "a scene in which two lovers fail to speak the truth. And, like a lie, the play grew. The play began to go to greater and greater lengths to keep its own deceit afloat. It took my sense of structure for a ride and built a web of such complexity that clarity (a.k.a., 'truth') was rendered virtually impossible." Private Eyes is a dark comedy about a married couple, Lisa and Matthew, who star in a play together. Matthew suspects Lisa of being unfaithful with the director Adrian, though perhaps the affair is just part of the play being rehearsed. The audience plays the role of detective in this intricate, compelling play that asks bare questions about truth, fidelity, and love. Private Eyes weaves together the stories of lives that intersect by chance and choice, exposing the thread that holds relationships together or tears them apart. Private Eyes is not only a smart comedy, but a wonderfully complex and heartfelt examination of love, fidelity, and honesty. It is cruel yet funny, infuriating yet blissful, cynical yet idealistic--all the things that love can be. This is a comedy that pulls no punches. Featuring: Tiffany Fillmore, Deryl Davis, Chad Tyler, Elizabeth Darby and Chris Poverman
The play was written near the end of the fifteenth century and is the best surviving example of the Medieval drama known as the morality play. The moralities employed allegory to dramatize the moral struggle within each individual. Death appears unexpectedly in Everyman, suggesting that one should always be prepared at anytime to die. The play centers around Everyman's plea for companionship on his journey to his grave. The characters are not real people but personified ideas, such as Goods, Confession, and Strength, which the main character tries desperately to bring with him on his journey. In light of the current world events, Journeymen Theater has decided that this play is the best way to begin its journey and illuminate its mission and passion for the amazing possibilities that reside within the world of the theater. Featuring: Chris Batchelder, Evie Abat, Tiffany Fillmore, Jon Reynolds, Jay Hardee, Katya Falikova, Gabriel Hudson, and Sarah Bever |
After Darwin
The Christmas Foundling
Spinning into Butter
Bartleby
Manicures & Monuments
An Experiment with an Air Pump
The Boys Next Door
Colorado Catechism
Private Eyes 
Everyman 
