THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

September 10 - October 3, 2010

A World Premiere play by Donna Hoke - Directed by Scott Behrend

(New Play workshop Selection)

What happens on Grand Island doesn't always stay on Grand Island. When suburbanites Sadie and Vance try to remedy their marriage by hooking up with the swinging-savvy Janet and Rich, all four find that nothing - even chocolate - is as simple as it seems. This sexy, adult comedy asks: Can marriage survive a night with The Couple Next Door? And will there be awkwardness at the mailbox the morning after?

ANTONY & CLEOPATRA

Oct. 22 - Nov. 14, 2010

By William Shakespeare
World Premiere Adaptation by Jon Elston - Directed by Scott Behrend

When military hero Mark Antony meets the beautiful Queen of Egypt, the sparks of their attraction ignite a tempestuous affair of legendary proportions. The affair puts them at odds with Octavius Caesar, Antony’s possessive partner in the triumvirate and threatens to destroy the entire Roman Empire. Jon Elston offers a sharp, contemporary vision of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar sequel -- an immortal tale of obsession, intrigue, valor, betrayal, and tragic love, a true classic that hasn’t been produced in Buffalo for over fifty years.

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
The music of Vince Guaraldi

November 26 – December 19, 2010

Directed by Doug Weyand

Back by popular demand! 2009’s holiday hit, A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Music Of Vince Guaraldi, was a delightful fusion of live music, dance, nostalgia, and humor. This year, the effervescent Bonnie Jean Taylor returns with a few new surprises, but all the classic Peanuts-flavored holiday good cheer that you know and love.

BITCH BARES ALL

January 28 - February 13, 2011

A world premiere play by Lisa Vitrano - Directed by Kristen Tripp-Kelley

She’s sixteen, she’s pregnant, and she’s one more lecture-by-Mom away from totally freaking out about it. RLTP Resident Actress Lisa Vitrano debuts her one-woman show weaving theatre and poetry together into a brave, touching, and funny autobiographical journey of self-discovery and motherhood.

SCREEN PLAY

March 4 - March 27, 2011

By A.R. Gurney - Directed by Scott Behrend

(year 2 of 3-year A.R. Gurney Retrospective)

From the author of 2010’s smash hit comedy, A Light Lunch. Flash-forward to 2025: Everybody comes to Nick’s, WNY’s hottest nightclub, where persecuted liberals make the mad dash to freedom across the northern border. David Hayes (Light Lunch) returns in a wry political satire that turns Casablanca on its head, with a Buffalo-flavored twist.

THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT

April 22 - May 22, 2011

By Stephen Adly Guirgis - Directed by Scott Behrend
Starring Broadway Veteran Stephen McKinley Henderson

(American Theatre Master Series)

On the docket: the case of history’s most vilified traitor. Character witnesses include Pontius Pilate, Mary Magdalene, Satan, Sigmund Freud, Mother Theresa, an assortment of saints, and the victim, Jesus Christ. At stake: the fate of Judas Iscariot’s immortal soul. RLTP’s American Theatre Master selection is a hilarious, incendiary, and ultimately thought-provoking masterpiece of modern drama by playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (Jesus Hopped The “A” Train). Featuring Stephen McKinley Henderson, star of the original Off-Broadway world premiere production, supported by an amazing ensemble.

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