Signature Season Subscription Renewal 09-10

Announcing Barksdale’s 2009-2010 Season!

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Co-produced with the Latin Ballet of Virginia

September 18 – October 25, 2009

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Music and lyrics by William FinnBook by Rachel SheinkinNovember 20, 2009 – January 17, 2010

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By Frank Galati; Adapted from the novel by John SteinbeckPart of the Acts of Faith Festival

Co-produced with Theatre VCU

February 12 – March 21, 2010

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By Mark TwainAdapted by David IvesApril 16 – May 23

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Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIBook by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

Co-produced with Theatre IV

Presented at the Empire Theatre June 4 – July 3

Thank you!

Barksdale Theatre is proud to be Central Virginia’s leading professional theatre and to have thelargest and most vibrant subscriber base in Richmond. With your support as a season subscrib-er we continue to thrive. This year we’ve planned an ambitious season of musicals, dramas andcomidies. And through partnerships with some of Richmond’s leading arts organizations we areable to present you the higest quality professional theatre at affordable prices.

Join us again for a season that’s sure to dazzle!

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Renew by August 2nd to keep your seats.

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Renew your current subscription today, and keep the same series and seats. Or, choose a new series,and lock in the best seats. Choose either a Signature or Super Saver subscription. Renew by July 21,2008 to keep your current seats or to have priority seating in any new series you choose.

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$144 (Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm)

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$125 (Wednesdays at 2 & 8pm, Thursdays at 8pm and Saturdays at 2pm)

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Create your own subscription! Your Passport Subscription contains 10 coupons - each good for 1 seatto any of our Signature Season productions, or any Barksdale production at Hanover Tavern. Usethem in any combination and create your own package.Passport Subscriptions - $320 (Includes 10 coupons to use for 10 seats to any Barksdale show.)

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About the Shows

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Playwright José Rivera, the Academy Award nominated screenwriter of

The Motorcycle Diaries

, revisits his na-tive Puerto Rico in an exploration of love and marriage that reverberates with the passion of Latin love songs.Romance and humor collide in this play with dance that critics call “Magical! An enchanting production thatsizzles with passion. José Rivera has penned a heartfelt ode to true love.” — Metro (Boston)

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This tuneful, offbeat Tony Award-winning musical is a bonade crowd pleaser that’s chock-full of overachiev

-ers’ angst, bizarre and multi-syllabic words, romance and cliff hanging suspense! The heady scent of competi-tion is in the air as six deliciously geeky, philologically industrious young students take part in one of the great-est events of their lives - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. “Can you spell i-r-r-e-s-i-s-t-i-b-l-e? Ariotously funny and entirely adorable new musical” - New York Times

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Winner of the Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, the story of the Joad family and their ight from

the dust bowl of Oklahoma is familiar to all. The play stays true to Steinbeck’s novel and remains a soaring and

deeply moving afrmation of the indomitability of the human spirit, and of the essential goodness and strength

which—then as now—resides in the hearts and minds of the “common man,” throughout the world. “A thrill-ing theatrical achievement that gets its power from the still sharp relevance of its human message…” —NY Post

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Straight from Broadway, this recently discovered comedy by America’s master satirist, Mark Twain, combineshumorous mistaken identity with Twain’s unique point-of-view on the absurdity of the human condition. Asa riotous scheme unfolds, Twain poses daring questions about fame, greed and the value of art, while pokinghis signature, mischievous fun at everyone involved. “This glittering production is just plain hilarious.!” The Journal News

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This timeless classic features such musical favorites as “My Favorite Things,” “Do, Re, Mi,” “Edelweiss,”“Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” and, of course “The Sound of Music.” “Reminds us that there is still joy to be found

in the simplest things. The hills truly are alive. Just the ticket for these difcult times.” -Q107

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This warm-hearted comedy tells the story of the surprising friendship that grows between the tenacious DaisyWerthan, an independent Jewish widow, and Hoke, the soft-spoken black chaffeur hired by her son after she

crashes another car. At rst, stubbornness and cultural prejudices cause much friction, but Daisy, Hoke and her

son, Boolie, grow over the span of 25 years, during the tidal waves of change in the American South.