ASOLO REP 09–10 SEASON

OCTOBER 16–30
Using the words of middle school students, Life in the Middle investigates what it means to be an adolescent in today’s world. This brand new piece of documentary theatre promises to ignite questions and create a multi-generational dialogue exploring the real life experiences of middle school students in our community and beyond. MORE...

 

 by Susan Stroman and John Weidman
OCTOBER 23–NOVEMBER 22
Winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical
Created by renowned director/choreographer Susan Stroman, Contact’s three engaging stories depict the pursuit of life’s most elemental connection with another human being: love. A major new production by Asolo Rep in collaboration with Sarasota Ballet. MORE...

 

 by Miklos Laszlo, adapted by E.P. Dowdall
DECEMBER 4–APRIL 1
A new adaptation of Parfumerie which inspired The Shop Around the Corner, You’ve Got Mail and the musical She Loves Me

Taking place during the holidays, the plot revolves around two bickering co-workers in a Budapest perfume shop, who unknowingly exchange love letters at night as anonymous pen pals. MORE...

 

 by Bertolt Brecht, translation by David Edgar
DECEMBER 11–FEBRUARY 17
Bursting with energy and filled with a complex blend of drama and biting humor, Life of Galileo investigates the ideas and ideals of science and religion, and questions the very nature of knowledge itself. MORE...

 

 by James Still
DECEMBER 18–FEBRUARY 25
Join mankind’s most famous couple! In this captivating romantic romp, partly inspired by the comic writing of Mark Twain, the world’s first lovers meet in paradise – and everything goes downhill from there. MORE...

 by Willy Holtzman
JANUARY 22–APRIL 11
Willy Holzman bases this frank and often bittersweet play on his father’s experiences as a Jewish-American soldier in World War II. As adults, and supposedly hardened war veterans, Donald Waldman and his friends get together to play cards and reminisce. MORE...

 

  by Janece Shaffer
MARCH 12–APRIL 18
A hilarious look at love in the “Golden Years”
All great love feels like young love. Whatever your age, the giddy discovery, the unexpected rush, the surprising insecurity and the soaring euphoria leave you breathless and exhilarated. MORE...

 

 by Jason Robert Brown
JANUARY 21–FEBRUARY 28
The thrill of first love is universal. But most of us have also known heartbreak. The Last Five Years, an emotionally powerful and intimate musical from Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, lets us feel both at once. MORE...

 

conceived and developed by Lynnette Barkley and Christopher McGovern,
book/original song/arrangements by Christopher McGovern
MAY 7–30
A celebration of the remarkable life and times of the multi-talented entertainment dynamo Ginger Rogers. MORE...