[Vision2020] Press Release: Sirius Idaho Theatre 2005-06 Season

[John Dickinson]

Visionaries- 

Below is a press release about the 2005-06 season of plays produced by
Sirius Idaho Theatre <www.siriusidahotheatre.com>. The season begins with
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh which runs September 8-10 and
15-17, 2005. We are enthusiastic about this season and want to share this
news with you and those with whom you communicate.

John Dickinson
Chair, Board of Directors
Sirius Idaho Theatre

 

 

For immediate release - August 15, 2005

Contact: Pam Palmer, Managing Artistic Director  ppalmer at moscow.com
208-596-2270

 

Sirius Idaho Theatre announces a season full of powerful and entertaining
plays, with three productions scheduled at the Kenworthy Performing Arts
Centre in Moscow and two staged readings of plays at special locations.  -
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, by Martin McDonagh, The Guys, by Anne Nelson
(staged reading), Sight Unseen, by Donald Margulies, A Walk in the Woods, by
Lee Blessing, and Collected Stories, by Donald Margulies (staged reading).

 

While the premiere season of Sirius Idaho Theatre focused on new plays
(Pyretown by John Belluso and Random Acts of Love by Bruce Gooch), the
second season is filled with award winning plays from New York and London.

 

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, by Martin McDonagh

September 8 - 10 & 15 -17, 2005 at 7:30 pm, and Saturday matinees September
10 & 17 at 2:00 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.

 

Set in rural, western Ireland, McDonagh's story is disturbingly moving, yet
extraordinarily funny and suspenseful. The Broadway production won four Tony
awards in 1998. This production is directed by Forrest Sears. The cast
includes: Pam Palmer, Valerie McIlroy, Peter Aylward, and Michael Carpenter.

 

The Guys, by Anne Nelson (staged reading)

October 14 & 15, 2005 at 7:30 pm, at the Moscow downtown Fire Station.

 

This poignant play, based on a true story of firefighters, will be performed
during Fire Prevention Week at Moscow's historic downtown fire station as a
fundraiser for the Moscow Volunteer Fire Department. In New York, this
production began with Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver and tells a story
about the men and women who protect us with their lives. (A staged reading
is a production that uses minimal sets, costumes and movement.)

 

Sight Unseen, by Donald Margulies

February 2 - 4 & 9 -11, 2006 at 7:30 pm and Saturday matinees February 4 &
11 at 2:00 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.

 

This intriguing play offers a glimpse into the energies necessary to create
great works of art and also urges us to question how people and
circumstances in our lives nourish or inhibit love. This play won the Obie
award for Best New American Play in 1992.

 

A Walk in the Woods, by Lee Blessing

April 7 - 8 & 14 - 15, 2006 at 7:30 pm and Saturday matinees April 8 & 15 at
2:00 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.

 

With the cold war decades behind us, this timely play follows the
differences dividing two arms negotiators while we look for the humanity
that binds them, and us, together. This play was nominated for both the Tony
Award and Pulitzer Prize in 1988.

 

Collected Stories, by Donald Margulies (staged reading)

Date and Location to be announced

This complex play chronicles the conflict between a celebrated short-story
writer and "her student turned confidante turned competitor." It
investigates aspects of plagiarism and student-teacher relationships. This
reading is being planned in conjunction with the University of Idaho English
Department.

 

This engaging and exciting second season with Sirius Idaho Theatre is full
of award winning plays that you will not want to miss. Support and insure
the continuation of riveting theatre by purchasing tickets soon. For more
information, visit www.SiriusIdahoTheatre.com
<http://www.SiriusIdahoTheatre.com/>  or stop by Moscow's Farmers' Market.

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