Guthrie Theater Announces 2009-2010 Season

The Guthrie Theatre will present 21 productions during its 2009-2010 season.

The offerings will include the Kneehigh Theatre’s acclaimed production of Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter; two works by David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly and Yellow Face; Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet; Rebecca Gilman’s Dollhouse; Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest; Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce; Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire; Brian Friel’s Faith Healer; and the musical Ella, starring Tina Fabrique as Ella Fitzgerald.

In addition, the theater will present a filmed presentation of The National Theatre’s production of Racine’s Phedre, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper, and Margaret Tyzack, in July on the McGuire Stage.

For more information, call 612-377-2224 or visit www.guthrietheater.org.