Alan Alda, John Doyle, Robert Falls, Kathleen Turner, et al. Part of Geffen Playhouse’s 2011-2012 Season

The Geffen Playhouse has announced its 2011-2012 season, which will open with Kristoffer Diaz’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety, to run August 30 – October 9. Eddie Torres will direct this play about the world of professional wrestling.

Also on the Geffen’s schedule is Geoffrey Nauffts’ Next Fall (October 25 – December 4), a look at the crisis that brings together the friends and family of two very different men, to be directed by Sheryl Kaller; and Allison Engel & Margaret Engel’s portrait of a brassy, real-life Texas reporter, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins (January 3 – February 12), starring Kathleen Turner in the title role, to be directed by David Esbjornson. In addition, the Geffen will produce John Pielmeier’s The Exorcist (July 3 – August 12, 2012). John Doyle will direct this play that’s adapted from William Peter Blatty’s novel that was the basis for the classic movie thriller of the same title.

In addition to these productions, the Geffen will offer two shows at the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater in the coming year, including Beth Henley’s surreal play about a seedy motel in Jackson, MS in the early 1960s, The Jacksonian (January 31 – March 11), to be directed by Robert Falls. The other offering in this space will be Alan Alda’s Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie. Dates and a director for this latter production, and casting for the season will be announced in the near future.

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