Round House Theatre 08/09 Season

About This Show

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
World Premiere
A new play by Karen Zacarías
Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
Directed by Blake Robison
September 17 – October 12, 2008
A sexy, sensual, and wildly theatrical adaptation of Julia Alvarez’s best-selling novel by Karen Zacarías (The Book Club Play). Uprooted from their Dominican Republic home, the four Garcia sisters arrive in New York City and plunge headfirst into the American mainstream.

Alice
World Premiere
Adapted and directed by Mary Hall Surface
From the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
November 26 – December 28, 2008
Travel down the rabbit hole into a curious and curiouser new world. Ideal family entertainment, Alice will delight children with colorful escapades and characters and charm adults with Carroll’s fascinating imagery and audacious wordplay.

Eurydice
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Derek Goldman
February 4 – March 1, 2009
On the day she’s to be married, a misstep sends Eurydice plummeting into the Underworld, where she struggles to retain memories of her lost love. The New York Times hailed this Off-Broadway hit’s “warmth, humor and theatrical imagination.”

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
A play by Dale Wasserman
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Directed by Jerry Whiddon
April 1 – April 26, 2009
Playing crazy to avoid prison, the brash Randle P. McMurphy is sent to a mental hospital for evaluation. Gleefully rebellious, he wins friends among the inmates and instigates insurrections against the tyrannical Nurse Ratched.

A Sleeping Country
Area Premiere
By Melanie Marnich
Directed by Gregg Henry
May 27 – June 21, 2009
A dreamy new comedy about sleep lost and hope found. A desperate woman, certain that she has the “Worst Insomnia in the World,” travels to Venice to chase down the fabulous Countess who might hold the remedy.

Show Details

Dates: Opening Night: September 17, 2008 Final Performance: June 21, 2009