THE CIRCLE by SOMERSET MAUGHAM

April 28 - May 27

Directed by Wendy Cohen

W. Somerset Maugham's most popular comedy, The Circle, a wise and witty satire concerning marriage, infidelity, and the battle between passion and practicality. First produced in 1921 and in 1998 named among the 100 most significant plays of the 20th century in a National Theatre poll, The Circle captures the poise of high society in the 1920s. Thirty years before, the fresh-faced and vivacious Lady Kitty abandoned both her politician husband and her young son Arnold for a scandalous life with her husband's best friend, Lord Porteous. Three decades later, the still vivacious though not as fresh-faced Kitty returns to confront the family she long-ago abandoned, and a new scandal when a charming houseguest threatens to take Arnold's own wife, Elizabeth, from him. Will the new couple be influenced by Kitty's wicked example? Or will practicality trump passion once and for all?

Upcoming Productions

PICASSO, An Original Play by DOLORES BECKER TROST

June 2 - June 17

Written & Directed by Dolores Becker Trost

Edward Duncan, a young photo journalist, knocks on the door of the famous Pablo Picasso hoping to get a story. Without an appointment or an introducton he has a 100% chance of getting the door slamned in his face. Luck smiles. He gets his story: Pablo’s baptisim, his rebellious childhood years, skipping school to sketch his fathers pigeons, Pablo’s years of studying classical art only to embrace the birth of modernisim, Pablo the father of cubisim, the women he loved and the war torn years of Europe. Pablo Picasso a big life, a long life, a life fully explored. Love or hate his art, Pablo Picasso cannot be ignored.