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2009 - 2010 Season is Announced!

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is proud to announce its 15th Anniversary Season!

          Killers and Other Family by Lucy Thurber
          directed by Caitriona McLaughlin
          September 17th to October 11th

          Post No Bills by Mando Alvarado
          directed by Michael Ray Escamilla
          November 11th to December 13th

          Blind by Craig Wright
          directed by Lucie Tiberghien
          February 18th to March 21st

          The Aliens by Annie Baker
          directed by Sam Gold
          April 14th to May 29rd

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Lucy Thurber

KILLERS AND OTHER FAMILY

September 17 – October 11

Just when Elizabeth thinks she has finally escaped her previous life, that life comes crashing back in when her brother and his best friend show up, on the run, demanding she hide them. Their arrival forces Elizabeth to confront her past truly, pushing her into a waking nightmare in which fears and memories become all too real. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater revisits this play first produced in 2001. Ms. Thurber’s other plays include Stay and Where We’re Born (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) as well as Scarcity, Ashville, Monstrosity and numerous others.

Mando Alvarado

POST NO BILLS

November 11 – December 13

Fleeing the Texas border town where she grew up, Reyna arrives alone in the Big City. Esteban, an over-the-hill Tex Mex guitar player, takes her under his wing. She learns that love is violent, friendship is painful, and the truest music comes from the depths of your soul. Post No Bills is a funny, poignant glimpse at the people we pass by every day. Mr. Alvarado’s play, Throat, recently had a successful run at INTAR this past season, and he is about to release his first film, Cruzando.

Craig Wright

BLIND

February 18 – March 21

In this contemporary re-telling of Oedipus, a married couple slowly re-discovers the secret they thought they had buried deep within the cavities of their unconscious. BLIND explores the blindness of two individuals but also the blindness of a culture that now must confront its own folly. Mr. Wright is best known for his plays: The Pavillion and Lady (both at Rattlestick with Drama Desk Nominations for Outstanding Play). He also wrote and produced the television show, Dirty Sexy Money.

Annie Baker

THE ALIENS

April 14 – May 29

Two angry young men sit outside a Vermont coffee shop and discuss music and Bukowski. When a lonely high school student arrives on the scene, they decide to teach him everything they know. A play with music and shrooms. Miss Baker’s first play, Body Awareness, concluded its run this past season (Atlantic Theater Company). Another of her plays, Circle Mirror Transformation, will be produced this fall at Playwrights Horizons.

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