FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 10, 2009
Contact: ccahoon@tkapow.com
Theatre KAPOW announces 2009-2010 Season
Theatre KAPOW’s second season will feature the works of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights.
The 2009-2010 season opens September 11 & 12 with the titillating pairing of The Lover by Harold Pinter and The Problem by A.R. Gurney Jr. Both shows tell stories of the complicated and humorous things husbands and wives do to keep their marriages alive. Pinter’s The Lover is a subtle blending of artful nuance, veiled menace and zany humor, and a wonderful example of why this British playwright was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2005. The play explores the repercussions when dull domesticity and sexual fantasy collide. A.R. Gurney’s The Problem is a shrewd, surprising, and hilarious American take on a similar theme.
In October, tKAPOW presents an adaptation of works by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, written and newly revised by one of the company’s founding members, Brian Kennedy. Alone: Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe includes such gothic classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Cask of Amontillado, as well as the poems The Raven and Annabel Lee. “The dark intensity of his work, the strength of his literary voice, lends itself to dramatization - the vividness of his imagery is undeniable,” said Kennedy.
February 26 & 27, tKAPOW will present 3+ One Acts, an evening of comedies by David Lindsay-Abaire, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007. Three of the short plays in this collection (Crazy Eights, Baby Food, and That Other Person) were all originally written as part of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, an annual benefit in which one acts are written, cast, directed and performed in less than a day. Together, they make for a raucous, foot-stomping evening which redefines fresh. An added bonus for the evening is Lindsay-Abaire’s hilarious monologue, The History Lesson. It's Maggie's last day as a park ranger at Mount Rushmore, and the audience is in for a tour they’ll never forget.
The season finale, running May 14 & 15, is David Mamet’s Oleanna, the gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students. Mamet, known for his clever, terse and witty dialogue, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1984.
Remarking on the season, tKAPOW President Matthew Cahoon said, “It is very exciting to follow-up our inaugural season with such a selection of strong shows. In many ways, these works are great examples of what it is that Theatre KAPOW is all about. I am confident that the quality of these works will inspire and challenge both our artists and our audiences."
Theatre KAPOW performs regularly at the Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire. Tickets range from $12 to $15. For more information or for tickets, please visit www.tkapow.com.
About Theatre KAPOW
Theatre KAPOW explores the truths of human experience through the passion and electricity of live theatre performed to the highest standards of excellence. tKAPOW produces the best dramatic works from across ages and cultures to inspire and challenge both artist and audience.
Theatre KAPOW opened its inaugural season in September 2008 with a near-sell out run of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie. The group premiered an original performance piece, But O How Fall’n: Selected Works of John Milton in November 2008 at Saint Anselm College. In February, tKAPOW presented David Ives’ comedy All in the Timing to capacity houses. Their first season closed with Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer prize-winning How I Learned to Drive. Theatre KAPOW is a 501(c) 3 non profit organization.