Our 2013 Summer Season
 

Painting Churches
by Tina Howe
June 27 – July 14

Gardner and Fanny Church are preparing to move out of their Beacon Hill house to their summer cottage on Cape Cod. Gardner, once a famous poet, is now retired. He slips in and out of senility as his wife Fanny valiantly tries to keep them both afloat. They have asked their daughter, Mags, to come home and help them move. Mags agrees, for she hopes as well to finally paint their portrait. She is on the verge of artistic celebrity herself and hopes, by painting her parents, to come to terms with them and they with her.

"a theatrical family portrait that has the shimmer and depth of Renoir portraits" ~The New York Times

2:00 pm June 29, 30*; July 4, 6, 7*, 13, 14
8:00 pm June 27, 28, 29; July 3, 5, 6, 10, 11*, 12, 13

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Heroes
by Gérald Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard
July 18 – August 4

In Heroes, we meet three World War I veterans – Henri, Gustave and Phillippe – who pass their monotony-filled days in a military hospital by engaging in verbal battle of long-forgotten military campaigns, grumblings about the staff, and reflections of their lives. Their cantankerous camaraderie becomes strained when Gustave conjures up an escape plan. Looking over the cemetery to the poplars beyond, they dream of freedom. Will today be the day they finally make it to Indochina or only as far as the top of the hill?

“achingly funny, piercingly sad … wonderfully entertaining” ~Daily Telegraph

2:00 pm July 20, 21*, 27, 28*; August 3, 4
8:00 pm July 18, 19, 20, 24, 25*, 26, 27, 31; August 1*, 2, 3

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Time Stands Still
by Donald Margulies
August 8 – 25

Time Stands Still focuses on Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories and together making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life.

“smart, stylish, timely and layered with an intriguing seriousness” ~Associated Press

2:00 pm August 10, 11*, 17, 18*, 24, 25
8:00 pm August 8, 9, 10, 14, 15*, 16, 17, 21, 22*, 23, 24

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