Beowulf Alley Theatre Company
11 S. 6th Ave
Tucson, AZ  85701
Tickets by phone: 520-882-0555  
Administration: Phone: 520-622-4460
www.beowulfalley.org

Full Season Subscription for Two people to Beowulf Alley's 2010-2011 Main Stage Season of Five Plays

You and a friend will be able to attend all five of these wonderful plays during Beowulf Alley's 2010-2011 Season. What a great way to experience this intimate theatre and support KXCI>

Shining City by Conor McPherson
Directed by Susan Arnold
September 10-26, 2010

Shining City has been described as a "modern day ghost story about human contact." Set in a therapist's office in Dublin, the play grapples with faith, guilt and redemption, underscoring the failures of language to communicate the truth. A middle-aged man (John) who has recently seen the ghost of his deceased wife seeks professional help from a priest-turned-therapist (Ian). The travails of the guilt-ridden John offer more than professional fodder for Ian and the routine visits become a gripping struggle to survive.
 

The Transylvanian Clockworks by Don Nigro
Directed by Dave Sewell
October 22-November 7, 2010

The Transylvanian Clockworks is an investigation of the Dracula myth in a powerful, complex, darkly funny and utterly terrifying vampire play unlike any you have ever experienced. Set in London and Transylvania in 1888 the year of Jack the Ripper, it captures the erotic power and poetry of Stoker's novel while looking more deeply into the characters' souls to examine the sensual and frightening undercurrents of this captivating Victorian tale. A complex labyrinth of fear, desire, violence and lurking evil spirals into a horrific and surprising conclusion. The Transylvania Clockworks is an elegant, original, subtle, poetic and exhilarating piece of Gothic theatre. What happens when a powerfully sensual Count from the dark woods of Romania obsesses with a photograph of three alluring woman, and journeys to London where Jack the Ripper is eviscerating unaccompanied ladies? The Victorian men become threatened by his hypnotic eroticism that seems to unlace corsets.
 

Blackbird by David Harrower
Directed by Laura Lippman
December 3-19, 2010

From the time of Adam and Eve, we have been fascinated by that which is forbidden – and nothing more so than forbidden love. David Harrower's electrifying and explosive play, Blackbird, has Ray confronting his past when Una arrives unannounced at his office. Guilt and raw emotions run high as they recollect the passionate love affair they had fifteen years earlier. As tensions rise, we are left to question: When is love abuse? And can we ever break free from the shackles of the past? A hit of the Edinburgh Festival and winner of the 2007 Olivier Award and a critically acclaimed hit in New York and London, Blackbird is a provocative, no-holds-barred drama that both chills and thrills.

Contains mature themes. No one under 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian.

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Eugenia Woods
January 21-February 6, 2011

Playwright Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Orpheus lives in musical reverie, Eurydice in the intrigue of words and interesting ideas.  A victim of manipulation by the Lord of The Underworld, Eurydice dies on her wedding day.  She is reunited with her father in the Underworld, where together they struggle to recall the memory of lost love.   With characters you might meet on a NY subway, quirky plot twists, and breathtaking imagery, the play is a magical dip in the flow the unconscious.

Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Sheldon Metz
February 25-March 13, 2011

Loaded with savage irony, surreal humor and a touch of melodrama, Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane looks at the malevolence of people leading hopeless lives.

Set in 1989 in the small village of Leenane (pronounced leh-nan) in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, the play tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship set in motion a terrifying train of events.