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Summer
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the conversations continue... |
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SOUVENIR opens on the Main Stage | |
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Directed
by Sara Lampert Hoover
If "music is the food of love," then
Florence Foster Jenkins is the surprise dessert. SOUVENIR, a Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins by Stephen
Temperley, is an enormously funny and moving tribute to a woman who followed her dreams - no matter how misguided.
Stephen
Temperley's delightful memoir of another time is told through the biting wit of Ms. Jenkins' talented accompanist Cosme
McMoon. Sitting at the piano late one night, he remembers how his life was changed by an amazing friendship with an unlikely
partner. From Gershwin to Mozart, it was the love of music that carried the two of them on a crazy, not-so-melodic ride.
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Rachel Lampert's THE SOUP COMES LAST | |
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Directed
by Margarett Perry
THE SOUP COMES LAST is writer/performer
Rachel Lampert's hilarious and heart warming memoir of her 1997 trip to China to stage a production of WEST SIDE STORY
with an all Chinese speaking cast. Her one-woman play is filled with tales of cross-cultural missteps, lost translations,
and life changing events all driven by the dictum "the show must go on!" Love, humor, backstage dramas and the universal desire
to reach one's dream are the ingredients of Lampert's Soup.
TWO WEEKS ONLY
Thursday July 3, 7:30
Friday July 4, 8:00
Saturday July 5, 8:00
Sunday July 6, 4:00
Wednesday
July 9, 7:30
Thursday July 10, 7:30
Friday July 11, 8:00
Saturday July 12, 8:00
Sunday July 13, 4:00
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08-09 Subscriptions Now Available! | |
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Guarantee
the seats you want
before single tickets go on sale August 1st!
Our 6-Play Main Stage Season
will run from mid-August 2008 to mid-July 2009. We are thrilled to note that four of the plays will be receiving their
first full stagings. There are two additional productions happening during the 2008-09 season. First is a limited two-week
run of THE SOUP COMES LAST in July 2008 before our official season starts. The second is an encore performance of the
popular musical TONY & THE SOPRANO, just in time for the Thanksgiving and December holiday season. Don't forget
we are year-round with 170 performances on the Main Stage!
For more information about the season and a subscription
form, follow the link below. We hope you'll join us again for more important conversations in our 18th Season.
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The
Kitchen Theatre Company has a Facebook page?
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| March 2008 |
With Spring come exciting KTC events
We hope you will join us! |
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OLD TIMES opens on the Main Stage | |
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Directed
by Margarett Perry 
Kate (Camilla Schade)
and her husband, Deeley (Greg Bostwick), live in an isolated farmhouse by the sea. The mundane harmony of their lives
is disturbed when Kate's old friend Anna (Leigh Keeley) comes to stay. A night of reminiscing between the married couple
and the old friend becomes a struggle to discover the truth in memory, desire in love, and to whom the past belongs. A battle
for possession begins in which past and present merge with shattering consequences. March 20 through April 13.
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Brian Dykstra's THE JESUS FACTOR | |
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Four
performances only! 
He's back! Due to popular
demand, and following his successful run at Barrow Street Theatre (NYC), Brian Dykstra returns to the Kitchen to do four more
performances of
THE JESUS FACTOR, his impassioned indictment of the religious right, directed by long-time collaborator
Margarett Perry.
Sunday March 30, 7:30 PM
Monday March 31, 7:30 PM
Sunday April 6, 7:30 PM
Monday April 7, 7:30 PM |
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Lenelle Moïse's EXPATRIATE | |
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On
Kitchen Counter Culture 
A new musical drama by Lenelle
Moïse exploring race, friendship, addiction, art and infamy. Claudie and Alphine are African-American performing artists
and long-time sister-friends. Disillusioned by grief, homophobia and "the black glass ceiling," the two flee to Europe to
realize their starved American dreams. In Paris, they quickly rise to fame and fortune. But Claudie and Alphine soon discover
that for some black artists living abroad, stardom comes at a price. Will their friendship survive the pressures of their
newfound success?
Directed by Tamilla Woodard.
Starring Karla Mosley and Lenelle Moïse
April 18, 19 & 20
Friday and Saturday
at 8PM, Sunday at 4PM |
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Our Annual On-Line Auction runs through
March 28th! | |
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Check
it out at www.ktcauction.com
The Auction provides a great
way to support the Kitchen Theatre Company while getting some really great stuff.
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Steppin' Out of the Kitchen Monday,
April 28th | |
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Our
2008 benefit gala at Za Za's Cucina
An incredible dinner at your
table with wine, salad, and choice of entrée and dessert and entertainment directed by Rachel Lampert featuring members of
the cast of BED NO BREAKFAST and other Kitchen veteran performers. Songs, Comedy and Surprises!
Call Jody at 272-0403 or email Jody@kitchentheatre.org for more information on this wonderful event. |
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SCOOT, SIZZLE & SLIDE April 26
- May 11 | |
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A
collaboration of movement and music 
Rachel Lampert has gone back to her choreographer roots and teamed up with
composer Sally Lamb to produce this wonderful piece. What do you get when you bring together a swingin' composer, a jumpin'
choreographer, and a whirl of dancers? Something that's hard to put into words, but that certainly sizzles. This new movement
piece will make you want to scoot, sizzle & slide along.
Composer Sally Lamb
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Did know that the Kitchen Theatre Company has a Facebook page?
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| September 25, 2007 |
The Kitchen Theatre Company will kick off both the Family Fare and Kitchen Counter
Culture series this weekend with laughter |
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Indian American Comedian Vijai Nathan | |
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On the Kitchen Counter Culture
series, Indian American comedian Vijai Nathan tells how she mortified her traditional Indian parents by giving up a career
in journalism, canceling her wedding, and becoming a stand-up comedian in Good Girls Don't, But Indian Girls Do.
Three
performances only - September 28th & 29th at 8pm and September 30th at 4 .
More information and tickets at 273-4497
or kitchentheatre.org.
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Award Winning Juggler and Acrobat
Nicholas Flair | |
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On the Family Fare series
for all ages, award winning juggler and acrobat Nicholas Flair combines comedy, acrobatics and world-class juggling in The
Other Side, with three performances - Saturday, September 29th at 1 & 3pm, and Sunday, September 30 at 1pm.
More
information and tickets at 273-4497 or kitchentheatre.org.
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