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30th Anniversary Pearl Season

Celebrating 30 Years of Professional Theate in Spokane!

June 10, 2010 - May 30, 2011

30th ANNIVERSARY ‘PEARL’ SEASON
Rights Pending

September 9th – 25th, 2010
TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE NEXT TIME by Reed McColm

The eagerly awaited sequel of Reed McColm’s 2008 Christmas hit, Together Again for the First Time. The blended Frobisher/Wolders family reunites for the wedding of Chinelle Frobisher to Carey Krzyznyk.

Oct. 1st – 2nd, 2010
30th Anniversary “Pearl” Campaign Special Fall Event:
Form and production to be determined.

Oct. 14 – 30, 2010
THE 39 STEPS by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan, from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock. This Tony-and-Olivier-winning play is Broadway’s longest running comedy. Over 150 characters are covered by a cast of four.

Nov. 24 (Wed.) – Dec. 11
HONKY TONK ANGELS HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR By Ted Swindley
Patrons' Choice –The Angels from last season’s hit country-western “revusical” return for a special holiday show with humor and lovely seasonal harmonies.

Jan. 14 – 15, 2011
30th Anniversary "Pearl" Campaign Special New Year's Event
Form and Production to be determined.

Jan. 20, 2011 – Feb. 5
OPUS by Michael Hollinger
Days before a televised White House concert, the Lazara String Quartet fires its violist and replaces him with a young woman.

Feb. 17, 2011 – Mar. 5
PRIVILEGE by Paul Weitz
A heartfelt and gentle comedy about the privileged lives of two Upper East Side NY teens, whose lives are irrevocably changed when their father is accused of insider trading. Two brothers look at the world with the hilarious observations of boys on the brink of adulthood.

Mar. 31 – Apr. 16, 2011
COTTON PATCH GOSPEL Book by Tom Key & Russell Treyz, Music and Lyrics by Harry Chapin
This musical retells the story of Jesus as if in modern day rural Georgia.

May 5 – 21, 2011
THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson
***Directed by PATTY DUKE***
The classic drama of determined teacher Annie Sullivan and her triumphant effort to reach deaf, blind and mute wild child, Helen Keller. This production will be directed by the last surviving member of the original B’way cast and 1962 film, Patty Duke, who won an Academy Award for playing Helen.

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New Subscribers: After May 1, check our e newsletter or visit HERE to print out your subscription form!

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174 S. Howard
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 455-PLAY

To order tickets please call 455-PLAY (7529), 325-SEAT (7328), 1-800-325-SEAT (7328) or visit TicketsWest to purchase tickets online.

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Past Plays

by William Inge
Directed by Scott A Smith

September 14 - October 1, 2006

A classic comedy about the relationships formed between bus passengers stranded at a  roadside diner outside of Kansas City during a snowstorm. The play focuses on the kindling romance between a nightclub chanteuse and a headstrong cowboy, as well as the poignant lives of the others waiting out the storm.

Featuring Ellen Travolta and Jack Bannon

Single tickets go on sale August 1st.

Rating: PG

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Good Morning World How Are You

Directed by Esta Rosevear

October 5 - October 6, 2006

Benefit Show for Interplayers Theatre, created by Esta and William Rosevear

A view of today's world through the eyes of Mark Twain and Will Rogers and a cautionary tale, The Last Flower, by James Thurber.  These stories and quips will enlighten audiences as to the timelessness of the worries and woes of our world.  A multi-media presentation of images, light and sound leading to a culmination of Thurber's The Last Flower.  "In it you will find his faith in the renewal of life, his feeling for the beauty and fragility fo life on earth," E.B. White.

Featuring: Maynard Villers, Tony Caprile, Jaime Mathis, Dan Anderson

Rating: G

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by Stephen Mallatratt

October 12 - October 28, 2006

A lawyer obsessed with a curse he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black, engages a skeptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul.  As they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds.

Rating: PG-13

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by Ken Ludwig

November 9 - November 25, 2006

The show that brought Carol Burnette back to Broadway! An acting couple, not exactly the Lunts, are on tour in Buffalo. Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring roles and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance. Hilarious misunderstandings pile on madcap misadventures, all of which are magnified by Charlotte's deaf mother who manages the theatre.

Rating: PG

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by Alfred Uhry

January 18 - February 3, 2007

Set in the Deep South, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy, a rich woman is informed that she must rely on the service chauffeur, Hoke, a thoughtful black man. Daisy immediately regards Hoke with disdain and in turn, Hoke is not impressed with, he believes, her latent prejudice. In a series of scenes spanning 25 years, the two, despite their differences, grow ever close to each other.

Rating: G

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by Richard Alfieri

March 1 - March 17, 2007

When Lily, an attractive Florida retiree, signs up for six dance lessons in six weeks, it doesn’t look like she’ll last the course. But an unlikely relationship develops between the prudish widow and her cynical and equally lonely tutor. Michael knows all the dance moves, but perhaps Lily can teach him a thing or two about life.

Rating: PG-13

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by Arthur Miller

April 5 - April 21, 2007

Two brothers meet after a sixteen-year estrangement. The old family furniture is to be disposed of, and a wise old Jewish dealer has come to buy the furniture. Miller works up to the showdown scene slowly where the siblings feel each other out before the basis of their long alienation and bitterness emerges into short, blunt, enraged accusations.  A taut, exciting scene reveals the characters, including strengths and weaknesses to each other.

Rating: PG

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by Craig Volk
Directed by Ann Whiteman

May 10 - May 26, 2007

"Sparky and the Fitz" is a comedy based on a retirement-age love triangle. The story centers on the everyday relationship between the husband (Sparky) and the wife (Fitz). It sees Fitz is teetering on the edge of a huge decision if she should stay with the status quo and let the years continue to roll on by or jump into another relationship with the UPS man. How she makes her final choice is a hilarious final scene.

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The Rainmaker by Richard Nash

September 13 - September 29, 2007

At the time of a paralyzing drought in the West, a father and his two sons are just as worried about the daughter becoming an old maid as they are concerned about their dying cattle. The truth is...she is a plain girl. The brothers try every possible scheme to marry her off, but without success. Nor is there any sign of relief from the dry heat, when suddenly from out of nowhere, a smooth talking stranger appears who claims to be a rainmaker.

Kelly Quinnett, Jonathan Rau and members of the Bus Stop cast star in this partnership with Lake City Playhouse.

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October 18 - November 3, 2007

Same Time Next Year

By Bernard Slade
Directed by Esta Rosevear

Interplayers Theatre presents the acclaimed and ageless comedy Same Time, Next Year,  made famous on Broadway and by Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn in the movie.  National stage star, Beth Hallaren, joins local favorite, Cameron Lewis (Singin' in the Rain), in this delightful story of two persons whose lives entwine over 25 years, to provide happy moments, human emotion and ultimately, wisdom

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November 21 - December 8, 2007

GRACE AND GLORIE

By Tom Ziegler
Directed by Ellen Crawford


Between an illiterate 90-year old woman dying of cancer and an urbane Harvard educated MBA volunteering for hospice, which do you think needs saving? Cultures and generations hilariously collide when an illiterate but saavy ninety-year-old mountain woman is visited by the Harvard-educated transplanted New Yorker who is assigned as her hospice volunteer. Ellen Crawford, Nurse Lydia Wright of “ER” and “The Fitz” of last season’s “Sparky and The Fitz” will direct, with veteran L.A. actresses Brady Rubin and Karen Kalensky in the title roles. It is a very funny and touching piece, full of revelation and hope: a perfect show for the holiday season.

 
Special Thanksgiving night preview performance--$10. "... a crowd pleaser." -- NY Times

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December 17 - December 23, 2007

A Reduced Christmas Carol
By Ann Whiteman

 

Three hilarious shortened versions of the Charles Dickens classic. Make this holiday hilarity at Interplayers one of your season's traditions. We're looking forward to a returning cast that includes four incredible Spokane actors. The whole family will love it. Audience Participation!

An $8 December special event!

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January 17 - February 2, 2008

On Golden Pond
By Ernest Thompson
Directed by Maynard Villers


The love story of Ethel and Norman Mayer. The retired professor and wife return to their summer home on Golden Pond for the 48th year, when they are visited by their divorced daughter and dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving behind a teenage son. Lessons are learned by all in sometimes deeply moving moments of the play. "On Golden Pond is a work of rare simplicity and beauty," - NY Daily News. (Maynard Villers directed the Interplayers hit, "Driving Miss Daisy" last season.)


Rights pending.

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February 28 - March 15, 2008

The Clean House
By Sarah Ruhl

Directed by Karen Kalensky
(All My Children, SNL)

A 2005 Pulitzer finalist, the play takes place in the home of a married couple, both doctors, who have hired a housekeeper named Matilde. She is a comedian who cares more for the perfect joke than about house cleaning. She becomes friends with an eccentric sister of the lady of the house. The wildly funny play is a whimsical look at class, comedy, and the true nature of love. "A rich work about big themes from a young playwright with an original and audacious voice." - Variety.

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March 27 - April 12, 2008

Rounding Third
By Richard Dresser
Directed by Maynard Villers

The tumultuous journey of two Little League coaches through an entire season...from their first tentative meeting to the climactic championship game. And over the course of exhilarating victories, heartbreaking defeats, and interminable rainouts, the two men battle over how to lead the team. Out of the conflicting philosophies, the real issues of the play emerges: How should we raise our children?

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Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune

by Terrence McNally
Directed by Jonn Jorgensen

September 17 - October 3, 2009

Artistic Associate and Spokane favorite Karen Kalensky returns to the Interplayers stage to star with her husband John Henry Whitaker (Oleanna) in this funny and hard-edged adult drama depicting a one-night stand between blue-collar workers. 

Dare they try to make it into a relationship?

Click here to download the program for
Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune.


Rating: Mature Subject Matter/Language

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by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Roger Welch

October 22 - November 7, 2009

The 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, exploring the prickly question of possible abuse within a certain Catholic parish in 1964.

Directed by Roger Welch. Featuring Aaron Murphy, Bethany Hart, Rebecca Davis, and returning to Spokane as Sister Aloysius, Ann Russell Whiteman. Director Welch, Murphy and Davis reunite to complete the production that was in rehearsal at Actors Repertory Theatre last season, when that company suddenly folded.

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Underneath the Lintel

by Glen Berger
Directed by Damon Abdallah

November 25 - December 12, 2009


A one-man show featuring Reed McColm as a shabby, obsessive Dutch librarian, who finds in the Returns bin a book that has been overdue for 113 years.

"What begins as Pythonesque highbrow silliness turns into an existential detective story. Storytelling of the highest caliber." —Time Out New York

"A blissfully ludicrous vision quest, outrageously funny, madly literate ... a stunner ... with a spiritual sensitivity that extends the Librarian's search for an alternate truth to Everyman. — L.A. Weekly

Rating: Hilarous!

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Love Letters

AR Gurney
Directed by Reed McColm

January 29 - January 30, 2010

Ellen Travolta and Jack Bannon will perform
AR Gurney's staged-reading play, Love Letters, as a fundraiser for

Interplayers 30th Anniversary Campaign
Only three performances:
  • 7:30 pm on Friday, January 29th
 and two shows at
  • 2 & 7:30 pm on Saturday, January 30th.

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Honky Tonk Angels

Ted Swindley
Directed by Reed McColm

February 3 - February 21, 2010

Honky Tonk Angels is the song-filled story of three women as they travel to Nashville to pursue their dreams of singing country western music. They meet on a Greyhound bus, discover their mutual ambitions, and hitch their wagons together as a rockin', rollickin' trio.

There's Angela, rural optimist and mother of six, "citified" Sue Ellen, leaving an unhappy secretarial career in Los Angeles, and finally young and naive Darlene, straight from a small town in Texas. Together they are the Honky Tonk Angels, guaranteeing musical fun and achingly satisfying ballads wherever they roam.

   The production is directed by Reed McColm and will star Jennifer Jacobs (Cowgirls) as Angela, Emily Cleveland (The Graduate) as Darlene, and Marina Kalani as Sue Ellen. Musical direction is by Carolyn Jess with choreography by Jennifer Shell. Playwright Ted Swindley also wrote the IPT mega-hit Always, Patsy Cline.

Third week: (replaces the original first week, moved due to Love Letters benefit performances.)
  • Wed., Feb. 17, SOLD OUT
  • Thu., Feb. 18, 7:30 pm
  • Fri. Feb. 19, 8 pm
  • Sat., Feb. 20, 8 pm
  • Sun. Feb. 21, 2 pm (matineé)

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'ART'

by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Reed McColm

March 11 - March 27, 2010

The 1998 Tony Award winner for Best Play returns to the IPT stage by "popular demand" as the Subscribers' Choice.

Director Reed McColm asks, "How much would you pay for a white painting?"

'ART' is a story about art and friendship that tackles the age-old question: “What is art?”

Directed by Reed McColm and starring Jack Bannon, Patrick Treadway and Roger Welch, “ART” is a rare drama that makes a splash.  

“ ... filled from first curtain to ending with a dazzling array of language.”
- Iris Fanger, Christian Science Monitor

“It’s an actor’s dream, a nonstop cross-fire of crackling language, serious issues of life and art expressed in outbursts that sound like Don Rickles with a degree from the Sorbonne. Brilliantly translated by Christopher Hampton, ... [it] takes that yawny old bore, the play of ideas, and jolts it to life                   - Jack Kroll, Newsweek

First week: Thurs., March 11, 7:30 PM (preview); Fri., March 12, 8 PM (reception following at IPT); Sat., March 13, 8 PM (reception following at Europa); and Sun., March 14, 2 PM.
Second week: Wed., March 17, 7:30 PM; Thurs., March 18, 7:30 PM; Fri., March 19, 8 PM; and Sat., March 20, 2 PM and 8 PM.
Final week: Wed., March 24, 7:30 PM; Thurs., March 25, 7:30 PM; Fri., March 26,  8 PM; and Sat., March 27, 2 PM and 8 PM.

Get tickets at the IPT box office, (509) 455-PLAY, open most weekdays from noon to 4 PM and one hour before curtain, or at ticketswest.com and 1-800-325-SEAT.

Special rates available for students, seniors, military and fundraising groups.

Now showing in the theatre's Gellhorn Gallery: Works of the Spokane Potters Guild.  

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Eleemosynary

by Lee Blessing
Directed by Maria A. Caprile

April 15 - May 1, 2010

Arrive early so you'll have time to purchase your 2010-2011 30th Aniversary 7-Play Subscription! 

IPT is celebrating our 30th Anniversary Pearl Campaign!  (The pearl is a traditional 30th anniversary gift.) While you’re at the theatre, ask how you can be a part of the 30th Anniversary Celebration!

"Come see what it means."
—Reed McColm, IPT Artistic Director

"A beautiful story and three amazing actresses to tell it. What more can a director ask for?" 
                            —Maria A Caprile

Echo is a precocious teen, a spelling bee champion, who has been raised primarily by her eccentric grandmother, Dorothea.

Echo's mother, Artie, felt lifelong pressures placed upon her by Dorothea's impossible ambitions, and so retreated from both mother and daughter shortly after Echo's birth. But young Echo has embraced Dorothea's wild drive, hoping her own improbable accomplishments will make Artie proud of her at last.

When Dorothea suffers a health problem Artie is forced to return to Echo as a mother — a role she never quite knew how to fulfill.  

The production is directed by Interplayers veteran, Maria Caprile (The Graduate) who played the roles of Ethel in On Golden Pond and Esther in Arthur Miller’s The Price in previous Interplayers seasons. Dorothea is played by Tamara Schupman who appeared last season as Mrs. Braddock, Benjamin’s mother, in The Graduate.  Ms. Schupman has spent 14 seasons with the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater where you’ll see her in Cinderella and Hairspray this July and August. Artie is played by Nancy Gasper, a member of the improv troupe at The Blue Door Theatre. Ms. Gasper recently stage managed Steel Magnolias at Spokane Civic Theatre.  Her work as an actress includes One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Laughing Stock, and Crimes of the Heart. Echo is played by Rainee Palmer, a student in Eastern Washington University’s Theatre Department.

A Talkback is scheduled following the April 28th show.  Enjoy the art of Carol Schmauder and Michael Mihalov showing in the Gelhorn Gallery through May 1.

Opening Week

  • Thur., 4/15/2010 at 7:30 PM
  • Fri., 4/16/2010 at 8:00 PM (Reception follows at Interplayers)
  • Sat., 4/17/2010 at 8:00 PM (Reception follows at Europa)
  • Sun., 4/18/2010 at 2:00 PM

    Second Week
  • Wed., 4/21/2010 at 7:30 PM
  • Thur., 4/22/2010 at 7:30 PM
  • Fri., 4/23/2010 at 8:00 PM
  • Sat., 4/24/2010 at 2:00 PM
  • Sat., 4/24/2010 at 8:00 PM

    Third Week
  • Wed., 4/28/2010 at 7:30 PM
  • Thur., 4/29/2010 at 7:30 PM
  • Fri., 4/30/2010 at 8:00 PM
  • Sat., 5/1/2010 at 2:00 PM
  • Sat., 5/1/2010 at 8:00 PM-closing performance 

    Ticket prices range from $10-$21 and are available at the theatre box office (509-455-PLAY) or through ticketswest.com (1-800-325-SEAT).  Contact the theatre to learn about special fundraising opportunities.

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    Psychopathia Sexualis

    by John Patrick Shanley
    Directed by Reed McColm

    May 13 - May 29, 2010

    It's a fiercely funny farce about "men and their befuddlements" — great for Spring!

      Arthur is about to get married, but he has a secret problem. Unbeknownst to his fiery Texan fiancée, Lucille, Arthur has a sexual fetish: he cannot perform unless he is in sight of a particular pair of his father's argyle socks. Even though Arthur has sought therapy for six years, his brilliant but unconventional and wily psychiatrist, Dr. Block, has been unable to cure Arthur of his odd fixation, and therefore has resorted to thievery of the socks themselves.
     
      Arthur must retrieve those socks, or the wedding will not happen! But since he cannot alone overcome the formidable Dr. Block, Arthur enlists his friend Howard for help.
     
      Add to the mix Howard's gossip-loving wife, Ellie, and the foundation is set for an outrageous farce as big and funny as the human mind.

    Arthur..........Dan Anderson
    Lucille..........Caryn Hoagland-Trevett
    Howard.......Damon Abdallah
    Ellie.............Bethany Hart
    Dr.Block.......John Hart
     
    Opening Night is Friday, May 14, 8 pm. (Reception follows in the Gellhorn Gallery).
    Saturday, May 15, another open Reception will be held for the company and Interplayers playgoers at Europa Restaurant, 125 S. Wall Street.

    A Talkback between the cast and audience members will be held following the performance on Wednesday, May 19.
     
    First week performances:
         Thurs., May 13 7:30 pm; Fri., May 14, 8 pm; Sat. May 15, 8 pm & May 16, 2 pm.
    Second week:
         Wed., May 19, 7:30 pm (followed by a Talkback); Thurs., May 20, 7:30 pm; Fri., May 21 8 pm; Sat., May 22, 2 & 8 pm.
    Third week:  Wed., May 26, 7:30 pm; Thurs., May 27, 7:30 pm; Fri., May 28, 8 pm; Sat., May  29, 2 & 8 pm.
     
    "Thank you for supporting live theater at Interplayers!"  — Reed McColm



     

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    An Intimate Conversation: Patty Duke

    June 3 - June 5, 2010

    An Intimate Conversation: PATTY DUKE
    with IPT Artistic Director Reed McColm

    Patty Duke will talk about her Oscar and Emmy-winning career in a series of special benefit events for Interplayers Professional Theatre.

    IPT hosts An Intimate Conversation: Patty Duke with Interplayers Artistic Director Reed McColm.

    • Thurs., June 3 at 7:30
    • Fri., June 4 at 7:30 pm
    • Sat., June 5 at 2 pm

    Don’t miss this conversation OR the exciting 2010-2111 season! Patty Duke will make her directing debut with The Miracle Worker at Interplayers in the spring of 2111.

    "Patty Duke has been a star since the age of 12, when she appeared in The Miracle Worker on Broadway. She has had an uncommonly eventful career—and life—and is known for reflecting insightfully about both." 
                      —Jim Kershner, Spokesman Review

    TICKETS: Phone 455-PLAY or email boxoffice@interplayers.com. Tickets are general admission—$20 in advance, $30 at the door. Efforts will be made to accommodate those who require special seating.

    Join Patty Duke in contributing generously to the Interplayers 30th Anniversary Pearl Campaign!

    Thank you.

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