From Artistic Director Christopher Ashley:

Welcome to the 2010/2011 Season. It is truly an honor to share another season of new plays and musicals and re-imagined classics with you. We kick off the new season with the world premiere of Surf Report. San Diego native Annie Weisman (whose 2001 play Be Aggressive was a hit in its premiere at the Playhouse) returns with a funny, keenly observed drama set in a Southern California coastal town where surfing, venture capitalists and family resentments collide.

In the middle of summer — when else? — comes A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play I've been dreaming of directing for decades. I'm particularly excited to collaborate with stellar artists from other art forms, this gravity-defying production features an onstage orchestra, aerial acrobatics, puppetry, and more.

In the fall, we revisit another classic in a stunning adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novella Notes from Underground, by renowned director Robert Woodruff and Actor Bill Camp, who gives a tour de force performance. Next, we bring Lynn Nottage's 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined to San Diego Audiences. Lynn's extraordinary moving story introduces us to a group if Congolese women whose strength, hope and determination are their only weapons in the civil war that rages outside their door.

Finally, I'm especially pleased to welcome back two of musical theatre's foremost artists: William Finn and James Lapine, who are collaborating on the world premiere musical comedy Little Miss Sunshine, based on the Academy Award-winning film. William and James' sharp writing and witty, exuberant music make for a wonderfully fun and heartwarming production.

The previously scheduled production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder has been postponed to a future season.

I can't wait for these remarkable works to materialize at the Playhouse, and I look forward to you joining us for this season of transformational theatre.

Sincerely,
Christopher Ashley

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THE EDGE Series

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