Enjoy a spectacular meal before the Opening Night performance
of Naga Mandala at
533 N. 4th Avenue
Two blocks from The Rogue Theatre
On Friday, September 10, 2010,
Delectables will feature a special “Rogue menu” of Indian
specialties.
Rogue Season Ticket Holders receive 20% off their meal!
To make a reservation, call 520-884-9289
In Rehearsal at the Rogue
This season, The Rogue Theatre is
launching a new publication, In Rehearsal at the Rogue, as
part of our continuing commitment to foster a dialogue with our audience
about the challenging, provocative and complex ideas behind quality
dramatic language and literature. In Rehearsal at the Rogue
is written and edited by Dr. Carrie J. Cole. The first issue discusses
Naga Mandala and can be downloaded here.
The file is viewable in Adobe Reader, downloadable here.
Free Open Talk
Mythical
Structure in Naga Mandala with Dr. Carrie J. Cole
Wednesday, September 1, 7:00 P,M,
The Rogue Theatre
Dr. Cole and director Cynthia Meier will present
information about the play and production of Naga Mandala
including the background of the playwright, the primary symbols
in the play, and notes about the upcoming production.
Long-Form
Improvisation
Sunday
June 6, 2:00 P.M.
Saturday July 3, 7:30 P.M.
Saturday July 24, 7:30 P.M.
Saturday August 28, 7:30 P.M.
We’re presenting a show, but we have no idea what
it’s going to be about! We had so much fun with our Evening
of Long-Form Improvisation in April, that we’re doing it
again. In addition to theatre games and short-form improvisation,
we will create a one-act play, made up completely on the spot. Please
join us for a fascinating and fun two hours of spontaneity and creativity.
Admission to this summer’s Long-Form Improvisation
is “pay-what-you-will.” All proceeds will go towards The
Rogue Theatre’s newly-installed air-conditioning system.
Ticket purchase begins at the box office one hour
before curtain. There are no advance reservations.
In Memoriam
Norma Lewis
1925–2010
Anyone who has come to the Rogue Theatre in the last year will remember
a beautiful bronze sculpture at the entrance to the theatre. This
statue was made by sculptor Norma Lewis and given to the Rogue Theatre.
It is called "Eos"—Goddess of the Dawn. Norma Lewis
has been a great friend to the Rogue, serving briefly on the Board
of Directors and donating generously, along with her husband Dave,
to many of the Rogue plays and projects, including the renovation
of the theatre and as Production Sponsor for Happy Days,
Krapp’s Last Tape, and this season’s Old
Times.
We will miss her presence tremendously. She will live on in our hearts
as well as in the theatre through her artwork and ours.
We happened to read a poem to Norma at a recent event. She loved the
poem and asked to have it read again. In memory of Norma, we offer
the poem once again:
The Summer Day
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean—
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down—
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is is you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?
—Mary Oliver
presents
The
Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y
300
E. University Blvd.
Thursday
August 12, 7:30 P.M. One
Performance only
Started by veteran Rogue actor Matt Bowdren, The Now Theatre
has co-produced late night theatre with The Rogue since 2008. The Now
begins its third season with A Night Of Three Short Plays,
with all profits being donated to their mentor theatre, The Rogue.
The Retreating
World and One
Short Sleepe
by Naomi Wallace
The Retreating World focuses on Ali, an Iraqi bird keeper
from Baghdad and his address before the International Pigeon Convention.
One Short Sleepe portrays Bashir, a Lebanese spider-enthusiast
who spends his time in limbo talking about Intelligent Design, family,
and the bombing of Lebanon.
PREMIERE
a reading of Guajero
by Nic Adams
The story of the Guatemalan democratic revolution of 1944 told through
the eyes of a trash-picker from the Capital City Dump.
The evening will feature Javan Nelson, Matt Bowdren, Lucas Gonzales,
Laura Lippman, Lauren Orlowski, Samantha Bowdren, Ryan DeLuca, Dan Thomson,
Brian Johnson, and others.
The goal of the evening is to share stories that poignantly balance
international viewpoints and universal insights.
A critical response discussion will follow the performance.
Admission: $10 or Pay-What-You-Will
Ticket purchase begins at the box office one hour before curtain.
The Now Theatre will produce two plays during the upcoming
season, as part of The Rogue Theatre’s “Rogue After Curfew”
series. Performances of Overruled by George Bernard Shaw will
follow all performances of The Rogue Theatre’s Ghosts,
November 4–28, 2010, and performances of The Bald Soprano
by Eugéne Ionesco will follow all performances of The Rogue’s
Old Times, February 24–March 13, 2011.
Check out The Now Theatre on Facebook
complete with a video preview of A Night of Three Short Plays
A Concert of
Medieval Music
Pay-What-You-Will,
Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 7:30 P.M.
In anticipation of next season’s production of
Boccaccio’s “Decameron”, the Rogue Theatre will present
a light-hearted evening of 14th century Italian and French vocal and
instrumental music. Internationally renowned lutenist Crawford Young
joins Rogue musician and singer Harlan Hokin for the Rogue’s first
concert. Both Harlan and Crawford are well-known and seasoned practitioners
of medieval and renaissance music. Our program will consist of pieces
that would have been familiar to the characters in the Decameron. Rogue
friend and collaborator Patrick Baliani is in the midst of creating
a new translation and dramatization of Boccaccio’s “Decameron”
that will be the Rogue’s fifth production of the 2010-11 season.
Crawford Young graduated
from New England Conservatory and studied medieval music with Thomas
Binkley prior to joining the medieval quartet Sequentia in Cologne.
Young is director and founder of two prominent medieval ensembles, Boston-based
Project Ars Nova and the Ferrara Ensemble of Basel, which won a Diapason
d’Or de l’Annee and was a finalist for Gramophone’s
Early Music Recording of the Year. Since 1982 Young has taught lute
and Interpretation and Performance Practice at the Schola Cantorum in
Basel.
Harlan Hokin is well
known to Rogue audiences. He has performed extensively as a solo singer
and director with many international early music ensembles including
Sequentia and P.A.N., and did a stint with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
somewhere in the mists of history. He earned a doctorate in historical
performance practice from Stanford, and has taught at Stanford and UC
Santa Cruz. Harlan is an active workshop teacher and writer on topics
of interest to singers and early music performers, and teaches music
theory and literature at Pima Community College. He has served the Rogue
as music director since its inception, and acted as vocal director for
Arizona Onstage’s production of Assassins. He is currently serving
on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Early Music Society, and is
the father of two nearly perfect former children. Harlan was a student
at the Schola Cantorum (where Crawford now teaches) many long moons
ago.
Carolyn Hokin, singer, as well as various Rogue actors, will join Crawford
and Harlan for this concert.
Two Characters Times Two:
Rogue’s The Four of Us plays with the lives of two real-life
literary figures
Review of The Four of Us by Nathan
Christensen in the June 24 Tucson Weekly
The Four of Us comes straight
from today’s generation
Review of The Four of Us by Chuck
Graham on June 21 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Two actors add up to lovely
Four
Review of The Four of Us by Kathleen
Allen in the June 18 Arizona Daily Star
New AC lets Rogue raise audience’s
temperature
Preview of The Four of Us by Kathleen
Allen in the June 11 Arizona Daily Star
From The Rogue’s
new YouTube channel:
We sat down with John Shartzer and Matt Bowdren to get their thoughts
on performing Itamar Moses’ The Four Of Us.
MegaCläp—the keyboard duo comprised of Young Musicians’
Camp graduates David and Benjamin—coming to The Rogue!
April, 2010:
Passion, rage flow in Othello
Rogue Theatre’s staging moves quickly, with grace
Review of Othello by Kathleen
Allen in the May 7 Arizona Daily Star
Wickedly Good: The Rogue’s
enjoyable Othello is perfect for Shakespeare-phobes
Review of Othello by Nathan Christensen
in the May 6 Tucson Weekly
Shakespeare is the master
psychologist in Rogue’s Othello
Review of Othello by Chuck Graham
on May 2 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
The villain Bard’s
fans love to hate
Rogue Theatre’s Othello will flesh out the odious Iago
Preview of Othello by Kathleen
Allen in the April 23 Arizona Daily Star
Book Clubs
The Rogue Theatre is meeting with book clubs in early
April in advance of the opening of Shakespeare’s Othello
on April 29th.
On Thursday, April 8,
at 7:00 P.M., we will hold a discussion of Othello
at The Rogue Theatre, 300 University Boulevard in the Historic Y.
Several Rogue actors will be on hand. Members of Pima County Public
Library book clubs, members of other book clubs, and the general public
are all invited. Admission is free. See
map and parking information.
On Thursday, April 15,
from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M., artistic director Joseph
McGrath and artistic associate David Morden of The Rogue Theatre will
lead a lively discussion of Othello with the Main Library
Book Club at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in downtown Tucson. For
those attending the book club a two-hour free parking validation is
available for the garage directly below the library. All are invited
to bring their lunches for this free program. More information can
be found here.
Please contact us to arrange for the Rogue Theatre to meet with your
book group. Pick an upcoming play being produced by the Rogue and
we’ll arrange the rest.
An Evening of Long-Form Improvisation
Saturday, April 10, 2010
7:30 P.M.
Admission: Pay-What-You-Will
Free Off-Street Parking See Map and Parking Information Parking and Box Office open at 6:30 P.M.
Guided by director Brad Kula of The Charles Darwin Experience,
we have assembled a cast of six creative, spontaneous and awfully
clever actors to create an evening of both short-form theatre
games and long-form improvisation. Working together, the company
will create a one-act play from a simple suggestion of a setting,
weaving together multiple story lines and interacting with each
other in unexpected and surprising ways. The evening promises
to be a combustion of comedy, drama, intrigue and…well…we
don’t know what else (it’s improvisation, after all)!
An Evening of Long-Form Improvisation features Brad
Kula, Cynthia Meier, Javan Nelson, Ali Franklin, David Morden,
Anna Lauren Farrell and Ryan Deluca.
Proceeds from the evening’s performance
will go towards The Rogue Theatre purchase of air-conditioning
for our theatre.
March, 2010:
Photo credit: Ward Wallingford
The Rogue Sale of Vintage Goods: The Sequel took place on
Saturday, March 27. This reprise of the August 2009 sale of the entire
contents of an antique store donated to The Rogue Theatre included
vintage linens, midcentury modern items, jewelry, art pottery, toys,
paper ephemera, American and English dinnerware, buttons and a great
deal more. Hundreds of unique collectibles were sold at extremely
reasonable prices to benefit our theatre renovation. By the end of
the day, we were over $5,000 closer to our goal!
Tucson’s Performing
Arts and Arts Criticism
Sunday March 21, 3:00
P.M.
A panel discussion hosted by The Arizona Daily
Star and The Rogue Theatre,
to spark a discussion on the role of the arts and arts criticism in
the Old Pueblo
The panel will be monitored by Bruce Brockman, head of the University
of Arizona Media and Theater School.
Panelists include
Jessica Andrews, arts consultant and former executive
director of Arizona Theatre Company
Lyn Tornabene, audience member, arts supporter,
and one-time theater critic
Joseph Thomas Tolliver, UA Associate Professor of
Philosophy and Board Member of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Harry Clark, musician and co-founder of Chamber
Music Plus Southwest
Joseph McGrath, actor, co-founder of The Rogue Theatre
Cathalena E. Burch, music critic, Arizona Daily
Star
Kathleen Allen, arts editor/theater critic, Arizona
Daily Star
Joel Revzen, artistic director, Arizona Opera
The panel will open with a discussion among the panelists,
and will then move to questions from the audience.
With the changes in newspapers, including the Star, and the import of
the arts to the local community, we felt it was time to have a public
discussion.
Please join us at The Rogue Theatre, 300 E. University in the Historic
Y, and please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.
Seating will be limited!
Read the related article
in the Friday, March 19 Arizona Daily Star
An interview with David Morden, director of the three Backett one-acts,
from The Rogue’s
new YouTube channel:
Beckett á trois at Rogue
Theatre
A trio of thought-provoking plays from the master of the absurd
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I
and Act Without Words by Dave Irwin posted
March 4 on TucsonSentinel.com
Hard-Core Art: Rogue tackles
three challenging one-acts by Irish playwright Beckett
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Nathan Christensen in the
March 4 Tucson Weekly
Evening with Beckett beautiful
but baffling
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Heather Price-Wright in the
March 3 Arizona Daily Wildcat
February, 2010:
Futility oozes from Rogue's
powerful set
3 short plays deliver bleak Beckett
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I
and Act Without Words by Kathleen Allen in
the March 5 Arizona Daily Star
Fans of Beckett get a thoughtful
meal at Rogue Theatre
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Chuck Graham on February
28 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Works of Irish playwright 'are
in a class of their own' 3 short plays by Samuel Beckett due at the Rogue
Preview of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Kathleen Allen
in the February 26 Arizona Daily Star
The Rogue Theatre has a
new channel on YouTube, and has posted its first video: a behind
the scenes look at The Rogue’s production of Thornton Wilder’s
Our Town, filmed on closing night, January 24th, 2010. If you
have a YouTube account, we invite you to subscribe to our channel.
January, 2010:
Food for thought fills Our
Town at Rogue Theatre
Review of Our Town by Chuck Graham on January
12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Our Town populated with meaning Rogue Theatre to stage classic about local lives, universal context
Preview of Our Town by Kathleen
Allen in the January 1 Arizona Daily Star
Thornton Wilder’s Arizona
Days
A Free Lecture by Tom Miller
Funded in part by the Arizona Humanities Council
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.
The Rogue Theatre, 300 University Boulevard
Author Thornton Wilder was weary of being a public intellectual
and eventually settled in Douglas in May, 1962. There he read voluminously,
wrote incessantly, and hit the bars nocturnally. Eighteen months later,
rejuvenated by his relative anonymity, he returned east, his literary
skills re-energized. The presentation explores Wilder’s Arizona
sojourn, showing its importance in his literary life and America’s
literature. This unknown slice of our state’s recent past reveals
the crossroads of a small border town with the American literary establishment.
Tom Miller,
award-winning author of books about Latin America and the Southwest,
has spoken to community groups, on campuses, and at writing workshops
and book festivals. He has appeared in Smithsonian, Rolling Stone,
The New Yorker and The New York Times, among other outlets. Miller
is an adjunct research associate at the University of Arizona’s
Latin American Area Center, and owns eighty versions of “La
Bamba.” Most recently, he has authored Revenge of the
Saguaro. Visit www.tommillerbooks.com
for more information on his work.
2009 Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received several accolades in the Arizona Daily
Star’s 2009 Mac
Awards. Theater reviewer Kathleen Allen writes:
Winner of Best Actor:
“Joseph McGrath gave depth and nuance to the ineffectual Tobias
in Rogue’s Delicate Balance. It’s a difficult
role because the character has a deep, troubled inner life. McGrath
did it full justice, and then some.”
Nomination for Best Drama:
“Rogue Theatre, which is quickly establishing a reputation as
a company that rarely misses, staged a lovely (and most difficult
to do) Orlando and an almost breathtaking presentation of
A Delicate Balance.
Nomination for Best Actress:
Patty Gallagher gracefully transitioned from an Elizabethan Romeo
to a Victorian maid in Rogue’s Orlando.
Nomination for Best Director:
David Morden showed a deep understanding of Edward Albee with his
direction of A Delicate Balance.
December, 2009:
Happy Days in Balgalore
The Rogue Theatre’s production of Samuel
Beckett’s Happy Days is going on tour to Bangalore,
India on December 12th and 13th. Patty Gallagher and Joseph McGrath
will reprise their roles as Winnie and Willie for LIGRA, a Bangalore-based
theater staging group focused on bringing high quality English
theater from the US to discerning theater lovers in India. More
information is at the LIGRA
Website or their Facebook
page for the event.
Rogue Branches
Out to Book Groups
Recently the Rogue’s Artistic Director and the director of
Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance met with the Café
Books group at the Pima County Public Library Martha Cooper Branch
to discuss the play. Two other local book groups joined in for this
thoughtful discussion.
On December 7, the Rogue will meet with the book group from the Flowing
Wells Branch of the Pima County Public Library to discuss Our
Town. This meeting will take place at the Flowing Wells Baptist
Church, 4314 N. Romero Road, directly south of the Flowing Wells Branch
Tucson Pima Public Library. Start time is 6:00 P.M.
Snacks will be served. If you are interested in attending, please
RSVP to the Library by calling 594-5225.
Please contact us to
arrange to have the Rogue Theatre meet with your book group. Pick
a play the Rogue is producing in 2010 and we’ll arrange the
rest.
See you at the Rogue!
November, 2009:
Some Girl(s) is sexy, cynical
late night theater
Review of Some Girl(s) by Anna Swenson
in the November 18 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Rogue’s Albee is disturbing
theater but awfully good
Review of A Delicate Balance by Kathleen
Allen in the November 13 Arizona Daily Star
Now’s Some Girl(s)
is some show
Review of Some Girl(s) by Kathleen Allen
in the November 13 Arizona Daily Star
Tipping Point: Edward Albee’s
brilliant language stars in the disturbing Delicate Balance
at Rogue
Review of A Delicate Balance by Sherilyn
Forrester in the November 12 Tucson Weekly
Captivating Drama in A
Delicate Balance at The Rogue Theatre
Review of A Delicate Balance by Chuck Graham
on November 9 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue Theatre tackles ambitious
plays
Previews of A Delicate Balance and Some
Girl(s) by Anna Swenson in the November 4 Arizona Daily Wildcat
October, 2009:
Albee’s characters thrive
in Balance Rogue Theatre stages famed playwright’s story of folks on
a path of self-discovery
Previews of A Delicate Balance and Some
Girl(s) by Kathleen Allen in the October 30 Arizona Daily
Star
September, 2009:
Winner of the Tucson Weekly’s
Best of Tucson 2009: Best Theatre News
Staff Pick: The Rogue Theatre’s New Home. “Now, one of
Tucson’s smartest and most accomplished little companies has
the home it deserves.” Read all about it here.
Animal Farm at Rogue Theatre
designed to make audience think
Review of Animal Farm by Kathleen Allen
in the September 18 Arizona Daily Star
Little Piggies: The challenging
Animal Farm opens Rogue’s season in the troupe’s
new space
Review of Animal Farm by Sherilyn Forrester
in the September 17 Tucson Weekly
Rogue’s Animal
Farm a chaotic barnyard of ambitious theater
Review of Animal Farm by Anna Swenson in
the September 16 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Rogue’s new theatre
is a hit! So is its Animal Farm!
Review of Animal Farm and our new theatre
by Chuck Graham on September 12 in Let The Show Begin! at
TucsonStage.com
Quest for Rogue Theatre home
over: Historic Y to house enterprising troupe
An article about our new theatre home by
Rosalie Robles Crowe in the September 11 Arizona Daily Star
Animal Farm shows an all--too-human
face
Preview of Animal Farm by Kathleen Allen
in the September 4 Arizona Daily Star
August, 2009:
Congratulations to our own
Patty Gallagher
as she lights up the stage of California Shakespeare
Theatre in Orinda
with her Winnie from Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days!
Photo credit: Kevin Berne
Read the reviews!
Gallagher rescues Happy Days Review
by Robert Hurwitt in the August 17 San Francisco Chronicle “Gallagher glows with Beckettian misplaced
optimism and makes his dark humor sing…
(she) makes the amphitheater rock with laughter.”
Patty Gallagher sparkles in Samuel Beckett’s
tragicomedy Happy Days Review
by Karen D’Souza in the August 17 Silicon Valley Mercury
News “A tragicomic tour de force…
Gallagher…is nothing short of marvelous.”
Happy Days Are Here, Again
Patty Gallagher buoys a new Cal Shakes production of the Samuel Beckett
play Review
by Rachel Swan in the August 19 East Bay Express “Thoroughly contemporary…Cal
Shakes’ version succeeds in every aspect…Gallagher is terrific
as Winnie.”
Patty Gallagher makes most of Beckett in Happy
Days
Review by Georgia Rowe in the August 20 San Francisco Examiner “Gallagher... gave a brilliantly bravura
performance... She brings an impressive blend
of dramatic intelligence and physical technique to the role.”
Happy Days
challenging and gratifying Review
by Sally Hogarty in the August 20 Oakland Tribune
“It is such a pleasure to see a work of
this caliber so beautifully done.”
The Rogue Sale of Vintage Goods took place on Saturday, August
29 at the new theatre space. With the entire contents of an antique
store donated to The Rogue Theatre, hundreds of unique collectibles
ranging from vintage kitchenware to antique jewelry to aprons, linens,
figurines, silverware, and more, were sold at extremely reasonable prices
to benefit our theatre renovation. By the end of the day, we were almost
$11,000 closer to our goal!
On Sunday, August 16, at 4:00 P.M.,
John Shartzer, one of the wonderful chorus members from last season’s
production of Orlando,
led An Afternoon of Unnatural Selection
with Rogue cast members and special guests from the UA’s Charles
Darwin Experience. The presentation of long-form
improvisation was free to Rogue renovation donors as a thank-you
for their contributions, and gave them a sneak peek at the theatre they
are helping to build.
June, 2009:
Season Five announced! See the Our Season
page for details.
May, 2009:
On Thursday, May 7, The Rogue Theatre was awarded the
Tucson Pima Arts Council “Lumie Award” for Emerging Arts
Organization—for innovation and creativity! Thank you for helping
us to “emerge”! Read
more about the Tucson Pima Arts Council 2009 Lumies Arts and Business
Awards.
On Sunday, May 3, The Rogue Theatre threw an Open
House to celebrate moving into our permanent home on May 1st. This
summer, we are converting the auditorium/gymnasium of The Historic Y,
known previously as The Historic Y Hall, into a theatre, having committed
to a five-year lease on the space. Over two hundred people turned out
Sunday afternoon to mingle with Rogue actors and Board members, enjoy
Ophelia’s Variety Hour, learn about our next
season, and get a preview of how the renovated space will look. A
big thank you to old friends and new friends who joined us to celebrate!
April, 2009:
The Rogue Theatre has found a permanent
home. This summer, we are converting the auditorium/gymnasium of The
Historic Y, known previously as The Historic Y Hall, into a theatre.
Our new address is 300 East University Boulevard
in The Historic Y. see
map
Plays After Dark: Two new late-night
theater efforts follow in the footsteps of LTW’s successful Etcetera
series
Report on The Now Theatre and LNT @ The Alley
by James Reel in the April 2 Tucson Weekly
March, 2009:
Shakespeare’s women
Video interview with Immortal Longings author/director
Joseph McGrath by Sooyeon Lee on KUAT TV’s March 31 Arizona
Illustrated
A Teen’s Trial: A group
of Shakespearean women gather to decide the fate of Juliet in the wonderful
Immortal Longings
Reviews of Immortal Longings and This
Property is Condemned by James Reel in the March 26 Tucson
Weekly
One-act This Property
is Condemned packs a wallop
Review of This Property is Condemned by
Chuck Graham in the March 26 Tucson Citizen
Juliet doesn't want to die!
Previews of Immortal Longings and This
Property is Condemned by Kathleen Allen in the March 13 Arizona
Daily Star
January, 2009:
Strong cast led by Gallagher
makes this a must-see
Review of Orlando by Kathleen Allen in
the January 30 Arizona Daily Star
Production of Albee play is
straightforward, as it should be
Review of The Zoo Story by Kathleen Allen
in the January 30 Arizona Daily Star
Orlando Blooms
Review of Orlando by Gene Armstrong in
the January 29 Tucson Weekly
Primal Zoo: The Now Theatre
offers up a tragic Edward Albee tale of class warfare
Review of The Zoo Story by Gene Armstrong
in the January 29 Tucson Weekly
Comedy is king—and queen
—in production of Woolf's Orlando
Review of Orlando by Chuck Graham in the
January 29 Tucson Citizen
Sparks fly when a have-not
lashes out
Review of The Zoo Story by Chuck Graham
in the January 29 Tucson Citizen
Whimsical Woolf work to be
staged
Preview of Orlando by Kathleen Allen in
the January 16 Arizona Daily Star
The Goat A Mac Award
Favorite!
The January 2008 Rogue Theatre production of Edward Albee’s
The Goat garnered
three Macs and one nomination in the Arizona Daily Star’s
2008
Mac Awards. Theater reviewer Kathleen Allen writes:
Winner of Best Drama: “Directed by David
Morden, the production was a fierce one, full of the passion and
anger and love that Albee intended.”
Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy or Drama:
Joseph McGrath “was particularly effective as Martin, a married
architect who falls for a goat.”
Winner of Best Actress in a Comedy or Drama:
“Cynthia Meier...was powerful and smart and so wounded by
the deep betrayal that it was impossible not to be moved by her.”
Winner of Best Director of a Comedy or Drama:
“David Morden’s direction...showed a deep understanding
of the material, and he used a deft hand in order to give the audience
that same insight.”
A
year ago, The Rogue won the Mac for Best Play with its January
2007 production of Genet’s The
Maids, with nominations of Cynthia Meier and Susan Arnold
for for Best Actress and Joseph McGrath for Best Director.
October, 2008:
Happy Days is here again
Preview of Happy Days by Kathleen Allen
in the October 31 Arizona Daily Star
September, 2008:
Apt challenge for audience:
Rogue Theatre, Six Characters mesh
Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Kathleen Allen in the September 26 Arizona Daily Star
Silence speaks volumes in
this staging
Review of Cigarettes and Chocolate by Kathleen
Allen in the September 26 Arizona Daily Star
Winner of the Tucson Weekly’s
Best of Tucson 2008
The January 2008 Rogue Theatre production of Albee’s The
Goat was selected by the Tucson Weekly in the category of
Best
Theatrical Bestiality: “Loud, intense and emotionally realistic,
Rogue’s production of Edward Albee’s play about a married
man who has sex with a goat gradually twisted its initial whimsy into
an evening throbbing with loneliness and rage, thanks to director
David Morden and lead actors J. Andrew McGrath and Cynthia Meier.
What began with witty sophistication descended into brutal primitivism
by play’s end, in an overwhelming production by a courageous
little company.”
Characters in Abundance
Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author
by James Reel in the September 25 Tucson Weekly
Six Characters, One Chance
to Live
Preview of Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Kathleen Allen in the September 19 Arizona Daily Star
Ambitious UA Grad's Now Theatre
to Debut
Preview of Cigarettes and Chocolate by
Kathleen Allen in the September 19 Arizona Daily Star
June, 2008:
Season Four announced! See the Our Season
page for details.
April, 2008:
The Rogue Theatre’s production of Happy
Dayswill be presented at the Climate Theatre of San Francisco
April 25–27, 2008. Contact the Climate
Theatre for performance times and online ticket purchases. Also, you
can now view production photos by Tim
Fuller.
March, 2008:
Red Noses: Mocking Authority,
Avoiding Despair
Preview of Red Noses by Kathleen Allen
in the March 21 Arizona Daily Star
February, 2008:
Going Down Singing
Preview of Happy Days by James Reel in
the February 7 Tucson Weekly
Gallagher gets ‘Happy’
Preview of Happy Days by Chuck Graham in
the February 7 Tucson Citizen
Amid the bleak, a ray of hope
Preview of Happy Days by Kathleen Allen
in the February 8 Arizona Daily Star
January, 2008:
Destruction of Innocence
Review of The Goat by James Reel in the
January 10 Tucson Weekly
Albee’s Goat
tackles taboos left and right
Review of The Goat by Kathleen Allen in
the January 11 Arizona Daily Star
Play uncovers the struggles
behind unconventional love
Review of The Goat by Chuck Graham in the
January 10 Tucson Citizen — Grade: A+
Winner of the Arionza Daily
Star Mac Award
The January 2007 Rogue Theatre production of Genet’s The
Maids was a favorite of the Arizona Daily Star and its
2007
Mac Awards. In the running for Best Actress were Cynthia Meier
and Susan Arnold, “two sisters who are bitter maids to a haughty
mistress. They were disturbing, they were touching, and they were
very effective.” As a contender in the category of Best Director,
the Star credits Joseph McGrath with directing “a smooth,
tense version of The Maids.” But in the category of
Best Play, The Maids came out the winner: “The compelling and
horrifying story was cleanly directed by Joseph McGrath and powerfully
performed by a trio of actresses [Cynthia Meier, Susan Arnold and
Arlene Naughton]. It was fulfilling and challenging theater.”
December, 2007:
Add Tony-winning play to your
2008 to-do list
Preview of The Goat by Sherilyn Forrester
in the December 28 Arizona Daily Star
November, 2007:
Preview of The Goat, or Who
is Sylvia?
by Iris J. Arnesen, from the November, 2007 The
Opera Glass In any given human culture, certain behaviors
will be considered proper and admirable while others will be considered
improper and disgusting. Travel some distance away, however, and the
people of the second area will likely hold very different opinions.
Which group is right, and which is wrong? Are there any absolutes? Or
is it as one of Shakespeare’s characters put it: “There’s
nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”? Read the full Preview
Directors Joseph McGrath and Cynthia Meier are interviewed
by Iris J. Arenesen in a 4-page article in the September 2007 The
Opera Glass. They discuss their meeting, the formation of
The Rogue Theatre, their experiences as actors, their plans for The
Rogue, and the upcoming production of Edward Albee’s The
Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Dying Way of Life: The Rogue
Theatre treats Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard as the classic
that it is
Review by James Reel in the September 13 Tucson
Weekly
Chekhov play timely and worth
checking out
Review by Chuck Grahm in the September 13 Tucson
Citizen
Humor Included
Preview by Kathleen Allen in the August 31 Arizona
Daily Star
August, 2007:
Mask as Meeting Place
On August 11, Dr. Patty Gallagher,
Artist-in-Residence of The Rogue Theatre, presented a workshop on the
use of masks in the theatre utilizing 48 masks she has gathered throughout
the world. With an eclectic background in clowning, Balinese dance, and
Shakespearean drama, Dr. Gallagher has joined the Rogue Theatre this year
as a performer and teacher. The free public workshop was attended by over
50 people.
Cast members of The Cherry
Orchard wearing masks appropriate to ther characters
Kenton Jones, Joseph McGrath and Patty Gallagher display
masks
Photos by Cynthia Meier
July, 2007:
We have had another successful round of grant writing, to assist in funding
our Season Three activities. We have just received notification that we
have been awarded $5,092 from Tucson
Pima Arts Council and $10,395 from the Arizona
Commission on the Arts. Part of what the Arizona Commission grant
will fund is an educational supplement on The Voice of the American
Playwright, to be used in conjunction with our production of The
Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Patrick Baliani, a faculty member at the
UA English Department, will assist in its preparation.
Rogue Theatre productions are listed in the Tucson Citizen’s
Year
in Review: Tucson Happenings in 2006 and the Arizona Daily Star’s
2006
Mac Awards. As a contender in the category of Best Actor, the Star
credits Joseph McGrath with “an honest and convincing portrayal”
in the one-man The Fever
by Wallace Shawn, directed by Cynthia Meier. The Citizen reports
that Cynthia Meier’s adaptation and direction of James Joyce’s
short story The Dead
was a highlight of Tucson entertainment in 2006, showing “the magical
transformative power of theater.” The poignant climatic scene between
Gabriel and Gretta Conroy, as portrayed by Joseph McGrath and Amy Almquist,
is given special mention.
September, 2006:
Best Act of Theatrical Piracy
The Dead makes the September 28, 2006 Tucson
Weekly’s Best of Tucson Staff Picks in the Arts and Culture
category. To read all about it, follow this link.
The Rogue Theatre is happy to announce that we have been awarded an unrestricted
grant of $1000 from the Community
Foundation for Southern Arizona as a result of our application submitted
for consideration during the 2006–2007 Endowment for the Arts grant
round. The grants panel expresses the hope that during the coming year,
these funds will be used to develop audience and foster other activities
that will build our organization’s infrastructure leading to greater
self-sufficiency.
August, 2006:
Dr. Patty Gallagher, international theatre artist, joined The Rogue Theatre,
August 8–12th, for exciting workshops on mask, clowning, and character
development during rehearsals for the upcoming production of Endymion.
As part of her residency, she also presented a free public workshop on
August 12th. Dr. Gallagher’s residency was partially funded by a
Sudden Opportunity Grant from the Arizona
Commission on the Arts.
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