2009 Season: The Feichter Studio
Since its opening in 1997, the HART Studio Season has been the site of some of the area’s most exciting theatre. The intimate Feichter Studio puts audience members no more than three rows from the actors. Productions in the Studio are chosen by the actors and directors in the community and reflect the material they find most exciting. The Studio has featured classics by Chekhov and Ibsen, original plays, musicals and cutting edge contemporary drama. The Studio Season begins in January and runs through April. Seating is General Admission, but reservations are recommended as productions regularly sell out.
Performancs are Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm.
"Ladyhouse Blues"
By Kevin O’Morrison
Featuring: Teressa Breakey, Emily Warren, Shanda Jacobs and Adrienne Mollete
January 9, 10, 11
It is St. Louis in 1919 and five women are gathered awaiting the return of the family’s men from the war in Europe. “A strangely atmospheric play ... [that] has the haunting quality of Chekhov.” - N.Y. Times. “An exceptionally talented playwright.” - N.Y. Post.
(Possible Hold Over Dates: January 16-18)
"Scattergood"
By Anto Howard
Featuring: Steve Lloyd, Sean Bruce and Becky Harper
January 23, 24, 25
“This suspenseful drama features what might be the most provocative student-teacher relationship since David Mamet’s “Oleanna’.” - Time Out. “There is something warm and delighting in the relationship between the two men, as if Don Quixote were passing along his Quixoticness to the next generation.” - NY Times.
(Possible Hold Over Dates: January 30 – February 1)
"The Belle of Amherst"
By William Luce
Featuring: Christy Bishop
February 6, 7, 8
A play based on the life of Emily Dickinson. “Magnificent ... Full of passion and poetry and heart ... An arresting, riveting experience.” N.Y. Daily News. “One of the most singularly beautiful evenings I’ve ever spent in the theater ... A beautiful play.” - Boston Globe.
(Possible Hold Over Dates: February 13 - 15)
"Desperate Affection"
By Bruce Graham
Featuring: Julie Kinter and Jack Ross
February 20, 21, 22
come.” - Philadelphia Daily News. “A comic look at how ridiculously people can be and
how much they will sacrifice for the chance at true love.” - Variety.
(Possible Hold Over Dates: February 27 – March 1)
"Inside Out: A Musical"
Book by Doug Haverty with Music by Adryan Russ
Featuring: Lorraine Connard, Frances Davis, Casey Dupree, Margaret Evans, Anne Rhymer, Suzanne Tinsley, Tabitha Judy
March 6, 7, 8
“[The] characters seem like real people even when they sing and dance ... A bright, witty and wise musical comedy about the way we live now.” - N.Y. Times. “A cheerful enterprise with buoyant music ... Very satisfying.” - N.Y. Newsday. ”Could be the next Fantasticks!” - WABC Radio.
(Possible Hold Over Dates: March 13 - 15)
"Rabbit Hole"
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Featuring: Jennifer Sanner, Christy Bishop, Frances Davis, Jeff Messer and Jonathan Milner
March 20, 21, 22
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. “A beautifully observed new play blessed with David Lindsay-Abaire’s customary grace and wit. The sad, sweet release of ‘Rabbit Hole’ lies precisely in the access it allows to the pain of others, in its meticulously mapped empathy.” - Ben Brantley, New York Times.
(Possible Hold Over Dates: March 27 - 29)
"Krapp's Last Tape"
By Samuel Beckett
Featuring: Terry Nienhuis
April 17, 18, 19
The Off Broadway sensation, a tour de force for one man, is the most affectionate portrait of a character that Beckett has ever done. One of the 20th century’s most important plays by one of its greatest playwrights.
(Possible Hold Over Dates: April 24-26)