HUBBARD HALL CENTER FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCE 2014-2015 THEATER SEASON

HUBBARD HALL CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN CAMBRIDGE, NY, AND 

DAVID ANDREW SNIDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 

ANNOUNCE 2014-2015 THEATER SEASON. 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by David Snider
The Smash Hit Tony Award-winning  Broadway Musical Comedy
The Perfect Show to Bring the Kids
“It’s spelled W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L.”  The Wall Street Journal

In The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, six young people learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.  This hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. This is a great show for the whole family, as you laugh along with this quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

Pay-what-you-will final rehearsal: Thurs, Nov 6 @ 8 pm

Fridays: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 8 pm
Saturdays: Nov 8, 15, 22, 29 @ 2 and 8 pm
Sundays: Nov 9, 16, 23, 30 @ 2 pm

Winter Carnival of New Work

12 New Plays. 12 Days. Game On.

An energizing, fun and heartfelt series of new works.  Your regular ticket gives you an all access pass.  Come once, come often.

Featuring the World Premiere of Nexus by Danielle Mohlman, a new dramatic comedy about two young
people falling in and out of love in Washington, DC, in the age of the iPhone.  Nexus will be coupled with a variety of paired down productions, readings and workshops of new works by local and national playwrights, bringing some of the freshest new voices in the theater to Cambridge for a fun festival in the heart of winter when we need it the most.  Every night of the Carnival will be different.  Your ticket gives you an all access pass to the entire run.  Come once or come every day – the choice is up to you.

Pay-what-you-will final rehearsal: Thurs, Jan 15 @ 8 pm

Thursdays: Jan 15, 22, 29 @ 8 pm
Fridays: Jan 16, 23, 30 @ 8 pm
Saturdays: Jan 17, 24, 31 @ 2 and 8 pm
Sundays: Jan 18, 25, Feb 1 @ 2 pm

Tartuffe (or the Hypocrite) by Molière

Directed by John Hadden

“Fascinatingly sinister…a masterpiece…” Los Angeles Times

Molière’s hilarious farce about how moral superiority can get you into deep doo doo

Tartuffe (or the Hypocrite) is Molière’s comedic masterpiece.  Meet Orgon and Tartuffe, one a bit of a fool and the other a total fraud!  When the wealthy Orgon brings home Tartuffe, his family quickly smells a rat.  But can they stop Tartuffe from stealing everything and reveal the truth in time?  Or is Orgon destined to lose it all?  This wickedly funny farce will keep you guessing – and laughing – the whole way through to the end.

Pay-what-you-will final rehearsal: Thurs, Feb 19 @ 8 pm

Fridays: Feb 20, 27, March 6, 13 @ 8 pm
Saturdays: Feb 21, 28, March 7, 14 @ 2 and 8 pm
Sundays: Feb 22, March 1, 8, 15 @ 2 pm

An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare

Starring Jeannine Haas

Directed by Sheila Siragusa

A co-production with Pauline Productions

“Wow…fierce, angry, funny…”  “A triumph of theater…”  Chicago Reader

A great story.  An epic journey.  A tour-de-force performance.

Masterfully adapted by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare from Robert Fagles’s acclaimed translation, An Iliad adapts Homer’s Trojan War epic into a gripping piece of theater that captures both the heroism and horror of war. This fierce, funny piece will ignite your imagination and leave you breathless.

Pay-what-you-will final rehearsal: Thurs, April 23 @ 8 pm

Fridays: April 24, May 1, 8, 15 @ 8 pm

Saturdays: April 25, May 2, 9, 16 @ 2 and 8 pm

Sundays: April 26, May 3, 10, 17 @ 2 pm

Prices for All Season Shows

$27 Full Price/$24 Member Price/$15 Students 11 and up/$10 Students 6-10/Children 5 and under FREE

Child care available with Advance Reservations for Matinees.

Bonus:

World Premiere - Two Nights Only!

Friday and Saturday, Oct 17-18 at 8 p.m.

"The Only Brown Kid In The Trailer Park"

Written and performed by Dion Flynn, star of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Comedian and world-class performer Dion Flynn brings his brand new, autobiographical solo show to the Hall, a journey from being "the only brown kid in the trailer park" to appearing as the first black President on national television, in this heartbreaking, hair raising and hilarious performance.  Be the first to see this amazing new work - before it moves into New York City and beyond.  $30 full price/$25 members/$10 students.

“This is a season of firsts - my first season as Artistic Director, our first Tony-Award winning musical comedy, first Winter Carnival of New Work, first Tartuffe and first ever Greek classic.  I hope you’ll join us for this amazing journey – and tell your friends.  It’s going to be a very fun ride.”    David Snider, Artistic Director

For more information:
www.hubbardhall.org
Or call 518-677-2495

Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts, located in a renovated 1878 rural opera house and adjacent former freight yard complex, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region with year-round theater, music and dance performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY.  For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, or to purchase tickets, register for classes, make a donation and/or become a member or theatre subscriber please visit www.hubbardhall.org or call 518-677-2495.