Artists' Repertory Theatre (ART) is community theatre group based in Fresno, California. Founded in 2005, the group's maiden performance took place in 2006, with the critically acclaimed Love's Fire.[1] In 2009, ART produced the Fresno premier of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire,[2] and caused a local stir with the Fresno premier Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show.[3][4][5]
According to the Fresno Bee, ART is one of few theatre groups in Fresno with an "established reputation for quality."[6]
Production history
Because many ART Board members are affiliated with the summer Woodward Shakespeare Festival, the ART performance season runs from fall to spring.[7]
2009 - 2010 season
Fall 2009: All in the Timing Director's Cut, including all seven All in the Timing plays previously performed by ART, and one new play, all by David Ives.
Rogue Festival 2010: Parallel Lives, by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney.
2008 - 2009 season
Fall 2008: The Rocky Horror Show, by Richard O'Brien.
Winter 2009: Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire.
Rogue Festival 2009: All in the Timing Too, three one-act plays by David Ives, including Mere Mortals, The Universal Language, and Sure Thing.
Spring 2009: The Fantasticks, music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones.
2007 - 2008 season
Winter 2008: Vagina Monologues, by Eve Ensler.
Rogue Festival 2008: All in the Timing, four one-act plays by David Ives, including Words, Words, Words, The Philadelphia, Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread, and Variations on the Death of Trotsky.
Spring 2008: Glengarry Glen Ross, by David Mamet.
2007 season
Winter 2007: The Tempest, by William Shakespeare.
Spring 2007: Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard.
2006 season
Rogue Festival 2006: Love's Fire, ART's maiden performance, consisting of three one-act plays: 140, by Marsha Norman; Terminating, by Tony Kushner; and Bitter Sauce, by Eric Bogosian.
Spring 2006: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, adapted for the stage by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey.
Reviews & external links
- Fresno Bee's review of Parallel Lives.
- Parallel Lives Rogue Festival page.
- The Fantasticks interview for the Fresno Bee.
- Fresno Bee's review of The Fantasticks.
- Fresno Bee's review of All in the Timing Too.
- Fresno Bee's review of Rabbit Hole
- Fresno Bee's review of The Rocky Horror Show.
- Glengarry Glen Ross interview for the Fresno Bee.
- All in the Timing reviews from Rogue 2008.
- Fresno Bee's review of All in the Timing.
- Fresno Bee's review of Vagina Monologues.
- Arcadia interview for the Fresno Bee.
- Fresno Bee's review of Arcadia.
- Fresno Bee's review of The Tempest.
- Fresno Bee's review of Love's Fire.
- Fresno Famous article on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
- ART MySpace page
References
- ^ "Rogue: "Love's Fire" - fresnobeehive.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "THEATER REVIEW: 'Rabbit Hole' - fresnobeehive.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "Beehive". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Beehive". Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Beehive". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Empty chairs at the Severance building - fresnobeehive.com". Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Curtains up for Cuckoo | Fresno Famous". Archived from the original on 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
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