2011/12 SEASON INFORMATION

Never the Sinner Oct. 14-23, 2011 By John Logan Directed by Dennis Zacek	Spring Awakening Feb. 10-26, 2012 Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater Music by Duncan Sheik Directed by Geoff Button
The Second City Does Northwestern: Wildcat on a Hot Tin Roof Oct, 20-23, 2011	Danceworks 2012 Feb. 24 - Mar. 4, 2012 Artistic Direction by Annie Beserra
Rent Nov. 4-20, 2011 Music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson Directed by Dominic Missimi	The Little Prince Apr. 13-22, 2012 By Rick Cummins and John Scoullar Based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Directed by David Catlin
The Bluest Eye Jan. 27 - Feb. 5, 2012 By Lydia Diamond Based on the novel by Toni Morrison Directed by Rives Collins	Twelfth Night May 11-20, 2012 By William Shakespeare Directed by Mary Poole

PLUS!  ADD ON TO YOUR SUBSCRIPTION!
The productions below are included on your 2011/12 Subscription Renewal Form and you may choose to add either/both productions.

ADD-ON # 1:  WAA-MU 2012
Apr. 27 - May 6
Directed by David H. Bell
Cahn Auditorium
Explore the Northwestern University student experience through the exceptional student-written music and stunning performances that have earned Waa-Mu recognition as “the greatest college show in America!”  Take a unique journey with the cast of Waa-Mu 2012 as they dare to break away from their endless studies and adventure beyond the comfort of campus to discover America for themselves!
Single tickets: $30 Tier 1; $25 Tier 2 General Public; $20 Tier 2 Seniors, NU Faculty/Staff, Area Educator; $10 Tier 2 Full-Time Student
Tier 1 seating includes center section main floor and balcony; Tier 2 seating includes side sections main floor and balcony. 

ADD-ON #2:  NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
For the first time ever, TIC is partnering with the National Theatre in London in a groundbreaking initiative to bring the “best of British theatre” to Evanston.  In its pilot season last year, National Theatre Live played to nearly 200 venues around the world.  Now NT Live will broadcast its highly-praised productions to TIC, offering Chicago and North Shore audiences some of the world’s greatest theatre performances!  Four dates are listed below, with more to be announced throughout the season! 
Single tickets for each showing are $20 – subscribe to these four today for only $64!

One Man, Two Guvnors
Tuesday, October 4, 7 p.m.
Directed by NT Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner and starring James Corden (The History Boys) is a fun-filled comedy set in 1963 Brighton, based on The Servant of Two Masters.  This production is already being hailed by the Daily Telegraph as “One of the funniest productions in the National's history” and by The Telegraph as "the feel good hit of the summer."

The Kitchen
Tuesday, October 25, 7 p.m.
1950s London.   In the kitchen of an enormous West End restaurant, the orders are piling up: a post-war feast of soup, fish, cutlets, omelettes and fruit flans.  But in the all-consuming clamour of the kitchen, nothing is far from the brink of collapse.  Arnold Wesker’s extraordinary play premiered at the Royal Court in 1959 and has since been performed in over 30 countries. Directed by NT Associate Director Bijan Sheibani, The Kitchen puts the workplace centre stage in a blackly funny and furious examination.

Collaborators
Thursday, December 15, 7 p.m.
Collaborators is a new play by John Hodge (screenwriter of Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, The Beach), directed by National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner.  The play centres on an imaginary encounter between Joseph Stalin and the playwright Mikhail Bulgakov (best known for his novel The Master and Margarita); Alex Jennings (The Habit of Art) will play Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale (London Assurance) will play Stalin.

The Comedy of Errors
Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m.
Dominic Cooke, Director of the celebrated Royal Court Theatre in London, comes to NT for the first time to direct Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, opening in the Olivier Theatre in late November and continuing in repertoire until March 2012.  Famed U.K. comedian and actor Lenny Henry makes his NT debut as Antipholus of Syracuse.