Artistic Director

A babe is reluctantly abandoned in a forest by Antigonus, who is attacked by a bear but survives. The babe, Trouvita, and the injured nobleman are rescued by a shepherd family. Meanwhile, back in Sicilia, a slandered queen and her mad king diverge to very different ends. Sad moments ensue, but love triumphs thanks to smart, strong women. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to experience Sixteen Springs: The Missing Years of The Winter’s Tale live at 7 Stages Theatre!

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Sixteen Springs: The Missing Years of The Winter’s Tale

7 Stages Theatre

Waitman Crowner, a psychiatrist in an old city, is also a cat burglar. He loves scaling roofs and evading capture, but is bored with his buried objets. He falls for a patient, Parker Langley, an obstetrician married to Rowan McAlpine, the detective in the case. Other patients are Deirdre (60s, with designs on Waitman) and problem child Jodi (17), both rich, both sources of information for his thefts. Rowan can’t see he’s losing Parker, who does not suspect Waitman, even after seeing and revealing a key clue. In the end his mistake is displaying one statue in his office. The women have their say in a final scene, but Parker has the last word.

Catalysis

Shakespeare’s Falstaff—lusty, proudly cowardly, and plump—narrates and mocks the slim knight he was based on, Sir John (“Jack”) Fastolfe, arch-foe of Joan of Arc. Touting his own exploitation of women, Falstaff derides Fastolfe’s warrior adventurism, and is delighted to see him humiliated by Joan on the battlefield, falling in love with her ghost, and pathetically defending his lost honor. Joan rules over both in the afterlife.

Fatsoff: Being the Very Tragical Comical History of the Life of the Real Falstaff as Told by the Fake One

Jessica’s marriage fails and as “Jonathan” she seeks her Jewish roots, even with her broken father. Doña Gracia, doyenne of Jewish Italy, vets silly suitors. “Jonathan” begs her to save Shylock. Gracia’s daughter, in love with “Jonathan,” follows “him” until they meet eventfully. Jessica, arrested by the Inquisition, refuses to shun Judaism; Gracia saves her. She takes her father to Brazil where there are Jews and a suitor for Jessica. But the Inquisition is not done with the Jews, even in the New World. A semifinalist in the O’Neill Center’s Play Competition.

Jessica: A Romantic Sequel to The Merchant of Venice

In 1970, against the background of terrorist violence nearby, a man returns to the concentration camp he was interned in, set to take his own life. Can he be saved by the love of a German woman—the sister and ex-wife of two terrorists and daughter of the policeman pursuing them? In a parallel love story, her brother Josef and African-American college student Annie risk everything to make the world a better place.

Vincent Murphy

Artistic Director

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Nov 10, 2024

Sixteen Springs: The Missing Years of The Winter’s Tale · 7 Stages

Nov 9, 2024

Catalysis · 7 Stages

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