NCC Theatre Season Fall 2008

The Apology of Socrates
In Collaboration with Theatron, Inc.

The Apology of Socrates reenacts Socrates' defense in the Athenian court and his rebuttals to a guilty verdict and sentence of death.  This one-person show transports the viewer from ancient times to our contemporary world, and in doing so reaffirms the relevance of Socrates' thoughts in today's society.

"An exciting, daring performance that brings Socrates to vivid life. Experience the immortal gadfly in all his dimensions-restless, humorous, brilliant and fascinating." Odyssey Magazine 
See http://www.ellinikotheatro.org/apology.html 

Thursday, September 11th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare
Director: Ron Heneghan

One of the greatest theatrical tragedies of tyranny, political manipulation, and civil war, and also a profound journey of power through personal alliances.  Is assassination ever justified? Can we expect conspiracy in the name of freedom?  "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er, in states unborn, in accents yet unknown?"

Thursday, October 23rd,  11:00 a.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Friday & Saturday, October 24th & 25th,  7:30 p.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Thursday, October 30th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Friday, October 31st, 10:00 a.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Saturday, November 1st, 7:30 p.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
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Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants.
By: Y York
Director: Janice Wolf

Mind-controlling drugs. Genetic engineering. Global climate change. Species extinction. In this "Black" futuristic comedy, meet a family living indoors but outside the mainstream.

"A thought provoking comic parable about mankind's indomitability. As much as anything, the play is concerned with the survival of history itself" The New York Times 

Tuesday, November 11th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Norman Roberts Lab Theatre
Wednesday, November 12th, 3:00 p.m. ~ Norman Roberts Lab Theatre
Thursday - Saturday, November 13th -15th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Norman Roberts Lab Theatre
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Metamorphosis
By: Mary Zimmerman
Director: Ryder Thornton

Tuesday, March 3rd, 7:30 p.m. ~ Norman Roberts Lab Theatre
Wednesday, March 4th, 3:00 p.m. ~ Norman Roberts Lab Theatre
Thursday - Saturday, March 5th - 7th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Norman Roberts Lab Theatre
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Rumors
By Neil Simon
Director: Janice Wolf

Rumors runs wild with a cast of hilarious upper-class New Yorkers gathering for a respectable dinner party at the home of the Deputy Mayor.  But when the visitors arrive, the cook is missing, the hostess is gone, and the host has shot himself through the earlobe!  In this zany display of obsession and self-preservation, our guests find themselves entangled in the mayhem of a ridiculously ruinous state of affairs. 

Thursday, April 2nd, 11:00 a.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Friday & Saturday, April 3rd & 4th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Thursday, April 9th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Friday, April 10th, 10:00 a.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
Saturday, April 11th, 7:30 p.m. ~ Lipkin Theatre
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Monroe Theatre Event

The Hot L Baltimore
by Lanford Wilson
Director: Ron Heneghan

This Pulitzer Prize winner focuses on the residents of a rundown hotel (so seedy that it has lost the "e" from its marquee.) This "day-in-the-life" drama records their everyday encounters of human comedy and tragedy. The resulting mosaic becomes a poignant, powerful call to America to recover lost values and to restore itself in its own and the world's eyes.