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Black Box Theatre’s (BBT) 2022-23 season includes comedy, drama, a timeless theater classic and a new work by two local theater veterans.
Here is the season:
- “Women Playing Hamlet,” by William Missouri Downs, July 8-24; directed by Ceil Herman. “Hamlet” is a challenge for any actor, but here Jessica is cast as the titular character in a New York production, in this comedy by BBT favorite Downs, who has visited Las Cruces for previous BBT productions of his plays.
- “The Glass Menagerie,” by Tennessee Williams, Sept. 23-Oct. 3; directed by Joshua Taulbee. This icon of the American theater premiered on Broadway in 1944 and has had multiple revivals.
- “Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley,” by Loren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, Dec. 2-18; directed by Nikka Ziemer. A sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” Miss Bennet continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine.
- “Love, Loss and What I Wore,” by Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron and Ilene Beckerman, Jan. 27-Feb. 12, 2023; directed by Ceil Herman. This is a play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes and memory, covering mothers, prom dresses, purses, bras and so much more. It is based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman.
- “The Revolutionists,” by Lauren Gunderson, March 10-26; directed by Autumn Gieb. Four beautiful, powerful women (playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, Marie Antoinette and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle) lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution.
- “Fully Committed,” by Becky Mode, May 5-21; directed by Ceil Herman. This comedy one-act follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histrionics – a cast of desperate callers will stop at nothing in their zeal to land a prime reservation, or the right table.
- Victoria in the Highlands,” by Monte H. Wright and Autumn Gieb, June 30-July 16; directed by Monte H. Wright. Inspired by the highland diaries of Queen Victoria, this is a one-woman show performed by Gieb. The first act is based on Victoria’s early years with Prince Albert exploring the northern reaches of her realm. The second act is after Albert has died, her first trips back to Balmoral, memories of their life together there and her new life alone.
Shows run for three consecutive weeks at BBT, 430 N. Main St. Downtown. There are shows at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays of all three weekends; 2:30 p.m. Sundays of the second and third weekends; and 7 p.m. Thursday of the final weekend.
Ceil and Peter Herman opened BBT with a production of Edward Albee’s “Seascape,” on Sept. 15, 2000. The 2022-23 season will be BBT’s 24th.
Tickets will be available online at http://no-strings.org/ and at the door before each performance.
Call 575-523-1223.
