our season
Fall Shorts
October 13th-17th
Phare Play kicks off its 2007-08 season with Fall Shorts, a series of original one-acts with an autumn theme. Whether you're craving pumpkin pie or just dying to wear more clothing, join us for an evening of theatre that's both a trick and a treat.
Carl the Second
By Marc Palmeiri - Directed by Christine VinhNovember 1st-11th
Carl Fraser has settled into his life as a city bookstore manager and a "second" in his and everyone else's life. Enter Christine, the woman ready to elevate Carl's status with her affection, but is he ready to be more than a loveable loser?
Who Wears Short Shorts, Part Deux
November 3rd
5 playwrights, 5 directors, 20+ actors, and 21 hours collide! Join our artists as we produce our 2nd ever one-day play festival. Back by special demand!
The Twilight Of The Golds
By Jonathan Tolins - Directed by Blake BradfordDecember 1st-5th, Feb 24th-March 2nd
If your parents knew everything about you before you were born, would you be here? That is the question posed in this entertaining drama. All is well when Suzanne Gold and her close New York family discover that she is pregnant, until a prenatal genetics test reveals that the baby will most likely be homosexual. The news forces the entire Gold family to confront issues of bigotry, evolution and the limits of love.
Winter Shorts
December 2nd-5th
Don't let the cold weather fool you. Phare Play will make you steamy and hot with our special selection of sensual one-acts.
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare - Directed by Blake BradfordDecember 28th - January 12th
Phare Play Productions is proud to present Emmy-winner Joan Darling as Prospero in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Known as his fantastical swan song, The Tempest follows Prospero, a deposed magician that inhabits a distant island with his young daughter Miranda. With a mixture of magic and luck, Prospero is able to bring those responsible for his misfortunes to his island for his final retribution. Shakespeare's grand tale of revenge, betrayal, and most importantly forgiveness, comes to life in our all female production.
Fat Kids On Fire
By Bekah Brunstetter - Directed by Karen M. DabneyJanuary 26th - February 6th, 2008
15 year old Bess is nothing special at her high school, but this summer at Fat Camp, things are going to be different. She will be the skinniest girl there; she will turn heads and take names. Haunted by a manipulative cheerleader, and confronted with hot counselors and a slew of admirers, Bess finds it harder and harder to remain kind. But when the fattest camper, Cindy, becomes infatuated with her, and the creepy camper Bridger becomes determined to woo her, her reputation begins to slide. Will she remain true to her roots - or become just like those she hates?
Spring Shorts
March 8th-12th, 2008
Your god called. He/she commands that you attend Phare Play Productions' Spring Shorts. While avoiding the vengeful wrath of your god, take a look at how one's beliefs color a sphere of circumstances ranging from worship to drinking games, from runaways to the Home Shopping Network. You'll find that laugh-out-loud comedy, romance, and thought provoking pieces abound. This collection of one acts will leave you laughing, crying and maybe even provoke your core beliefs. Plus, you won't get struck down by lightning if you attend. Oh, and your god says to bring friends.
Ghosts
By Henrik Ibsen - Directed by Kymm ZuckertMarch 26th - April 6th, 2008
In Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, the sins of the past are visited upon the innocents of the present. Many years ago, Mrs. Helen Alving accepted her pastor's advice and stayed with her husband despite his many infidelities. Ten years after Alving's death, she is to dedicate an orphanage in his memory. Her son Oswald, kept ignorant of his father's sins, returns home for the ceremony. Oswald's attraction to the housemaid conjures up the ghost of his parents' unhappy marriage; this ill-starred romance, along with Oswald's increasing illness, connected somehow with his father's perfidy, force Mrs. Alving to confront her own ghosts.
Who Wears Short Shorts³
March 29th, 2008
We had so much fun why not do it again? Want to find out how much fun it can be to write and rehearse a brand spanking new show in less than 21 hours? Join us for our 3rd trip to Short Shorts.
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Office Hours
By Norm Foster - Directed by Christine VinhMarch 30- April 6, 2008
During the course of one day in the city, in six different offices, the lives of a chaotic group of characters unfold like a spider's web. Between the domineering mother, the hen-pecked father, a neurotic figure skater, a sex-starved therapist, a down and out film director, a one armed man and an overweight athlete in need of a little help, their stories and others combine to create a dizzying little world that would've been visible in Alice's looking glass. You might need a shiny new, leather bound, week-at-a-glance to keep it all straight.
Arcadia
By Tom Stoppard - Directed by Blake Bradford & Kymm ZuckertMay 8th-11th, 2008
Love. Sex. Pigeons.
So goes the chemistry of life in Tom Stoppard's romantic comedy Arcadia. Separated by two centuries, the child genius Thomasina Coverly plots mathematical gold as her tutor Septimus Hodge introduces the household to carnal knowledge, all while two contemporary historians spar over a potential Lord Byron connection. Join Phare Play Productions as we unfurl Stoppard's Tony Award nominated classic of love and science.
Mind Bleach Sketch Comedy
Directed by Blake BradfordMay 9th-10th, 2008
Phare Play's bastard stepchild has a twisted side. It's emerged from a dark, deviant hiding place to entertain you and your friends for two evenings of raunch, fun, and a variety of sordid sketches. Come for the cold beer (seriously - you get a beer with your ticket), stay for the indelible scar we'll inflict on your virgin eyes and ears (the only parts left). Sketches include "Ace of the ACE," "Crying Stripper," "Massacre on Sensibility," and "Grandma F**ker."
Phare Play's Mind Bleach Sketch... it'll only hurt for a moment..
Inside Spragg's Shorts
June 14th-18th, 2008
Do you know the infamous Jen Spragg?
You might remember her from such Who Wears Short Shorts classics like 'Don't Eat the Neighbors', 'The Chip Hydeberger Show' and 'Good Bye Pork Pie Hat'.
Do you want to get inside her crazy mind and tiptoe around the nutty little tribbles that swill around and coagulate into comedy?
The House of Bernarda Alba
July 12th-23rd, 2008
By Federico Garcia Lorca - Directed by Kymm Zuckert
Rounding out the season is a new adaptation of Lorca's final play about a tyrant mother and her five daughters.