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UPTOWNLinda Winer, Newsday

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Committed to bringing innovative,

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to reach new audiences.

At the heart of our programming

is the 5A Season, a five-play series

representing the very best

of American and international

playwriting and performance.

Carefully curated to fulfill our

decade-long mission of bringing new,

adventurous plays to new,

adventurous audiences,

the 5A Season offers exhilarating,

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to theatergoers in the know!

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1eila and Rashid, Egyptian Americans with ties to Cairo,attempt to solve their relationship issues by invitinga relative stranger into their bedroom to engage

in a threesome. What begins as a hilariously awkwardevening soon becomes an experience fraught with secrets,raising issues of sexism, possession and independence.

"Playwright El Guindi has built an elaborate, intellectual,and dense treatise, where sex, international politics,and feminism intersect. ... Make no mistake; this showis worthy of your time and attention."– Portland Mercury

PORTLAND CENTER STAGE andA CONTEMPORARY THEATER present

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JULY 14 - AUGUST 9

THREESOMEBy YUSSEF EL GUINDIDirected by CHRIS COLEMANFeaturing ALIA ATTALLAH, QUINN FRANZENand DOMINIC RAINS

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OCTOBER 20 - NOVEMBER 15

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THE ACTING COMPANYpresents

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SEPTEMBER 1 - 27

DESIRE

ix of America’s most lauded, contemporary playwrightscome together for a celebration of one of America’s greatest wordsmiths. Adapted from Tennessee Williams’

short stories Desire and the Black Masseur, The Field of BlueChildren, Oriflamme, Portrait of a Girl in Glass, TheResemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin, and TentWorms, the plays of Desire are certain to be new classics forthe 21st century.

Depicting love and innocence, isolation and loss, theseunforgettable tales serve as a reminder that great storieshave the power to change one’s life. Helmed by MichaelWilson, one of the foremost directors of Tennessee Williams,Desire is a hallmark of the theater season.

By ELIZABETH EGLOFF, MARCUS GARDLEY,REBECCA GILMAN, DAVID GRIMM,JOHN GUARE and BETH HENLEYDirected by MICHAEL WILSON

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Due to contractual obligations, we’re not ableto announce the third show in our 5A Season yet.But we can tell you it’s going to be special,and will bring Broadway a little closer to Park Avenue!

omebound due to illness, Caroline is a bit of a loner.So when Anthony – a popular classmate and total stranger – unexpectedly arrives to work on a school

project about Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, she is lessthan thrilled.

But, as the poetry project progresses, Caroline finds herselfopening up in ways she never imagined possible and together,the two discover a much deeper mystery. An ode to life, loveand human connection, I and You will warm your heart andleave you breathless.

Lauren Gunderson, author of last 5A Season’s Bauer,won the 2014 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American TheatreCritics Association New Play Award for this, “sharp and funny80-minute drama” (The Washington Post).

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JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 14

MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATREpresents

I AND YOUBy LAUREN GUNDERSONDirected by SEAN DANIELS

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aron Loeb brings a dark comic edge to Ideation,his psychological suspense thriller in which a groupof corporate consultants work together on a

mysterious and ethically ambiguous project. As the linesbetween right and wrong are blurred, the five co-workersmust navigate the cognitive dissonances and moraldilemmas to decide for themselves if everything is as itreally seems.

“A very funny, sharply staged and brightly performedpiece” (San Francisco Chronicle), Ideation won the2014 Glickman Award for Best New Play.

“Devilishly funny and demonically dark ...Loeb’s hilarity makes us, as the title suggests, think.”– San Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSEpresents

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MARCH 8 - APRIL 3

IDEATIONBy AARON LOEBDirected by JOSH COSTELLO

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