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Welcome15th Season.

Fifteen years ago a group of passionate theatre professionalsgot together to create an artistic home and TThhee AACCTTOORRSSCCoommppaannyy TThheeaattrree was born. “TTAACCTT”” was supported at firstby friends and family, but word-of-mouth spread: here wasa group of professional artists working together as a truerepertory company, presenting little-known plays by brilliantauthors in polished entertaining productions.

With little-to-no advertising or marketing, audiences camethen subscribed and contributed to the company. Each yearTACT’s reputation and its following grew. Now, we havebecome one of New York City's most respected and valuedOff-Broadway theatre troupes, universally praised by criticsand enjoyed by an ever-growing audience of savvy theatregoers.

This season TTAACCTT is celebrating its Fifteenth Anniversary -no small feat by any means - and we're doing it with a selec-tion of extraordinary plays. Everything that TTAACCTT is knownfor is here: wonderful, rarely seen works by accomplishedwriters; beautifully staged productions that honor the text;stellar performances by our company of actors.

Join us for this milestone year anddiscover for yourself what sets TTAACCTTapart.

Cynthia Harris, Simon Jonesand Scott Alan EvansCo-Artistic Directors

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by Milan Stitt

Directed by SCOTT ALAN EVANS

Lighting by MARY LOUISE GEIGER

Costumes by DAVID TOSER

Sound by DARYL BORNSTEIN

Sets by DANA MORAN-WILLIAMS

MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

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Could the anguish he suffers over his illict

passion for Sister Rita, a young nun, have

caused Father Rivard to commit the ultimate

sin of murder? The truth, when revealed, is

nowhere near as simple. Based on a true

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In Glorious Hill, Mississippi, Alma Winemiller, a

sensitive and lonely young woman, hemmed in

by her stern minister father and deranged

mother, makes a final desperate attempt to win

the man of her choice.

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MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

April 27 to May 24, 2008The Clurman Theatre - Theatre Row

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Directed by JENN THOMPSONCostumes by DAVID TOSERLighting by LUCRECIA BRICENOOriginal Music by JONATHAN FAIMANSound by STEPHEN KUNKEN

by Tennessee Williams

"Williams at his shining, gentle best."-The New York Times on The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

RESTLESS HEARTS COLLIDE

A ShotDark

by Marcel Achard adapted by Harry KurnitzDirected by Drew BarrSaturday, Sept.29 @ 7:30pmSunday, Sept. 30 @ 2:00pmMonday, Oct. 1 @ 7:30pm

A pretty young parlor maid is discovered uncon-scious, nude, holding a gun while her lover liesdead beside her. Why would an upstanding mag-istrate put his career on the line to prove herinnocent of murder? Julie Harris starred in theBroadway production, described by The NewYork Times as “a bubbling saucy comedy.”

My ThreeAngelsby Sam & Bella SpewackDirected by Jenn ThompsonSaturday, Dec. 8 @ 7:30pmSunday, Dec. 9 @ 2:00pmMonday, Dec. 10 @ 7:30pm

In French Guiana, a helplessly naïve family isthreatened by a rapacious landlord and his ruth-less son. Fortunately, on hand to rescue them,are three convicts (two murderers and aswindler) who have been sent by the local penalcolony to repair their roof.

TACT Salon Seriesat the TTAACCTT Studio 900 Broadway, Suite 905, NYC

These five diverse and engaging playsdelve into the ambiguous world of the

law - centering on trials, ethics, and crimes of all kinds. Don’t miss this

scintillating exploration of

“Dramatic Justice.”

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Prosecutionby Agatha ChristieDirected by Harris YulinSaturday, Jan. 12 @ 7:30pmSunday, Jan. 13 @ 2:00pmMonday, Jan. 14 @ 7:30pm

Remember the movie with Marlene Dietrich? Theoriginal play won the NY Critics Circle Award andthe Tony for best foreign play. (What happened tothat category?) This suspenseful thriller has anuncanny triple-flip ending and a cavalcade ofintriguing characters to keep the audienceguessing to the end.

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AndersonvilleTrialby Saul LevittDirected by Henry WishcamperSaturday, Feb. 9 @ 7:30pmSunday, Feb. 10 @ 2:00pmMonday, Feb 11 @ 7:30pm

The trial of Henry Wirz, the commander of thenotorious Confederate prison, where a hundredmen were said to have died each day during onelong hot summer, raises the timely question ofwhen an individual's responsibility to his con-science transcends his obedience to authority."An absorbing and thoughtful drama" - NY DailyNews.

Dock Briefby John MortimerDirected by Simon JonesSaturday, Mar. 8 @ 7:30pmSunday, Mar. 9 @ 2:00pmMonday, Mar. 10 @ 7:30pm

An unsuccessful and aging barrister is asked torepresent an accused wife-murderer and hopesthat an acquittal will salvage his career. How hisplans go comically awry touches "that rare dra-matic level at which comedy and tragedy areindistinguishable" - The Times

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BBOARD OF DDIRECTORS

Stephen Lindenmuth, ChairmanDarya Geetter, PresidentHolly Etlin, TreasurerJohn Adams, George Bunn,Scott Alan Evans, LindaGreenberg, Warren Handelman,Cynthia Harris, Gail Levenstein,Susan Mindel, Nancy Nugent,Elaine Wolbrom

DDEVELOPMENT CCONSULTANTErin Carney

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