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SEX, POLITICS, RELIGION, JUSTICE, SATIRE, PARODY, GENDER, FUTURISM, AND
MORE SEX!

Now that I have your attention…

Pride 16 at The New Conservatory Theatre is a jam-packed creative meditation on how we navigate in a world that presents relentless challenge. With this season’s body of work there is a balance of familiar and new. The 10-show program of comedy, drama, adventure, and musical theatre alternates between poking fun at and ambitiously engaging some of the more pressing issues of our time.

Whether we are looking back, ahead, or simply around us, the people calling to us from the stage next season are longing to be heard. It’s my hope that Pride 16 will inspire the imagination, provoke action, ignite laughter, and provide sanctuary as we gather together in the theatre.

Join us for a memorable journey.

Ed Decker
Executive and Artistic Director

In Conversation with KPFA Radio's Richard Wolinsky

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DIVALICIOUS
Starring Leanne Borghesi
With G. Scott Lacy at the Piano
A Limited Engagement Cabaret
August 4 - 22, 2010

You loved her last season as the saucy Mona Kent in Dames at Sea. Now this incomparable talent takes on the music of legendary Divas such as Midler, Garland, Merman, Streisand, Lupone, and many more. Leanne is joined by Musical Director virtuoso accompanist G. Scott Lacy in a delicious cabaret.

The Stops
A Fundamentally Fabulous Musical Comedy
by Eric Lane Barnes
May 20 - June 25, 2011

Three lady organists from three different churches decide to take their act on the road. They find out that their favorite organist/Christian songwriter is gay and has been ousted from the Quad Cities Faith Tabernacle. What will Ginny, Rose, and Euglena do?

PRIDE SEASON SHOWS

Don't Ask
West Coast Premiere Drama
by Bill Quigley
August 13 - September 19, 2010

A dangerous affair between a reckless U.S. Army Private and his superior grows truly perilous in this dark, sexually-charged, brutal drama set during the Iraq war.

Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins
San Francisco Premiere  /  Coming of Age Story
by Brian Christopher Williams
September 17 - October 24, 2010

Global recession, double digit unemployment, and the fight for equal rights for gay Americans... sound familiar? It's 1977, and 15 year-old Horace Poore is trying to make sense of the tumultuous events surrounding him -- and the tumultuous events within him.

A Perfect Ganesh
A Journey / 1993 Pulitzer Price Drama Nominee
by Terrence McNally
November 5 - December 19, 2010

Ganesha is the spiritual center around which the play spins itself. The pilgrimage tradition is turned on its head when two outwardly unremarkable, middle-aged lady friends throw themselves into a rousing tour of India, each with her own secret dreams of what the fabled land of intoxicating opposites will do for the suffering she hides within.                                           Ganesh: [Wikipedia]

Dirty Little Showtunes!
Musical Theatre Parody Revival
Lyrics by Tom Orr
Conceived & Directed by F. Allen Sawyer
Musical Direction by  Scrumbly Koldewyn

December 3, 2010 - January 16, 2011

A brand new edition of the popular bawdy Broadway parody revue featuring showtunes galore with Tom Orr’s ingenious lyrical spin. This show is sure to be a very naughty and nice winter season event!
Treefall
San Francisco Premiere  /  Drama
by Henry Murray
January 21 - February 27, 2011

In this drama set in a post-apocalyptic future, three teenagers form a makeshift family in a Pacific Northwest cabin after an environmental disaster. Treefall examines how our culture sees and instills gender, identity, and family.

Regrets Only
Comedy
by Paul Rudnick
February 25 - April 10, 2011

This comedy of Manhattan manners explores the latest topics in marriage, friendships, and squandered riches. The setting: a Park Avenue penthouse. The players: a powerhouse attorney, his deliriously social wife, and their closest friend, one of the world's most staggeringly successful gay fashion designers.

The Busy World is Hushed
San Francisco Premiere  /  Drama
by Keith Bunin
March 25 - May 1, 2011

Hannah, a minister and bible scholar, finds her faith at odds with that of Thomas, her wayward homosexual son. But when an inquisitive young writer hired to assist Hannah with her latest publication learns painful secrets from Hannah’s past, she spies a risky, unconventional opportunity for reconciliation.

Please Note - Production Change
The Pride will replace Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Pride
West Coast Premiere
by Alexi Kaye Campbell
May 27 - July 3, 2011

Oliver, Philip, and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion in this innovative new drama. After taking London by storm in an Olivier Award-winning production at the Royal Court.

 
Performance Times:  Wednesday through Saturday 8:00 PM  |  Sunday 2:00 PM
*Season schedule and performance times subject to change.

*FREE bonus show tickets offer good when purchasing a full NCTC season subscription by 7/31/10.  Sampler passes not eligible.
NCTC 2010/11 PRIDE SEASON 16
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PLATINUM PASS
Gala Opening Nights includes Champagne Reception with the Cast of the Show
$290
GOLD PASS
Saturdays & Sundays
$230
PRIDE PASS
Thursdays, Fridays
$180
PREVIEW PASS
Previews or Any Wednesday
$150
UNDER 30 PASSPORT
For the 30 and Under Crowd.
$99
FOUR SHOW SAMPLER PASS
PLATINUM SAMPLER
Gala Opening Nights includes Champagne Reception with the Cast of the Show
$140
GOLD SAMPLER
Saturdays & Sundays
$120
PRIDE SAMPLER
Thursdays & Fridays
$96
PREVIEW SAMPLER
Previews or any Wednesday
$76
Current subscribers, please renew your subscription by May 31, 2010 to retain your current seats.