“It’s a Secret . . . “
BackStage Theatre Company has selected an extraordinary pair of plays for our upcoming 11th Season. The story of our 11th Season revolves around the examination of Family Secrets –
But . . . we’re going to keep some secrets just a bit longer. Stay tuned for the final details . . .
Opening Saturday, November 13th, 2010
November 13th, 2010 - December 18th, 2010
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:00pm
Sundays at 3:00pm
Can a secret keep you alive?
This deceptively simple play begins with several actors rehearsing in a room and expands to examine holocaust era Berlin and modern-day Israel and Palestine. The play seems to be about a man who questions his estranged grandmother about the validity of a long-held family legend. But ultimately, the play becomes about history, and the ways that humanity use its art, its secrets and its memories to shape the history of our families, ourselves and our societies.
Opening Saturday, May 21st, 2011
May 21st, 2011 - June 25th, 2011
Thursday-Saturday at 7:00pm
Can an entire life be a secret?
An estranged brother and sister discover a cryptic journal that appears to be written by their silent father, a famous architect. The journal seems to open a door to the life of the mysterious man, and yet it appears to be written in code. It is just another secret. This beautifully written and probing comedy moves backwards in time and raises the question of parental legacy, and asks us if we can ever really understand the lives of those who came before us.
