It is a rare theatre company that can finish one season without already having worked out its next one. And the Everyman Rep is not that company, so a little teaser here on what might be coming after the Miser.
Of course, 39 Steps is coming first, in a triumphant return to the Camden Opera House this summer. Back by popular demand. Hey, people were calling us up asking us to put on more performances before the set was stowed in Shepard's Storage on Mill Street in Camden, and all the people who were away at Thanksgiving can now make plans to be home in the Summer.
After that?
Well, I can report that four of us sat down on Saturday afternoon with troughs of coffee to read through what we are planning - rights permitting - as our season opener. And we could barely get through it for laughing so hard. It's going to be fun. No names yet, you'll just have to wait. This too will be a big name show and also at the Camden Opera House.
And after that? Back to the Rockport Opera House for a collaborative piece. All I'm saying is that we were listening to a CD of it with Sting, Ian McKellen, and Vanessa Redgrave, with some seriously bad haircuts.
And our next drama in schools project? All the suggestions we've had so far have been large cast productions that would be too difficult for us to stage, so I'm appealing for curriculum dramas on English courses (or Spanish, or Italian, or German, or even Latin!) that have SMALL casts.
Suggestions can be submitted as comments on this blog.