Circle Theatre's 20th Season: 2001

Fuddy Meers

Written by David Lindsay Abaire

First preview January 24
Opening January 27 – February 24

Meet Claire, a psychogenic amnesiac who loses her memory every night when she goes to sleep. Things go really awry when a furtive, limping, lisping half-deaf man in a ski mask kidnaps her. Other characters we meet along the way are her husband, who will stop at nothing to get her back; her overgrown eighth grade son who has issues of his own; her mother who speaks in “stroke-talk”; an ex-convict with a foul mouthed puppet; and an intense female cop. (R rating)

A wacky comedy that proves no family dysfunction is insurmountable.

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The Memory of Water

Written by Shelagh Stephenson

First preview March 14
Opening March 17 – April 14

Written by one of Britain’s hottest playwrights (Experiments With an Air Pump); this fresh, bittersweet comedy is about three sisters who gather for a funeral and find themselves at odds with their memories and with each other. A beautiful play that is applauded by critics and audiences for its hilarious dialogue and depth of character, The Memory of Water is “unforgettable”. (PG rating)
A haunting reflection on the role memory plays in our lives.
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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro; Music by Jimmy Roberts

First Preview June 6
Opening June 9 – July 14

Held over through August 25th! You’ve seen musicals about felines, cross-dressing nuns, teapots and candlesticks, old French flags, helicopters, flying pigs, singing murderesses, falling chandeliers and lousy navigation through an ice field. Now, at long last, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change exposes everything you’ve secretly thought about dating, mating and romance but were afraid to admit. (R rating)
A witty, delightful, inviting musical revue.

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Three Tall Women

Written by Edward Albee

First preview September 5
Opening September 8 – October 6

Think of the final scene in Kubrick’s 2001 – A Space Odyssey, in which the aging astronaut lives out his days in an elegantly furnished room, and you’ve got a good picture of this late, great Albee opus. The playwright openly admits this play was his way of working out his complex feelings toward his adoptive mother who, in his words, he knew “from my infancy until her death over sixty years later" (PG rating) DETAILS
We brought you A Delicate Balance, then Seascape. Now we are proud to present the third Pulitzer prize play.

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

Written by Frank McGuinness

October 24th thru November 17

An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up together in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change , what can they do? How do they live and survive?

In his new play, Frank McGuinness explores the daily crisis endured by hostages whose strength comes from communication, both subtle and mundane, from humour, wit and faith.
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