GENERIC THEATER 215 St. Paul's Blvd Norfolk, VA Box Office: 757.441.2160 contact@generictheater.org

Season 32 (2012-2013)

We are proud to unveil our 32nd Season! From off-the-wall to sultry to smart, it's Generic style theater—just the way you like it.

Urinetown

Book and lyrics by Greg Kotis,
Music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann

August 31 - September 23

Flushed down to Norfolk straight from its subversive and award-winning run on Broadway, this hilarious satire is set in a (not too distant) future, in which water is scarce and everyone must pay to use the bathroom. Corrupt politicians and corporate titans unite to pass strict laws outlawing urination anywhere but the official toilets, and anyone too poor or too foolish to pay is carted off to “Urinetown”—a mysterious place that no one knows anything about and everyone fears. A young crusader leads a popular revolt to restore dignity...and, since this is a musical, obviously falls in love along the way.

The Cryptogram

by David Mamet
October 19 - November 11

Pulitzer-Prize winner David Mamet’s The Cryptogram is an eerie departure from his machismo drenched dramas like Glengarry Glen Ross and American Buffalo. Set in a typical suburban home, a young boy is forced to grow up quickly as he uncovers the mystery surrounding recent abrupt changes in his home life. The Cryptogram is a macabre Hitchcockian horror story; and is arguably Mamet’s most personal play...brilliantly crafted with his signature style of language, which “illuminate[s], creating a child’s vision of the world with a poignancy seldom experienced in the contemporary theater” (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).

Arcadia

by Tom Stoppard

December 7- 30

“Septimus, what is carnal embrace?” With this one naïve question, posed by a thirteen-year-old girl of her math tutor in an English manor house in 1809, a chain of chaotic events is set in motion that reverberates across centuries! Set in both 1809 and the present in the same room, Tom Stoppard’s brilliant and hilarious play poses serious questions about what we know and how we know it, and even manages to prove the Second Law of Thermodynamics! “A play of wit, intellect, language, brio, and...emotion” (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).

Hoodoo Love

by Katori Hall
February 1 - 24

Lorraine Hansberry Award-winning playwright Katori Hall’s drama electrifies with a blend of romance, magic, and jealousy! In 1930s Tennessee, a young African-American woman named Toulou escapes the cotton fields of the rural South to achieve her dreams of being a blues singer in Memphis. When she falls in love with a rambling blues man named The Ace of Spades, she enlists the help of her neighbor, an old Hoodoo priestess to win his heart forever. But such magic can be difficult to control, and Toulou finds herself in a battle for her lover bigger than she ever imagined!

The Light in the Piazza

Book by Craig Lucas
Music and lyrics by Adam Guettel

May 3 - 26

Set in Florence, Italy in the 1950s, this engaging romance sparkles with charm! While traveling abroad with her mother, a young girl from North Carolina has a chance encounter with a handsome Italian boy in a sunlit piazza. But the girl is not what she appears to be, and her mother struggles to end their blossoming romance...as she attempts to keep the truth about her daughter a secret. “A modern, old-fashioned romantic musical that uses its head as well as its heart” (Alfred Hickling, The Guardian UK). Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Score.

Shows are Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8 p.m., Sunday @ 2:30 p.m.

Season Subject to Change.
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