WHAT founder and associate artistic director Hoppe (Jackie) gave the company a major regional hit last year with the political satire A New War. The new comedy is drawn from Aristophanes' The Birds. Said artistic director Jeff Zinn, "Never one to hesitate from biting the hand that feeds, Gip mercilessly skewers 'summer people' in Wellfleet." Among the musical numbers are "We Came Here From New Jersey," sung to the tune of the Gerry & the Pacemakers "Ferry Cross the Mersey."
The cast will feature New War veterans Stephen Russell, Caitlin Gibbon and Nathaniel McIntyre, as well as Laura Napoli, seen at WHAT last year in The Art Room; Dan Joy, WHAT's scenic designer; and Wellfleet artist Ellen LeBow, making her WHAT acting debut. Hoppe directs.
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The season concludes Sept. 30-Oct. 24 with the New England premiere of Private Jokes, Public Places, the Oren Safdie drama which took a biting look at the political world of architects, and was a critical hit Off Broadway last fall. In the piece, a female graduate student must defend her thesis on the building of a public swimming pool to an all-male jury. Brendan Hughes directs.
The remainder of the season runs as follows:
