Center Stage has entered an association with Southampton Arts Center to present a season of celebrated stories, dramas, readings and radio plays for the 2023-2024 season.
All productions will be directed by Michael Disher and Joan Bennett Lyons, with timeless tales, thought provoking plays, innovative and original new collaborations for and by Southampton and surrounding East End communities defining the offerings this season.
Opening the season will be Joe Landry’s radio play, “War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast” directed by Michael Disher. A cautionary tale and a reflection upon the power of media unfolds in this riveting retelling of the October 31, 1938 broadcast. Performance dates are October 20 and 21.
In keeping with the Center Stage holiday tradition, a new radio play collaboration between Joe Landry and Michael Disher, “The Big Christmas Show, A Live Radio Play” is destined to become a new holiday classic. A star-studded variety broadcast takes an unexpectedly heartfelt turn on Christmas Eve, 1950. The new play, conceived and written by Landry and Disher, embraces several well-known Christmas tales including “The Gift of the Magi,” “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus,” “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and some rare unexpected gems. This holiday piece will premiere at SAC and bring holiday optimism, humor and spirit. Performance dates are December 9 and 10. Michael Disher stages this event.
Tennessee Williams’s masterpiece “The Glass Menagerie” will unfold its beauty, poetic symbolism and heartbreak on January 27 and 28. A fourth entry will be offered April 13 and 14. Both shows will be directed by Joan Bennett Lyons.
Tickets (when available) can be purchased at southamptonartscenter.org. Sourthampton Arts Center is at 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton.
Staff Writer on Sep 5, 2023