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RED
Carousel Theatre

Red takes you into the mind of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko and chronicles his two-year struggle to complete the largest and most lucrative commission in the history of modern art – a set of dark red murals for Manhattan’s exclusive Four Seasons restaurant.
As Rothko’s young assistant gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the possibility that his crowning achievement as an artist might also be his
artistic undoing.
Set during the changing cultural landscape of the early 1960s, John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play is a snapshot of a brilliant artist at the height of his fame. Red is hailed as “intense and exciting” by The New York Times. Appropriate for high school and up.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN
CBT Mainstage

The first play to portray African American characters, themes, and conflicts in a natural and realistic manner on Broadway, A Raisin in the Sun received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. Hansberry was the youngest playwright, the fifth woman, and the first African American writer to win the award.
Recently widowed, Lena Younger receives a life insurance check and plans to buy a house for her family, freeing them from the cramped tenement she shares with her two children, daughter-in-law and grandson in Chicago’s south side.  Her son, Walter, has other ideas for the money. In the struggle that ensues one dream will be fulfilled, another deferred. Will the family collapse or will they seize this opportunity to create a better life?
The Washington Post said A Raisin in the Sun is “one of a handful of great American plays” and The New York Times called it “a play that changed American theater forever.”  Don’t miss this powerful and hopeful portrait of one family’s quest for the American dream during the 1950s.
Appropriate for high school and up.

FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS
LAB Theatre

The perfect “gals night out” show by the Emmy and Oscar winning creator of True Blood, Six Feet Under, and American Beauty.
The nosy, pot-smoking sister. The “ugly” middle school sidekick. The religious cousin. The lesbian future sister-in-law. The friend with the bad reputation. 
Five reluctant bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, trying to avoid the over-the-top reception taking place in the backyard of a Knoxville, Tennessee estate.
As the day goes on, these very different women realize they have more in common than they think!
Appropriate for high school and up.

ON THE RAZZLE
CBT Mainstage

“If only I could look back on a day when I was fancy free, a real razzle of a day packed with adventure and high jinks, a day to remember…”
When their boss goes out of town for the day, two country grocery store clerks close up shop and “escape” to the big city of Vienna for an adventure they won’t soon forget!
Based on the play that also inspired Hello Dolly, the production is a fast-paced farce complete with slapstick shenanigans, mistaken identities, misdirected orders and romantic complications all combined with trademark Tom Stoppard wit and wordplay!
Appropriate for ages 12 and up.