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1996-97 Mermaid Players Season

Arcadia

by Tom Stoppard

October 11,12,14,15

Straight from a sold-out run on Broadway, Stoppard's fascinating play takes us back and forth between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between the Classical and romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life.

Balm in Gilead

by Lanford Wilson

February 14,15,17,18

The play--a naturalistic visit with the low-life denizens of an all-night Manhattan coffee shop--caused a sensation when it opened Off Broadway in 1965. Witnesses say the doors had to be locked to keep out excess theatre-goers. Today, the play's themes of isolation and identity remian vitally relevant in this absorbing story of "losers who refuse to lose."

The Actors Nightmare & Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You

by Christopher Durang

April 4,5,7,8

 

 

 

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