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April 16, 2004|Volume 32, Number 26



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Yale Rep's upcoming season
to feature a mix of old and new

August Wilson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays "Fences" and "Piano Lesson," will return to the place where those works premiered when he presents his newest creation as part of the Yale Repertory Theatre's 2004-2005 season.

"Yale Rep's 39th season will continue our journey of joyous exploration and impassioned ingenuity," says James Bundy, the theater's artistic director and dean of the School of Drama. "We maintain our commitment to the production of new works by the most original voices in the American and world theater, and so it is a particular honor to welcome August Wilson home to Yale Rep -- he returns after a 15-year absence with the world premiere of 'Radio Golf,' the 10th and final play in his groundbreaking cycle of dramas chronicling the 20th-century African-American experience.

"And I am thrilled that Mr. Wilson will be joined at the Rep next year by Lillian Groag, Rolin Jones and Sarah Ruhl, three of the nation's most prized playwriting talents who are making their debuts at the theater," said Bundy. "The currency and national importance of these new plays will be complemented by invigorating new productions of Strindberg's 'Miss Julie' and Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors,' and we look forward to embracing this exciting work with our audience."

The Yale Rep's 2004-2005 line-up follows:

* "The Clean House" by Sarah Ruhl (September-October), the world premiere of a comedy about a family that is forced to face its buried dysfunction when it hires a Brazilian maid who loves to laugh but hates to clean.

* "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow" by Rolin Jones (October-November), a "techno-comedy" about an average girl who uses her technological genius to devise a new form of human contact using obsolete missile components when she decides to meet her birth mother in China.

* "The Ladies of the Camellias" by Lillian Groag (November-December), a look at the backstage goings-on -- from gossip to plots to rivalries -- in the halls of the Theatre de la Renaissance in Paris, 1897.

* "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare (February-March), the classic comedy about the mistaken identities and merry misunderstandings that greet a merchant and his servant visiting the fair city of Ephesus.

* "Miss Julie" by August Strindberg (March-April), a psycho-sexual drama about a strong-willed aristocratic young woman's dangerous flirtation with her father's valet.

* "Radio Golf" by August Wilson (April-May), the final work in the author's 10-play cycle chronicling the black experience in America in each decade of the 20th century -- this time set in Pittsburgh in the 1990s.

Exact performance dates and additional production information will be announced shortly.

Subscription packages for the 2004-2005 season range from $72 to $210. Current Yale Rep subscribers can renew now; subscription packages for new customers will be available beginning May 1. Subscriptions may be purchased in person or via U.S. mail at the box office, 1120 Chapel St.; by phone at (203) 432-1234; or online at www.yalerep.org.

Single tickets for all 2004-2005 plays will be available after the Labor Day holiday and range from $12 to $45 -- which includes a variety of group, senior and student rates.


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