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Fw? i i i i s r i T T 7 r 7 l 77 r ?^ ■ 1 i' i 1 i 1 i 1 r 1 -r L r 1 & nx 1 I I I I I I 11 11 r l 11 1 ‘r 1 - rn »t 1 y l "i 1 i 1 i 1 i 1 1' *“ *■ 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ 1 ■ • Horizon Theatre Company Announces 5th Season of Premiere Plays In celebration of its fifth season, Horizon Theatre Company in Little 5 Points is whipping up a five-star feast of Atlanta, Southeastern, and World Premieres of contemporary plays. The 1988-89 season of four plays promises everything from biting satire to heartwarming comedy to controversial drama. Andthisyear.it includes a very special World Premiere by an outstanding Atlanta writer. According to co- artistic director Lisa Adler, "It’s a year filled with hot new plays and playwrights and our usual fabulous ensemble acting. Audiences can expect scintillating language, a satiric wit and humor, provocative ideas, contemporary issues, and a bold sense of the theatrical." Horizon's new season includes Life and Limb by Keith Reddin (October 7-29), the World Premier of Shakin' The Mess Outta Misery by Shay Youngblood (December 2-23), Serious Money by Caryl Churchill (February 17-March 11), and the World Premiere of Blackie by Y York (May 5-27). Performances will be Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m„ Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., and selected Sundays at 5:00 p.m. Horizon opens its season October 7 with the crazy, satiric comedy Life and Limb by Keith Reddin, a vibrant young writer whose most recent play, Big Time, is currently receiving praises in its Off-Broadway run. Taking place in New Jersey and the Netherworld, Life and Limb is a hilarious fable of dark humor which follows the fortunes of Franklin, a young man who returns from the Korean War minus an arm with sweet dreams of peace, prosperity and owning a television set Instead, he and his young wife Effie find themselves struggling to keep their innocence in a bizarrely outrageous world. As The Chicago Tribune described it, Life and Limb is "a tragicomic fantasy of the American dream gone nutlily askew." The play will be co directed by Horizon ensemble members Rosemary Newcott and Sharon Brewer. A World Premiere by an exciting, up-and- coming Atlanta writer is second on the season schedule when Horizon presents Shakin’The Mess Outta Misery by Shay Youngblood. This is the beautiful and hopeful story of a young girl's coming of age in the South in the 1960s and of all the women who fed, read, loved, and raised her. "This play is about my Big Mamas. I listened to the stories they told me and the stories they told each other when I wasn't supposed to be listening. One day I decided to give them a voice." Shakin’The Mess Outta Misery is a special celebration of love and family for the holiday season. Fresh from its much-talked about Broadway run last season, Horizon presents as its third production, Serious Money, a hysterically fun romp through the world of high finance by the famed British author of Cloud 9 and Top Girls, Caryl Churchill. Financial buccaneers on both sides of the Atlantic double and triple cross each other in a high-stakes game, plotting to make incredible fortunes. Corporate take-over ware, covered-up cocaine deals, political corruption, and possible murder are all part of the intrigue in this stinging satire which will be co-directed by Horizon’s co-artistic directors Lisa and Jeff Adler. The final production of the season is yet another World Premiere, Blackie by Y Yoric, a writer who was recently selected for membership in the prestigious playwright's group New Dramatists. In a future time of lab-concocted people and passion-controlling pills, Gene, a renegade geneticist, and his family must hide the secret of their uncoded origin. When a creepy, snooty neighbor * gives them Blackie, a pro grammed man servant, they take on the dan gerous task of restoring his personality and ulti mately find themselves facing a decision that will effect the future of the whole human race. In this delightfully quick-witted, sci-fi tale, originality triumphs in an ultra-efficient world. Individual and subscription tickets to the 4-play season are available by phone or by mail. Individual ticket prices are $8.00 on Thursdays and Sundays, S 10.50 on Fridays and Saturdays, $6.00 for students and senior citizens. The costofasubscrip-tion is $18.00 for the Bargain Preview series, $24.00 for the Thursday or Sunday night series, $31.50 for the Friday night or Saturday twilight series, $37.00 for the Saturday night or Opening Night series. A Rex-Pass which allows you to pick the performances of your choice is k available for $37.00. For more information, tickets, subscriptions, group rates, or a brochure, please call 584-7450 Ray McKinnon and Mary Lou Newcott in Life and Limb. The Little 5 Points section covers the news, events and people of this community, gay or straight-always different, always special ’’Next Generation’’ of Artistic Directors Represented at Seven Stages Theater The new face at Seven Stages is that of Elizabeth Bell-Haynes, a young black director from Los Angeles, California. Currently, assisting Del Hamilton on his production of Macbeth, Ms. Bell-Haynes is in Atlanta by way of a unique professional directing project sponsored by the Drama League of New York. This project is the only national program for emerging directors and is geared toward stimulating the next generation of artistic leadership in the American Theatre. Ms. Bell-Haynes was the first black female to enter the professional theatre program in directing at California State University, Fullerton. Her directing credits include: Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Marsha Norman's The Laundromat, Pinter’s Betrayal, and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Ho 1 acting credits include: Clarisse in When Ya Comin Back Red. Ryder, Billie in Nevis Mountain Dew, and Mrs. Squemish in The Country Wife. "As a first time visitor to Atlanta, I'm experiencing a variety in artistic expression I didn't know existed. My time at Seven Stages is proving both highly dynamic and intriguing. There are not many nationally recognized theatres that maintain truly viable community ties. After her stint at Seven Stages, Elizabeth Bell-Haynes will go to New York to Second Stage Company working with a production of Lanford Wilson's The Rimers OF Eldritch. Then she will direct a one-act at New York's Circle Repertory Theatre Company. CHARB books&more 419Moreland Avenue NE Atlanta, Ga. 30307 524-0304 A Feminist Bookstore and more... 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