Round House Theatre: Classic Play. New Vision. The Trip to Bountiful

[Howard Hartman]

An "amazing" Trip to Bountiful Timothy Douglas on Bountiful Bountiful ticket & event info Onstage in Silver Spring in March Visit our website "Like" us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate today An "amazing" Trip to Bountiful Photo of Lizan Mitchell and Howard Overshown by Roger Mastroianni A "great play...first-rate theater... the nontraditional casting makes one thing abundantly clear: the universality of Carrie's search, its resonance with the ache for home of the world's displaced." Lizan Mitchell's performance is "an amazing thing." - Cleveland Plain Dealer The Trip to Bountiful By Horton Foote Directed by Timothy Douglas March 16 - April 3 Round House Theatre Bethesda, 4545 East-West Highway Metro: Bethesda (1 block) Trapped in a cramped Houston apartment with her soft-spoken son and self-absorbed daughter-in-law, widow Carrie Watts dreams of returning to her home in the Gulf Coast town of Bountiful, where she grew up and raised her own family. Fearing that she's an imposition and chafing under her daughter-in-law's watchful eye, she steals away and heads home in the journey of a lifetime. The results are both deeply emotional and uplifting in one of legendary playwright Horton Foote's most popular works. Timothy Douglas (Permanent Collection, A Lesson Before Dying) directs this first production of Bountiful to feature a primarily African-American cast, with Broadway veteran and Drama Desk Award nominee Lizan Mitchell as Carrie. Co-production with Cleveland Play House Recommended for age 13 & up "Tender, moving, a go to, must see, theatrical experience" - Lorain Times, Cleveland "Can one actor fill an entire stage? You bet, if it's the luminous Lizan Mitchell, who gives a transcendent performance...Mitchell etches an entire universe of emotion with her whole being. It's a joy to watch this charismatic actor who dominates the stage even in silence...Teary-eyed one moment, filled with girlish glee the next, Mitchell is a force of nature as Carrie, unbowed by defeat and disappointment...The all-black cast (save for the Sheriff) in this deeply moving non-traditional production proves the universality of the human condition, regardless of color. Foote, who was white, would be pleased." - Cleveland Jewish News With Doug Brown*, Jessica Frances Dukes*, Chinai J. Hardy*, Lizan Mitchell*, Howard Overshown*, Lawrence Redmond* Director Timothy Douglas, scenic designer Tony Cisek, costume designer Toni-Leslie James, lighting designer Christopher Studley, sound designer Christopher C. Swonger, stage manager Jennifer Schwartz, dramaturg Jacqueline E. Lawton, and assistant director Bridget Leak. *Member of Actors' Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States Photo of Lizan Mitchell and Jessica Frances Dukes by Roger Mastroianni Timothy Douglas on Bountiful "The Trip to Bountiful remains one of my all-time favorite plays, and has been on my director's wish list for some time. So equal to my intent of providing a moving theatrical vehicle for the incomparably talented Lizan Mitchell is my desire to honor the prolific and uniquely American playwright Horton Foote. And given his recent passing, I felt the timing to uniquely honor him couldn't be more appropriate. Because I remain committed to the playwright's original intent, all of the augmented socially-specific examples will only be communicated by way of the stage picture, coupled with the audiences' individual and collective knowledge of race relations. I hope this production will impart powerful new meanings in a unique Trip to Bountiful." - Timothy Douglas Jacqueline Lawton talks with Timothy Douglas on our RHT Blog Bountiful ticket & event info Photo of Lizan Mitchell by Roger Mastroianni Tickets: click or call 240.644.1100 Mar. 29 is "$10 Tuesday": $10 Side Orchestra & Side Balcony seats - call or order online. "$10 Tuesday" is made possible through the support of the Bernard Family Foundation. $10 & $15 tickets for patrons age 30 & under ($10 Wed. - Fri., $15 Sat. & Sun.) - call 240.644.1100 Pay-What-You-Can: Wed., Mar. 16 at 7:30pm & Sat., Mar. 19 at 3pm PWYC tickets on sale in person 1 hour prior to curtain. Cash/exact change only. 2 tickets per person. Order online & save $10 per ticket Mar. 16 - 24* Enter code TRIP when ordering full-priced center orchestra and center balcony tickets at roundhousetheatre.org. Discount valid for shows from Mar. 16 - 24, 2011. *Online orders only. Discounts may not be combined. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Not valid on $10 & $15 tickets for patrons 30 & under. Online ticket orders subject to $3.50 per ticket convenience charge. Discounts for groups of 10+ - call 240.644.1387 or email. Designer Discussion: Wed., Mar. 16 at 6:45pm A pre-show look at the show's costume, set, lighting, and sound designs. Director Discussion: Fri., Mar. 18 at 7:15pm With Timothy Douglas. Audio-described performance: Sat., Mar. 26 at 3pm Parents' Matinee: Sun., Mar. 27 at 3pm Patrons can drop off children (ages 3-12, must be potty trained) to an RHT teaching artist while they're seeing the show at this designated Sunday matinee. The kids will enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of theatre games and arts activities. Reservations for childcare are required in advance and must be made by 5 p.m. on Wed., Mar. 23 by calling 240.644.1100. Post-Show Talkbacks: Sun., Mar. 27 & Sun., Apr. 3 Sign-interpreted performance: Sat., Apr. 2 at 3pm Reservations for sign interpreting services must be made by Wed., Mar. 23. Onstage in Silver Spring in March Forum Theatre presents One Flea Spare By Naomi Wallace Directed by Alexander Strain "A play about a month spent in Hell; it is a hell of a play, and Forum plays the hell out of it...Go see this play" - DC Theatre Scene FINAL PERFORMANCES - thru Mar. 12 only Round House Theatre Silver Spring, 8641 Colesville Road (next to AFI) Metro: Silver Spring (3 blocks) Winner of the 1997 Obie Award for Best Play. A searing, bawdy Black Plague comedy, One Flea Spare explores the limits of compassion in a tale about sex, class and disease. As the streets of 1665 London pile up with bodies, a rough-spoken sailor and a precocious young girl steal indoors, only to discover themselves quarantined for a month with the wealthy master and mistress of the house. "Masks come off; pasts are revealed; lust comes out of the shadows to frolic among the damned" - City Paper Tickets: $25 general admission ($20 Senior Citizens, groups of 10+, RHT subscribers; $15 students & patrons under the age of 30): click here or call 240.644.1100 Round House presents The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play 2011 Androcles and the Lion By Aurand Harris Fun for the whole family! Mar. 25 at 7:30pm, Mar. 26 at 3pm, Apr. 1 & 2 at 7:30pm, Apr. 3 at 3pm Round House Theatre Silver Spring In Commedia tradition, a group of strolling players set up their stage and give a performance. Using authentic staging and stock characters of Commedia - the miserly Pantalone, the bragging Captain, the romantic Lovers, the trickster Arlinquin, plus an endearing Lion - Aesop's fable becomes a colorful theatrical experience. The Sarah Play provides high school students from the DC area the resources and guidance to mount a production at Round House under the mentorship of professional theatre artists and practitioners. The Sarah Play is made possible in part by the Sarah Metzger Memorial Fund and Jeffrey and Carolyn Leonard. Tickets $15 ($10 for Senior Citizens, RHT subscribers, patrons age 30 and under, and groups of 10+): click here or call 240.644.1100