Category: Productions

Arouet in conjunction with
The Driftwood Players’ Theatre of Intriguing Possibilities present
the North American premiere of
The Hen Night Epiphany
A play by Award Winning Irish Playwright Jimmy Murphy

March 21-April 6, 2013

Five women. One hen night. Too many secrets.

A heart lifting tale of five women who take to the countryside for a night of fun and laughter that unexpectedly leaves their lives turned upside down. A week before the wedding of her dreams, a woman wonders if some secrets should never be kept, no matter what the cost.

The Hen Night Epiphany promises to be an evening of laughter and tears with a hen night you will never forget.

The cast features Colleen Carey, Laura Crouch, Ellen Dessler, Frances Hearn, and Kelly Johnson. Directed by Roy Arauz. Read more about the cast and crew of The Hen Night Epiphany…

Take a look at the rehearsal and production galleries.

What the critics had to say: Review Roundup

Jimmy Murphy is one of Ireland’s leading playwrights having written plays including Brothers Of The Brush, The Kings Of The Kilburn High Road and The Castlecomer Jukebox. In 2008 a version of The Kings Of The Kilburn High Road was produced as a feature film, Kings, and was Ireland’s official entry in the Oscars.

Definition of Hen Night: A bachelorette party, hen party, hen do, or hen night, is a party held for a woman who is about to be married. The term hen party or hen night is more common in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, while the term bachelorette party is more common in the United States. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_night

The House of Bernarda Alba
(La Casa de Bernarda Alba)
by Federico García Lorca
adapted in English by Emily Mann
May 4-19, 2012

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Federico Garcia Lorca finished what would be his final masterpiece, The House of Bernarda Alba. Two months later he was killed for his leftist politics.

After the death of her second husband, Bernarda Alba decrees a traditional eight-year mourning period. Tyranically ruling over her five daughters, she will do anything to safeguard her family’s place in the community and daughter’s futures. Jealousy and suppressed sexuality quickly rise to the surface, leading to rebellion and a tragically inevitable ending. Expressing the costs of repressing the freedom of others, 75 years later The House of Bernarda Alba is still a timeless work, particularly in today’s political climate.

Meet the Cast and Crew of “The House of Bernarda Alba”

Take a look at the rehearsal and production galleries.

What the critics had to say: Review Roundup

Performance Location

The Ballard Underground
2220 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107

Directions

Ticketing

Festival Seating

• General Admission: $15 advance purchase/$18 at the door
• Student: $12 advance purchase/$15 at the door
• Senior: $12 advance purchase/$15 at the door

Premium Seating

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• Reserved seating
• Priority entrance
• A drink tickets
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• Each Premium Ticket is only $50

Advance/credit card purchase tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets.

Rush Tickets

$10 at the door, sold five minutes prior to showtime, depending on availability. Rush Ticket availability is not guaranteed; tickets sold on a first-come, first served basis. Cash only.

* Premium Seating: Four tickets will be available for each performance at this price. Premium Seating includes reserved seating, priority admission, and a drink ticket.

Purchase/Reservations

For reservations, email boxoffice@arouet.us or call (425) 298-3852. Please note, cash and check at the door only. Reservations are held until 5 minutes prior to showtime.

Special Thanks To…

The House Of Bernarda Alba is possible thanks to our successful Kickstarter campaign. We would really like to thank our backers!

In-kind support provided by Otak, Inc.

“If we’re lucky, the people we loved – parents, friends, lovers, whatever – stick around until we’re ready for them to leave. If we’re lucky, they leave before things become impossible. But the trick is to recognize that precise moment of change, to be able to gracefully let go of a past that may never have been the way you want to remember it, and to embrace a present that is just dying for change.”

Philip and Barbara have been friends since they were 5 years old. Now nearing 50, the only thing keeping their friendship alive may just be its longevity, as they come to realize that each is not the person they believe and/or want the other one to be during one intense Sunday afternoon barbeque.

Pre-production Developmental Reading

Monday, May 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Location: Illsley Ball, Nordstrom Recital Hall (Backstage) at Benaroya Hall. Enter at the Artist Entrance located on 2nd Ave. at Benaroya Hall
Directed by Roy Arauz
Admission: FREE

Featuring Greg Brisendine, Jeff Church, Frances Hearn, and Carissa Meisner Smit

About The Playwright

Doug DeVita has written the books for two musicals which were produced at Vital Children’s Theatre in New York: The Tempest (music and lyrics by Brian Allan Hobbs) and As You Like It (music and lyrics by Paul Johnson). His play Just A Rumor (co-written with Gary Lyons) was a semi-finalist at the Eugene O’Neil Playwright’s Conference and has had developmental readings at New York’s Abingdon Theatre Company and London’s Menier Chocolate Factory. Other plays include Confessions of a Serial Egg Donor, Things Seen, Gold Diggers of the 1, 2 & 3, and Something To Dance About (the last two also co-written with Mr. Lyons.) Mr. DeVita is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

La Segua
by Alberto Cañas
translated by Roy Arauz
dramaturgy by Charles Waxberg

Encarnación Sancho is the most beautiful woman in town. Convinced that she is a mythical segua who drove her first suitor mad, Encarnación becomes obsessed with the segua myth and realizes that all women are seguas in as much as physical beauty turns into or leads to ugliness and death.

Alberto Cañas is one of the preeminent Costa Rican cultural figures of the latter part of the 20th Century. In La Segua, he combines the traditional mesoamerican legend with actual events that occurred in the city of Cartago in the 1800s to compose a study of the relationship of one woman with her physical beauty.

Look for La Segua in the Spring of 2012.