BOSTON– The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University has announced the programming lineup for its second season, featuring inventive performances, innovative and classic films, and stimulating conversation with celebrated artists. The following offerings will be part of the Fall 2011 Season:
Performance:
MORTAL TERROR
co-produced with Boston Playwright’s Theatre
September 15 – October 2
by Robert Brustein
directed by Daniela Varon
with Stafford Clark-Price, Ken Cheeseman, Michael Hammond, Jeremiah Kissel, John Kuntz, Dafydd ap Rees, Georgia Lyman, and Christopher James Webb.
William Shakespeare, trapped by political intrigue, violence and betrayal, is coerced by King James to create the ultimate instrument of propaganda: Macbeth.
Mortal Terror is the second in a trilogy of plays about the life and work of Shakespeare by Robert Brustein, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Suffolk University and recent National Medal of Arts recipient.
MAIN
co-produced with Goethe-Institut Boston and Non-Event
8 p.m. Saturday, October 15
Boston’s experimental and new music series Non-Event brings us sound artist Robert Hampson’s acclaimed project, MAIN. This intriguing work includes material derived from field recordings, electronics and pure sound design, mixed with Stephan Mathieu’s beautiful spectral work for stringed instruments, organs and radios.
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
November 17 – November 20
by Christopher Marlowe
directed by David R. Gammons
Elliot Norton-award-winning director David R. Gammons and Suffolk University students adapt the classic thriller about a demented genius who strikes a terrifying bargain with the Devil. Gammons is a visiting lecturer in the Suffolk University Theatre Department.
CASA PATAS
8 p.m. Tuesday, November 29
Suffolk University welcomes back Madrid’s premiere presenters of Flamenco and Flamenco fusion featuring José Barrios, an ensemble of Spanish flamenco artists and an American special guest.
Cinema:
THE JAZZ SINGER
co-produced with the Boston Preservation Alliance
7 p.m. Tuesday, October 18
In 1928 the Modern Theatre was the first Boston movie house to premiere The Jazz Singer, Hollywood’s breakthrough «talkie.» Suffolk University and Boston Preservation Alliance team up to showcase this classic film as we celebrate the first anniversary of the restored Modern Theatre.
DEAD RECKONING – CHAMPLAIN IN AMERICA
Film and conversation with FRANK CHRISTOPHER
7 p.m. Tuesday, October 25
Frank Christopher is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-award-winning documentary filmmaker. His film Dead Reckoning – Champlain in America is a fully animated, historical account of Samuel de Champlain’s exploration of North America.
SHAKESPEARE ON FILM: MACBETH
Date TBD
Audiences who might want a refresher on Macbeth before attending Robert Brustein’s Mortal Terror in September have the perfect opportunity to see Roman Polanski’s classic film on the Modern’s big screen.
Tickets
Tickets for all events except Mortal Terror go on sale September 1, 2011. For tickets to Mortal Terror call 866-811-4111 or visit www.moderntheatre.com.
All programming subject to change
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