2008 Prebut: The Open Road
Mother Road Theatre Company will perform 6 scenes from the plays listed on the front of this card that embody the “Open Road” theme.
Fair Maid of the West by Thomas Heywood
Hellcab by William Kern
The Weir by Connor McPherson
On the Verge by Eric Overmeyer
Angels Fall by Lanford Wilson
The Odyssey by David Farr
The Audience will vote for their favorite piece and that will become our Debut show in 2008. Two of the shows not picked for the Debut, will round out our season.
These are benefit performances for the Theatre Company. Admission is free with a $15 suggested donation.
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November 30 through December 2 and December 7-9, 2007
Hellcab
“HELLCAB is a seventy-minute collection of scenes from a day in the life of a Chicago cabbie. Beginning with a 6:30 a.m. trip by a born-again couple…the cabbie’s long day’s journey proceeds with fares from, among many others, a dangerous trio of druggies, a piggish mini-capitalist, a benumbed rape victim, an argumentative pair of fellow cabbies, a drunken woman on welfare, a smug lawyer, a randy couple on the way to a motel, and two boisterous New Yorkers out on the town. Alternately frightening, hilarious and poignant, these sharply etched blackouts and cameos…are capped by a stunning and very touching final scene. Despite rough language and some truly nasty bits, [the play] is a joyous and spirited choice for the Christmas season.
HELLCAB [is] a real joy ride.” Chicago Tribune
Press about Will Kern & Hellcab
“Kern has faithfully captured the open-faced trust of prairie people, Midwesterners who are acquainted with adversity but who still maintain a Sandburgian awe of the world around them…these [characters] create a theater that is more a mirror to, rather than a window into, the American soul.” LA Weekly
“HELLCAB has been a hell of a success in America…It is easy to see, to feel, its pull. The device is perfect: social and moral commentary by way of fleeting scenes, snatches of lives famed by those few minutes in the cab…It wears this weight of realism with buoyant lightness: fast, wisecracking, relentlessly moving on just like that cruising cab.” The Scotsman (Edinburgh)
“Whether you see the play as a portrait of embattled human decency, or a study of the intricacies of race, poverty and urban desperation…HELLCAB is equally rewarding.” The Times (London)
“HELLCAB is great—a must-see for anyone interested in sharp, off-beat performances…HELLCAB has a heart inside its gritty exterior, and a love for humanity, warts and all. Don’t let this unlikely joyride pass you by.” BackStage
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When: December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
Curtain: Friday 8:00pm, Saturday (Two Shows!) 6 & 9pm*, Sunday 2:00pm
Where: The Filling Station, 1024 4th St. SW
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The Hellcab cast includes veterans of Albuquerque and Santa Fe theatre: Gene Grant, Catherine Haun, Miguel Martinez, Lauren Myers, Danielle Reddick, David Sinkus, Harry Zimmerman.
Show Picture Gallery
The Odyssey
A Play With Live Original Music.
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March 28 through April 20, 2008
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 2pm
Show Picture Gallery
The Weir
Mother Road Theatre Company continues its 2008 season themed The Open Road with Conor McPherson’s, The Weir, directed by Mother Road Theatre Company member, Vic Browder.
Press about Conor McPherson & The Weir:
“…a moment arrives, and it’s hard to say exactly when because you’ve shed all sense of time, when you realize that you have strayed into territory that scrapes the soul.”
Ben Brantley, New York Times
“…McPherson has held audiences and critics spellbound with his tales of lost souls and troubled lives.”
Maddy Costa, The Guardian
“McPherson is following in the dramaturgical footsteps of the Irish-American Eugene O’Neill here.
Hilton Als, The New Yorker
“The Weir is a gentle, soft-spoken, delicately crafted work, but its quietness belies its emotional power…
Nick Curtis, Evening Standard
“Never mind play of the week, this is my play of the decade!”
Robert Gore Langton, The Express
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When: September 19-21, 25-28 and
October 2-5, 9-12.
Curtain: Thursday*, Friday and Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm
Where: The Filling Station, 1024 4th St. SW, located on historic, pre-1937 Route 66.
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The Weir cast includes veterans of Albuquerque theatre: Bill Sterchi, Tom Schuch, Kate Schroeder, Alan Hudson, Don Bicknell.
