Portland Stage announces season
I had lucky pleasure of attending the first preview performance of "Trying" at Portland Stage Company on Tuesday night. This has the potential to be a major crowd-pleaser, based on the instant standing ovation the two-member cast received after the first performance.
It stars Jonathan McMurtry and Sofia Jean Gomez, who portray Judge Francis Biddle and his secretary, Sarah. "Trying" tells the story of their unlikely friendship, and how the two work to find common ground.
It is in previews through Thursday, opens Friday and runs through April 19.
Tucked inside the program is a flyer announcing Portland Stage's 2009-10 season. In addition to its holiday programming, Portland Stage will present six mainstage productions:
"Third" by Wendy Wasserstein, Sept. 29-Oct. 18;
"The Gin Game" by D.L. Colburn, Oct. 27-Nov. 15;
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" by Charles Ludlam, Jan. 26-Feb. 21, 2010;
"Master Harold and the Boys" by Athol Fugard, March 2-28;
"Mary's Wedding" by Stephen Massicotte, April 6-25;
"Bach at Leipzig" by Itamar Moses, May 4-23.
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