The 2011 Williamstown Theatre Festival schedule, running Friday, June 29, 2011 through Sunday, August 28, 2011, includes Jon Robin Baitz’s Three Hotels, She Stoops to Conquer, the 18th century comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, and the American premier of Tony Award-winner John Doyle’s Ten Cents a Dance. New curtain times for all Main Stage shows are as follows: Tuesday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Three Hotels – June 29 – July 24, 2011 – WTF Main Stage
- By Jon Robin Baitz
- Directed by Robert Falls
In Three Hotels, Ken Hoyle is an ambitious hatchet man for a multinational company that sells defective baby formula in developing African countries. His wife Barbara advises other young executive wives on life in the third world. Their days as idealistic Peace Corps volunteers are far behind them – physically and metaphorically – and the succession of moral compromises has taken its toll. Jon Robin Baitz weaves a timely tale of corporate misdeeds, personal tragedy, and marital discord that takes us into the private thoughts of a man and a woman searching for answers and aching for redemption.
She Stoops to Conquer – July 27 – August 7, 2011 – WTF Main Stage
- By Oliver Goldsmith
- Directed by Nicholas Martin
- Cast includes: Brooks Ashmanskas, Kristine Nielsen, Jonathan Patrick Walker, Paxton Whitehead
Nicholas Martin, former WTF Artistic Director (Our Town at WTF; Present Laughter; Hedda Gabler), will direct Oliver Goldsmith’s rowdy comedy of mistaken identities, She Stoops to Conquer (July 27 through August 7). The cast features Jonathan Patrick Walker (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at WTF; High Fidelity) as Charles Marlow, Tony Award-nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Promises, Promises; The Producers; She Loves Me at WTF) as Tony Lumpkin, Tony Award-nominee Paxton Whitehead (The Importance of Being Earnest; Home at WTF) as Mr. Hardcastle, and Drama Desk Award-nominee Kristine Nielsen (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as Mrs. Hardcastle.
Pranks and hijinks abound in She Stoops to Conquer, a raucous 18th-century comedy of big costumes, big sets, big hair, and even bigger laughs. Two well-bred young men arrive at the country estate of Mr. Hardcastle, intending to woo his daughter Kate and her cousin Constance, but when local mischief-maker Tony Lumpkin plays a practical joke on the city-slickers, the Hardcastle household is launched into a dizzying, deliciously preposterous romp of mistaken identity. True to fashion, director Nicholas Martin assembles a fearless ensemble of comic all-stars and WTF favorites sure to thrill and delight.
Ten Cents A Dance – August 11 – August 28, 2011 – WTF Main Stage
- Conceived and Directed by John Doyle
- Music by Richard Rodgers
- Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
- Cast includes: Malcolm Gets, Lauren Molina, Jane Pfitsch
Tony Award-winner John Doyle’s (Sweeney Todd; Company) latest project, a celebration of the songs of Rodgers and Hart, Ten Cents a Dance (August 11 through August 28) will close Williamstown’s Main Stage Season. Tony Award-nominee Malcolm Gets (Amour; Anything Goes at WTF; “Caroline in the City”) plays Johnny and Lauren Molina (Rock of Ages; Sweeney Todd) and Jane Pfitsch (Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Company) will also be featured in this American Premiere production.
Prepare to be bewitched and beguiled by Ten Cents a Dance, a new musical conceived by Doyle, who applies his signature style of engaging a company of actor-musicians to bring to life the extraordinary music of Rodgers and Hart. Crooner Johnny wistfully recalls his lifelong love affair of chorus girl Miss Jones, who is embodied by five women, each portraying a different stage of her life. As Johnny and Miss Jones take “Manhattan” under a “Blue Moon” while “Falling in Love with Love,” you can’t help but think “Isn’t it Romantic?” – even if sometimes “The Lady is a Tramp.” These and so many other unforgettable songs – filled with infatuation, longing, and enchantment – will sparkle like a glass of champagne on a sexy summer evening. “All you need is a ticket, come on big boy, ten cents a dance.”
Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage 2011 Schedule
- Three Hotels
- By Jon Robin Baitz
- Directed by Robert Falls
- June 29 – July 24, 2011
- She Stoops to Conquer
- By Oliver Goldsmith
- Directed by Nicholas Martin
- Cast includes: Brooks Ashmanskas, Kristine Nielsen, Jon Patrick Walker, Paxton Whitehead
- July 27 – August 7, 2011
- Ten Cents a Dance
- Conceived and Directed by John Doyle
- Music by Richard Rodgers
- Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
- Cast includes: Malcolm Gets, Lauren Molina, Jane Pfitsch
- August 11 – August 28, 2011
Williamstown Theatre Festival Nikos Stage 2011 Schedule
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- By Tennessee Williams
- Directed by David Cromer
- Cast includes: Jessica Hecht, Sam Rockwell
- June 22 – July 3, 2011
- One Slight Hitch
- By Lewis Black
- Directed by Joe Grifasi
- Cast includes: Paige Howard, Mark Linn-Baker
- July 6 – 17, 2011
- A Doll’s House
- By Henrik Ibsen
- Translated by Paul Walsh
- Directed by Sam Gold
- Cast includes: Oscar Isaac, Hamish Linklater, Matthew Maher, Lily Rabe, Lili Taylor
- July 20 – 31, 2011
- Touch(ed)
- By Bess Wohl
- Directed by Trip Cullman
- August 3 – 14, 2011
- You Better Sit Down: tales from my parents’ divorce
- Written by Anne Kauffman, Matthew Maher, Caitlin Miller, Jennifer R. Morris, Janice Paran, and Robbie Collier Sublett
- Conceived by Jennifer R. Morris
- Directed by Anne Kauffman
- August 16 – 21, 2011 (one week only!)
- ADDED PERFORMANCE: Sunday, August 21st at 7:30pm
Williamstown Theatre Festival contact info.
- 1000 Main St. – Rt. 2
- Williamstown, MA 01267
- Box office – 413-597-3400
- web: wtfestival.org
A special Main Stage Season Package is available for purchase until March 11, 2011 at www.wtfestival.org. 2011 Williamstown Theatre Festival season tickets will go on sale June 1, 2011 and can be purchased online at www.wtfestival.org, by phone at (413) 597-3400 or in person at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St. (Route 2), Williamstown, MA 02167.