INTIMAN THEATRE ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP OF PLAYS FOR ITS 2009 SEASON

SEATTLE— Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Interim Managing Director Kevin Maifeld, announces the first lineup of plays for its 2009 season. Performance dates, casting and creative team information will be announced at a later date.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from the novel by Dostoyevsky

Directed by Sheila Daniels

Associate Director Sheila Daniels made her Intiman directing debut this season with A Streetcar Named Desire, which played to standing-room crowds throughout its run. She will launch Intiman’s 2009 season with a new production of this award-winning version of Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece, adapted for a three-person cast, which she staged to critical acclaim for Theater Under Ground at the Capitol Hill Arts Center in 2007.

A THOUSAND CLOWNS

By Herb Gardner

Playwright Herb Gardner (I’m Not Rappaport, Conversations with My Father) made his Broadway debut with this warm-hearted, helium-filled comedy, which won the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play and was later adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film. A tribute to life’s eccentrics, A Thousand Clowns is also a touching love story about the relationship between a free-living, middle-aged iconoclast and his nephew, a 12-year-old genius.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

A play by Joan Didion based on her memoir

In her one-woman play, Joan Didion both adapts and expands upon her award-winning, bestselling memoir about the year following the sudden loss of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, to tell of the death, some 18 months later, of their only child. Didion lays bare this most personal story of love and loss with warmth, clarity and luminous intimacy.

TBA

Directed by Bartlett Sher

In Intiman’s tradition of bringing its audiences powerful, beautifully spoken verse and unique musical-theater storytelling, Artistic Director Bartlett Sher (winner of a 2008 Tony Award for his acclaimed production of South Pacific) will direct a Shakespeare play or a musical.

American Cycle TBA

Intiman will conclude its 2009 season with the launch of its second American Cycle, a new five-year series of classic American stories and free public programs. The current American Cycle, which will conclude with this season’s production of All the King’s Men, is one of the most successful artistic and financial achievements in Intiman’s history, and has received national acclaim for programs that enhance civic dialogue in our community.

Subscription packages, on sale to current subscribers, range from $182 to $253. In addition to the full five-play season, Intiman offers three- and four-play packages and Flex Pass vouchers for the convenience of its patrons. Discount Packages are available for seniors, patrons under 25, groups and educators. Subscriptions will go on sale to the general public in January.

Subscribers can renew now by calling 206.269.1900 or visiting www.intiman.org.

All plays are subject to change.