2012 Season
The Hard Bargain Players are pleased to announce our 2012 season. As is our tradition at Hard Bargain we again feature plays that are off the beaten path, plays that ask questions and allow our patrons to come up with the answers. Performances will be held at the Theatre in the Woods unless otherwise noted.
Plays are subject to change based on availability of royalties and other factors beyond our control.
Theater in the Woods is an outdoor amphitheater and the Hard Bargain Players perform rain or shine. Shows are only canceled in the event of severe weather conditions. There is limited covered seating and umbrellas are encouraged. Comfortable clothing and bug spray are also highly recommended.
Reservations
Making a reservation is as easy as sending an email to hbplayersboxoffice@gmail.com Please be sure to include the show, date of performance, and number of tickets you are reserving.
Fuddy Meers
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Rachel Wallace
Performances
June 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 8:00 PM
Synopsis
Claire awakens each morning as a blank slate on which her husband and teenage son must imprint the facts of her life. A limping, lisping man in a ski mask pops out from under her bed and claims to be her brother there to save her and she's hustled off to the home of her mother, a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to utter gibberish. Claire's journey gets even more complicated when a dimwitted thug with a foul-mouthed hand puppet pops up at a window, and her driven husband and perpetually stoned son show up with a claustrophobic lady-cop that they've kidnapped. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot bring Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she'd forgotten.
Hoodoo Love
by Katori Hall
A blues inspired play directed by Terry Spann
Performances
August 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 8:00 PM
Synopsis
In this tale of love, magic and mystery, young Toulou flees to Memphis from her home in the cotton fields of 1930s Mississippi to pursue her dream of becoming a blues singer. She meets a very charming traveling blues man, the notorious Ace of Spades, and falls madly in love. Ace likes to love them and leave them, but Toulou, has other plans for him. Enlisting the help of The CandyLady (the local Hoodoo Madame), Toulou casts a spell for his love, hoping that he can make all of her dreams come true!
[This play contains strong language and adult situations. Mature audiences only.]
Bent
by Martin Sherman
Directed by David M. Thomas
Performances
September 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 8:00 PM
Synopsis
The story begins in 1934, Berlin, Germany and concludes two years later in the concentration camp of Dachau where one man discovers the true meaning of love and self acceptance against almost impossible odds.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.