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The SeasonFirst of all, for you to receive our monthly e-mails with news about our upcoming performances, please sign up for our Theater by the Book e-list: 
There will be two performances of each play or opera, usually on a Sunday, usually at 2:00 and at 6:00 in the afternoon. The first of the two shows will always be followed by a "talk-back" with the audience and actors, so that audiences coming to either presentation can catch it. United States: Our Town by Thornton Wilder
At 7:00 PM at GableStage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables. Our Town depicts the lives, loves and losses of the citizens of the imaginary town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. Spanning the years 1900 through 1913, the play celebrates the joys of a simpler, more innocent time back in the days when folks forgot to lock their front doors at night and when the arrival of the first automobile in town was a major event, and Sunday concerts in the park, church picnics. Weddings and births were celebrated year after year. Albert Einstein, no less, called this play "...a work that touches the soul like a miracle." For directions and parking information go to www.GableStage.org/directions.php. The event will be followed by an informal get-together with the actors to discuss the play. A second performance will be announced soon. Argentina: The Book of Ruth - Mario Diament
At the The Futernick Family Art Gallery of the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center on The Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus - 11155 SW 112th Avenue Miami, FL 33176. An 11:00 complimentary light brunch will be enjoyed in the company of the actors and the playwright before an 11:30 AM presentation of the play. The event will be given in connection with the exhibit Waldsee-1944. In the summer of 1944 in Hungary, thousands of Hungarian Jews were shipped to Auschwitz and required to write deceptive postcards to their families who remained in relative freedom, reassuring them that all was well in the fictitious Waldsee (Auschwitz)
For additional information, directions and parking information go to www.alperjcc.org or call 305.271.9000. France: Lorenzaccio - Alfred de Musset
Two performances: 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM at the Alliance Française de Miami, located at 618 SW 8 St. Miami, FL 33130. The brilliant playwright John Strand shines once more in this uncanny adaptation of Alfred de Musset's 1833 play about corrupted power, treasonous politics, a self-serving commander-in-chief, and a military occupation despised by the whole population. For additional information, directions and parking information go to www.afmiami.org or call (305) 859-8760. The 2:00 PM performance will be followed by an informal get-together with the actors over coffee to discuss the play. Spain: Life's Dreaming - Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Two performances at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM at the Centro Cultural Español de Miami (CCE Miami) at 800 Douglas Road, Suite #170, Coral Gables, Fl 33134. Prince Segismund, heir to the throne of Poland, imprisoned since childhood because of his father's fear of a prediction that may come true, breaks his chains and rises against his king and country in this fantastical play that ponders the meaning of justice, violence, and freedom. For additional information, directions and parking information go to www.ccemiami.org or call (305) 448-967. The 2:00 PM performance will be preceded by a brief introduction to the play by Dr. Anne J. Cruz, Professor of Spanish Modern Languages and Literature, University of Miami. There will be an informal get-together with the actors over coffee to discuss the play after the 2:00 PM presentation. England: Falstaff and Hal - William Shakespeare
The voluminous Sir John Falstaff and his low-life companions - including the future King of England - come to terms with the responsibilities of life and liquor-free military service in this combined adaptation of the Bard's anti-war plays by Rafael de Acha. This ambitious concoction includes the key parts of the Falstaff-Henry relationship from the plays Henry the Fourth, parts one and two. Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Vizcaya, with "High Tea" at the half-way point, served al fresco in the grounds of Vizcaya. High tea is optional and available by reservation for $15 all inclusive. The High Tea includes tea or coffee, gourmet sandwiches and pastries. The performance takes place In the West Building known as The "Old Garage" with an entrance WEST off South Miami Avenue directly across the main entrance to the grounds. For additional information, directions, High Tea reservations and parking information go to www.vizcayamuseum.org or call (305) 250-9193. Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables, with brunch at the half-way point. Brunch is optional and available by reservation for $15 all inclusive. For additional information, directions, brunch reservations and parking information go to www.booksandbooks.com or call (305) 442-4408. Germany: Mary Stuart - Friedrich Schiller
A second performance in a different location will be announced later on. The play is presented in tandem with Splendor in the Bass: The Portraits - this exhibition is a series of portraits from the Bass Museum of Art's permanent collection, several of which are of the same time period as Mary Queen of Scotts and Elizabeth I. This exhibition runs from May 2 - October 19. Bass Museum of Art
Schiller's riveting, relevant as tonight's news, great historic drama about Mary, Queen of Scotland and her arch-rival Elizabeth the Great will be given for the first time in Miami by Theater by the Book. The title role will be played by Annemaria Rajala. Harriet Oser plays Queen Elizabeth the First. Also in the cast Steve Gladstone (Talbot), Peter Haig (Burleigh), John Felix (Davidson) and Jana Tift (Hanna) Lute music and songs by English composers of the Elizabethan period will accompany the play, performed by students from the Frost School of Music of the University of Miami. France: Cyrano de Bergerac - Edmond Rostand
Two performances: 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM at the Alliance Française de Miami, located at 618 SW 8 St. Miami, FL 33130 Rostand's great tragic-comedy about a man with a great nose for wine, women and swordplay will be performed in a new translation by Anthony Burgess. The title role will be played by David Kwiat. For additional information, directions and parking information go to www.afmiami.org or call (305) 859-8760. The 2:00 PM performance will be preceded by an informal talk on the play by Celita Lamar, Associate Professor of French. Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures University of Miami, and will be followed by an informal get-together with the actors over coffee to discuss the play. The Long Christmas Ride Home - Paula Vogel
The 7:00 PM Friday performance will be preceded by a "Happy Hour" with the actors and the playwright at 6:00 PM. The 2:00 PM Saturday performance will be followed by an informal get together with the actors and the playwright. At the Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. At the corner of 10th Street and Washington Avenue. For additional information, directions and parking information go to www.wolfsonian.org or call 305.531.1001. Past, present and future collide on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family. Humorous and heart-wrenching, this play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author made the New York Times say "...an exalted communal ritual of redemption and solace...enough to make even die-hard agnostics believe in the mystical powers of drama." The event will be followed by an informal get-together with the actors over coffee to discuss the play. SEND THIS PAGE TO PRINT AND POST IT. Theater by the Book's 2008 programming is generously supported
by the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation.
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