The Aurora Fox Arts Center Presents Season 32 Life On the Margins of Polite Society
Once again, we are proud to bring new and exciting titles to life on our stage.
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October 7-November 6, 2016
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Book and Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton
Conceived by Don Black, Christopher Hampton and Frank Wildhorn
On the Aurora Fox Mainstage
Dracula is a thrilling drama of suspense and a Gothic romance, set in Europe at the end of the Victorian Age. The story follows the famed vampire as he lusts for new blood. Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray fall victim to Dracula's unnatural charm, and along with Doctor Van Helsing, must fight Dracula's supernatural powers. Dracula
will enthrall audiences with its powerful score and its potential for bringing the undead to life in this haunting musical of unrequited love.
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
November 25-January 1, 2017
By George Gershwin, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward
and Ira Gershwin
Book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks
Musical Score Adapted by Dierdre L. Murray
On the Aurora Fox Mainstage
This operatic adaptation of Heyward's play, Porgy and Bess follows the lives of the inhabitants of Catfish Row, an African-American section of Charleston, South Carolina. We follow the crippled Porgy and his beloved Bess, who is under the thrall of the dangerous Crown, and the sinewy drug dealer Sportin' Life.
January 20-February 19, 2017
By Charles Wefso
In the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre
Jason's small campfire and video camera strain to penetrate the darkness of the remote woods outside of Yellow Knife, Canada. Jason is doggedly searching for the definitive proof of an undiscovered species he is certain exists, and must exist in this place.
Chinglish
Regional Premiere
March 24-April 9, 2017
By David Henry Hwang
On the Aurora Fox Mainstage
A hilarious comedy about the challenges of doing business in a country whose language and underlying cultural assumptions can be worlds apart from those of the West. The play tells the adventures of Daniel, an American businessman from the Midwest, who hopes to establish his family's sign-making business in China. Through a comic exchange, he learns what is lost and found in translation.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Regional Premiere
April 21-May 28, 2017
Book by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott
Arranged by Stephen "Spud" Murphy
On the Aurora Fox Mainstage
Based on the popular 1994 film of the same name,
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert follows two drag queens and a transsexual who buy a run-down old bus (they call it Priscilla) and set out on a road trip across the Australian Outback. During their journey, the trio encounters an array of Australian citizens, some of who aren't receptive to their lifestyle, but they persevere, while strengthening their own friendships.
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