The Golden West College Theater Department would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our 2010-2011 Theater Season. After reviewing the exciting season information described below, we know that you will want to be a part of the power and the magic that only live theater can create!

The Golden West College Theater Department is dedicated to offering our audiences the finest in theatrical entertainment. With a growing department of talented theater artists and a professional faculty and staff, we are committed to bringing you a variety of theater programming that is exciting, educational, and entertaining! Furthermore, utilizing both our Mainstage and Stage West theaters, we are able to offer you the opportunity to see exceptional productions in two very different and dynamic theater spaces!

We encourage you to take a moment to review our season. After doing so, we know that you will agree that the 2010-2011 Theater Season is truly exceptional, and promises to be one of our most exciting seasons to date. With an excellent lineup of productions, a talented and diverse group of performers and designers, and a season ticket package that is a tremendous value, we know that you will be delighted with what we have to offer, and we would like to formally invite you to make the Golden West College Theaters your theaters of choice for the 2010-2011 season!

Don't Dress for Dinner
by Marc Camoletti
adapted by Robin Hawdon

Directed by Martie Ramm

Dates: October 15-24, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater

Don't Dress for Dinner is a hilarious comedy with more twists than a corkscrew. Mix one husband, one wife, the husband’s best friend, the wife’s lover, the husband’s mistress, a little black dress, a gourmet chef to prepare epicurean delights, and one intimidating man named George and you have the perfect recipe for uproarious confusion performed at breakneck speed. Don’t Dress for Dinner serves up completely delicious entertainment!

This production contains strong language and adult content and is intended for mature audiences.

Othello
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Tom Amen

Dates: November 12-21, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater

Shakespeare’s captivating exploration of love, betrayal, jealousy, and revenge focuses upon the tragic downfall of a courageous warrior; a man able to conquer whole armies, yet unable to rule his own heart. While Othello is successful in leading the Venetian forces against the Turkish foe, his greatest enemy lies within his own ranks. Iago, one of Othello’s trusted soldiers and one of the most diabolical characters that Shakespeare ever penned, is enraged at being passed over for promotion, and is determined to exact a calculating and brutal revenge. Using his own festering jealously as a weapon to poison the hearts and minds of all around him, Iago develops a plan of attack that will not only win him the position he seeks, but destroy Othello in the process. Set in the Renaissance, but belonging to the ages, Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most revealing and personal tragedies; a towering and heartbreaking saga of a man who “loved not wisely, but too well.” 

Doubt: A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley

Directed by Tom Amen

Dates: February 25 – March 6, 2011
Where: Mainstage Theater

Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, Doubt is a provocative and gripping story of suspicion and suspense! Set in 1964, the play could not be more contemporary in its examination of a priest suspected of misconduct. When Sister Aloysius, a rigid Bronx school principal, accuses a progressive and engaging priest, Father Flynn, of having improper relations with a young male student, she inadvertently raises questions that force her to confront the foundation of her own moral certainty. Dynamic yet subtle, manipulative yet full of empathy, Doubt is a beautifully balanced drama that draws its power from its ambiguity. In lean, potent and passionate language, John Patrick Shanley courageously leads us into the shadowy and elusive realm of human nature and ultimate truth.

Award-winning Broadway Musical

Title to be announced Fall 2010

Performance Dates: May 6-15, 2011