16 Geva Season Brochure

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SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE! 9 plays from $193

WILSON STAGE SERIES FROM $114W FIELDING STUDIO SERIES FROM $79FSUBSCRIBE

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Get up close and personal with the hottest work in American theatre

in the 180-seat Fielding Stage

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All the magic, spectacle and scale of Broadway-quality theatre in the

intimate 526-seat Wilson Stage

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There is something for everyone in your 2016-2017 Season and we can’t wait to share it with you! Treat yourself to award-winning, world class theatre, crafted right in here Rochester just for you by America’s best actors, directors, writers and designers.

From the moment that you walk through the doors and into our newly renovated lobby, you will be captivated by the energy and atmosphere of this historic building. From intimate gathering areas and a new, locally-sourced café menu, to new seating and wheelchair balcony access in the Wilson Stage, every detail has been designed to make your visit to Geva an even more enjoyable one.

Experience why Geva is the most attended professional regional theatre in the Northeast United States. Subscribe today for the best seats and savings!

(585) 232-4382 | www.GevaTheatre.org

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Cover image by Jacobs Illustration

THIS SEASON GET MORE!

Increased seating and tablesElevator access to the balconyNew seats in the Wilson StageAdditional wheelchair seatingMore open-captioned performancesImproved food & beverage serviceNew menu items

From the moment you enter the lobby, your Geva experience is better than ever! New features and enhancements include:

A new look, a vibrant destination to enjoy great art -be among the first to discover what’s inside!

Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award®-winning, rollicking romp is fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musical comedies ever written. Pseudolus, a crafty slave, will do anything to win his freedom, including trying to win the hand of the beautiful (but dim) courtesan-next-door for his young master. With hilarious twists and turns, mistaken identity, slamming doors (and a showgirl or two), Forum has “something for everyone, a comedy tonight!”

Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart Music and lyrics by Stephen SondheimDirected by Melissa Rain AndersonMusical Direction by Don Kot | Choreographed by Rommy Sandhu

OCTOBER 4 - NOVEMBER 6S M T W T F S

OCTOBER 2 3 47:30pm

57:30pm

67:30pm

78pm

8 2pm / 8pm

92pm / 7pm

10 116pm

127:30pm

13 7:30pm

148pm

154pm / 8:30pm

16 2pm / 7pm

17 187:30pm

197:30pm

207:30pm

218pm

224pm / 8:30pm

23 2pm / 7pm

24 257:30pm

267:30pm

27 7:30pm

288pm

294pm / 8:30pm

30 2pm / 7pm

31 NOVEMBER 17:30pm

2 2pm 7:30pm

37:30pm

48pm

54pm / 8:30pm

62pm

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Audio Description Sign Interpreted Open Captioned

OUT at Geva Sunday Salon Discounted Preview Week performance

Opening Night

With Support From

A larger-than-life Hungarian ‘Mama Rose,’ is slowly slipping into dementia as her Broadway baby, Melinda slips into de’middle age. A brilliantly funny and touching story of two women who are losing everything they’ve ever been—in very different ways—as they lose each other. Who’s it harder for? The one who can’t remember? …Or the one who can’t forget? This one-woman tour-de-force by Broadway performer and comedienne Melinda Buckley was an award-winner at the 2014 NY Fringe Festival.

Written and performed by Melinda Buckley

The Fielding Studio Series is supported in part by the Gouvernet Arts Fund at the Community Foundation

NOVEMBER 3 - 20S M T W T F S

30 31 NOVEMBER 1 2 37pm

47pm

5 2:30pm/7:30pm

63pm

7 87pm

97pm

107pm

117pm

122:30pm / 7:30pm

133pm

14 15 167pm

17 7pm

187pm

192:30pm / 7:30pm

203pm

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Open Captioned

With Support From

Empty nesters Greg and Kate have relocated back to Manhattan after two decades of raising their family in the suburbs. As Kate observes: “The dog phase of my life is definitely over.” When Greg finds Sylvia, a street-smart Labradoodle, in Central Park and brings her home, she becomes a bone of contention between Greg and Kate, testing their marriage to howlingly hilarious and touching effect.

Written by A.R. GurneyDirected by Mark Cuddy

JANUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 5S M T W T F S

JANUARY 8 9 107:30pm

117:30pm

127:30pm

138pm

14 2pm / 8pm

152pm / 7pm

16 176pm

187:30pm

19 7:30pm

208pm

214pm / 8:30pm

22 2pm / 7pm

23 247:30pm

257:30pm

267:30pm

278pm

284pm / 8:30pm

29 2pm / 7pm

30 317:30pm

FEBRUARY 1 2pm 7:30pm

2 7:30pm

38pm

44pm / 8:30pm

5 2pm

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Opening Night

With Support From

FEBRUARY 2 - 19

During a fierce winter storm, estranged siblings reunite in their family’s restaurant amid pungent memories of tandoors and tikka masala. When a regular customer claims to know more of their family history than they do, Vijay and Priya are forced to consider the future of the business. Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph serves up a spicy menu of family secrets, sibling rivalry and unlikely friendship.

Written by Rajiv JosephDirected by Pirronne Yousefzadeh

S M T W T F S

27 30 31 FEBRUARY 1 27pm

37pm

4 2:30pm / 7:30pm

53pm

6 77pm

87pm

97pm

107pm

112:30pm / 7:30pm

123pm

13 14 157pm

16 7pm

177pm

182:30pm / 7:30pm

193pm

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Open Captioned


With Support From

Joanna surprises her liberal white parents when she brings home John, her African-American fiancé, to meet them. However, she shocks even John by inviting his disapproving parents to dinner. A clash of generations and races ensues when both sets of parents must confront their own unexpected reactions and concerns for their children as their long-held beliefs are put to the test. This funny and poignant stage adaptation offers a fresh interpretation of the beloved Academy Award®-winning film.

Adapted by Todd Kreidler From the screenplay by William RoseDirected by Skip Greer

A co-production with Indiana Repertory Theatre

FEBRUARY 14 - MARCH 12S M T W T F S

FEBRUARY 12 13 147:30pm

157:30pm

167:30pm

178pm

18 2pm / 8pm

192pm / 7pm

20 216pm

227:30pm

23 7:30pm

248pm

254pm / 8:30pm

26 2pm / 7pm

27 287:30pm

MARCH 17:30pm

27:30pm

38pm

44pm / 8:30pm

5 2pm / 7pm

6 77:30pm

8 2pm 7:30pm

9 7:30pm

108pm

114pm / 8:30pm

12 2pm

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Opening Night

With Support From

Elyot and Amanda have been divorced from each other for five years, so imagine their surprise when, whilst honeymooning on the French Riviera with their new spouses, they find themselves in adjacent suites. Sparks fly, reigniting a passion between them too powerful to fight (although fighting is the thing that they do best) in Noël Coward’s 1930 champagne cocktail of a comedy about the fine line between love and loathing.

Written by Noël CowardDirected by Mark Cuddy

MARCH 21 - APRIL 16S M T W T F S

MARCH 19 20 217:30pm

227:30pm

237:30pm

248pm

25 2pm / 8pm

262pm / 7pm

27 286pm

297:30pm

30 7:30pm

318pm

APRIL 14pm / 8:30pm

2 2pm / 7pm

3 47:30pm

57:30pm

67:30pm

78pm

84pm / 8:30pm

9 2pm / 7pm

10 117:30pm

12 2pm 7:30pm

13 7:30pm

148pm

154pm / 8:30pm

16 2pm

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Opening Night

With Support From

APRIL 13 - 30

A raging snowstorm traps Olivia, a frustrated 39-year-old novelist, in a secluded cabin with Ethan, a tech-savvy, successful and attractive twenty-something blogger who has gained fame writing about his many one-night stands. Undeniable chemistry ignites into a night of passion between these two opposites and what could have just been a one-night-stand transforms into something more complicated. Online exploits interfere with real-life connection in this smart, funny and sensual drama, proving that you can’t judge book by its author.

Written by Laura Eason

S M T W T F S

APRIL 9 10 11 12 137pm

147pm

15 2:30pm / 7:30pm

163pm

17 187pm

197pm

207pm

217pm

222:30pm / 7:30pm

233pm

24 25 267pm

27 7pm

287pm

292:30pm / 7:30pm

303pm

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Open Captioned


With Support From

In partnership with the Kitchen Theatre Company, Ithaca

With her husband deployed to an unknown location, lawyer Grace Rattigan, a former Army officer who resigned her commission under sealed terms, must make life-altering decisions on her own. When she reluctantly takes on a military sexual assault case, it re-opens old wounds and forces her to confront her past, along with the real meaning of the military’s codes of honor, courage and loyalty. A hot new drama by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Jamie Pachino, writer of NBC’s “Chicago PD.”

Written by Jamie PachinoDirected by Kimberly Senior

APRIL 25 - MAY 21S M T W T F S

APRIL 23 24 257:30pm

267:30pm

277:30pm

288pm

29 2pm / 8pm

302pm / 7pm

MAY 1 26pm

37:30pm

4 7:30pm

58pm

64pm / 8:30pm

7 2pm / 7pm

8 97:30pm

107:30pm

117:30pm

128pm

134pm / 8:30pm

14 2pm / 7pm

15 167:30pm

17 2pm 7:30pm

18 7:30pm

198pm

204pm / 8:30pm

21 2pm

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With Support From



Opening Night

On December 4, 1956, four young musicians got together at Sun Records in Memphis for what would become one of the greatest ever jam sessions. Put on your blue suede shoes and join Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins for the recording session of a lifetime. Loaded with classic rock ‘n roll hits such as “Great Balls of Fire,” “Sixteen Tons,” “I Walk the Line,” “Hound Dog” and many more.

Book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin EscottDirected by Hunter Foster

MAY 30 - JUNE 25S M T W T F S

MAY 28 29 307:30pm

317:30pm

JUNE 17:30pm

28pm

3 2pm / 8pm

42pm / 7pm

5 66pm

77:30pm

8 7:30pm

98pm

104pm / 8:30pm

11 2pm / 7pm

12 137:30pm

147:30pm

157:30pm

168pm

174pm / 8:30pm

18 2pm / 7pm

19 207:30pm

21 2pm 7:30pm

22 7:30pm

238pm

244pm / 8:30pm

25 2pm

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With Support From



Opening Night

BEST PRICESWhen you Subscribe you save up to 60% off regular ticket prices. Additional discounts available for Seniors (62+), K-12 educators and veterans.

100% TICkET flExIBIlITy!Enjoy easy, no-hassle ticket exchanges. If you need to change your performance night, call the Box Office and we’ll book a night that works better for you (upgrade charges may apply, excludes Today Pass).

MISSEd PERfORMANCE INSURANCEIf you missed your performance, for whatever reason, don’t panic - as a Seated Package Subscriber, you have Missed Performance Insurance. We’ll do our best to find you a seat before the end of the run.

BECOME A SUPER SUBSCRIBERBe closer to the art. Add a $100 or more tax-deductible donation to your order and enjoy Super Subscriber benefits, including backstage tours and meet-the-artist receptions.

ExClUSIVE COUPON BOOk Subscribers receive a handbook containing coupons for exclusive discounts. Save on additional tickets, get free coat checks and discounted drinks, and enjoy savings at fantastic area restaurants and businesses.

SUBSCRIBERS ARE fIRST IN lINEGeva Subscribers are always the first to know about exclusive pre-sale and discount opportunities to special productions and events, before they go on sale to the general public.

Enjoy the many benefits of being a Geva Subscriber! Exclusive perks are yours to enjoy throughout the season. You become part of the Geva family and, in doing so, play a active role in the cultural vibrancy of our region.

A CHRISTMAS CAROlSISTER’S BACk TO SCHOOl CATECHISM

The sparkling holiday classic full of spectacular magic, music and tradition.

‘Sister’ Colleen Moore returns to class with another hilarious lesson!

NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 24 | 2016 MARCH 7 - APRIL 27 | 2017

PRESENTS

All plays, artists, dates and prices subject to change. Season artwork by Chris Holden

PACKAGES FOR EVERY BUDGET AND LIFESTYLE

See them all! With a ticket to each show in the Wilson and Fielding Series already in hand, you’ll be there for every memorable moment. Get the same great seat every time you attend on your specific night, plus all the other benefits of being a seated Subscriber.

THEATRE LOVER’S DREAM

$349 $304 $238 $193

Senior: $307 Senior: $26950 Senior: $214 Senior: $193

Regular: $523 Regular: $475 Regular: $355 Regular: $265

PREVIEW WEEkFirst week performances, excluding Opening Night and Sunday matinee

$394 $325 $256 $193



REGUlAROpening Night and all performances following

W F 9-SHOW SEATED PAckAGE FROM $193

$270 $225 $159 $114



First week performances, excluding Opening Night and Sunday matinee

$315 $246 $177 $114



REGUlAROpening Night and all performances following

Enjoy the same great seat on your night for each show in the signature ESL Wilson Stage Series. Planning your night at the theatre is hassle-free with the security of unlimited free ticket exchanges and missed show insurance if your plans change.

MOST POPULAR PACKAGE6-SHOW WILSON PAckAGE FROM $114W

PREVIEW WEEk

Over 10,000 Subscribers make Geva their home for great theatre. Join your friends and neighbors and discover the magic that is Geva.

Similar to a rush ticket, enjoy a spontaneous night out at the theatre with this pass, valid for one ticket to each of the six ESL Wilson Stage Series shows. Call for same-day seating in sections A, B or C. Seating is subject to availability and not guaranteed.

Mix-and-match your favorite shows. 6 ticket vouchers to redeem for the best available seats for any combination of Wilson and Fielding shows. Use them as a group of six or for three date nights or any other combination. Includes one free exchange ($5 thereafter).

(Senior)

STAY FLEXIBLE

LIVE SPONTANEOUSLY

There’s something for everyone with this great mix of music, comedy and drama. Enjoy nights out with friends or loved ones from the same great seat for all 3 shows of the Fielding Studio Series. You’ll receive free, unlimited ticket exchanges, plus all the other benefits of being a seated Subscriber.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONALF F3-SHOW FIELDING PAckAGE $84 FLEX TIX $318 / $270W

TODAY PASS $156W

PRIME A B C

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Call (585) 232-4382 and our Box Office staff can help find the package that’s right for you.

SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE! 9 SHOWS FROM $193

It’s like getting 9 shows for the price of 5SAVE UP TO $190 OFF REGULAR PRICES

(585) 232-4382 | www.GevaTheatre.org

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Fielding Studio Series Sponsor

Gouvernet Arts Fund at the Community Foundation

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