Camille
A Tearjerker
by Charles Ludlam
Aug 27 - Sept 27, 2009

Directed by
Christopher Henley
What better way to start off the season than with a modern version of a classic. Ludlam takes Alexandre Dumas fils' The Lady of Camillias (1848) places it has never been. In this raucous comedy, a Parisian courtesan, played in deliciously drop-dead drag, is driven away from the one she loves. Made famous by Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company, WSC returns Camille to its campy bohemian roots where love and loss are experienced through peels of laughter.

Lulu
by Frank Wedekind
adapted by Nicholas Wright
Nov 12 - Dec 13, 2009

Directed by
Christopher Henley
Before today's Page Six bad girls, there was Lulu. Meet the original girl gone wild in Wedekind's outrageous sex tragedy. Abused, debased, and maligned, Lulu climbs through German and Parisian high society, leaving a trail of dead lovers behind her, only to fi nd herself crashing onto the streets of Jack the Ripper's London. WSC will turn up the heat in a production which is sure to raise eyebrows and heart beats.

The Miser
by Molieré
adapted by David Ball
Jan 28 - Feb 28, 2010

Directed by
Akiva Fox
A ruthless moneygrubber controls the strings to his purse as tightly as the reins of his household. But can this
forerunner of the modern CEO keep his children in check as well as his own desires when love is added to the
mix? WSC's The Miser examines the frailties and foibles of one man's quest to secure his fortune at the expense of those he loves. But just as art imitates life, a bailout arrives just in time to rescue this farce from disaster.

Every Young Woman's Desire
by Marco Antonio de la Parra
May 20 – Jun 20

Directed by
Jay Hardee
A psychological thriller first produced in Santiago in the final years of Pinochet's authoritarian rule, Every Young Woman's Desire is about a woman's struggle with a mysterious and dangerous intruder and goes to the heart of the brutal dictatorship's mechanisms for control: terror, seduction, and the exploitation of a basic need for security. WSC's production will be an English language world premiere in a translation by Charles Philip Thomas.

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