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The Arden Theatre Company just announced its 2009/2010 mainstage season, which is sure to excite any theatre fan. The Arden’s mission is to tell great stories by great storytellers, and the season’s five plays, which include two Pulitzer Prize winners, promise to do just that.

The season kicks off in September with The History Boys, which won a Tony in New York and follows the hilarious, sexy, and sporty exploits of a bunch of British boarding school students.

Rabbit Hole, opening in October, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for drama. It tells the heart-wrenching (yet funny and inspiring!) story of a family struggling to survive a tragic accident. Next comes Blue Door, which takes place over the course of a sleepless night as an African American mathematics professor receives a series of “visits” from his ancestors, and grapples with their lives and his own identity.

The season wraps up with two classics. Romeo and Juliet opens in March, and I trust I don’t need to say anything in the way of plot description here! The timeless masterpiece will be unadulterated and gimmick-free, just as Shakespeare wrote it. The season finishes up with Sunday in the Park with George, the Sondheim musical inspired by Georges Seurat’s famous pointillist painting “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” The award-winning musical is “brimming with beauty and light,” and you’ll be sure to be humming the music for days afterwards.

So make sure to head over to Old City to catch one – or all! – of the Arden’s productions this year. Tickets, season subscriptions, and other info are available through their website.

Arden Theatre Company
40 N 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 922-8900
www.ardentheatre.org