Rex & Rex and I won't bite you
Two new full-length plays written by The Woodstock Players
resident playwright Carey Harrison scheduled to run in repertory in
June 2013 at the historic Byrdcliffe Theater in Woodstock, NY
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have you ever wished you could go back to a crucial time in your life and give yourself some advice, or maybe just a good talking to? Well, that is the essence of Rex & Rex. The play brings to life the adventurous life of six-times married Rex Harrison, star of My Fair Lady and many other well-loved films. This new play, written by his son - the author of numerous award-winning dramas - imagines Sir Rex at a decisive moment in his life, when he must choose between his loyal wife and his adored but terminally ill mistress, while at the same time being faced with a crucial career choice. To his horror, along comes his older, wiser and more jaded self, with a lot of advice that young Rex is not sure he trusts. Will he choose calm and safety, or would he rather dare life as a roller-coaster ride, with joy and disaster on either side?
Both plays will run in repertoire at Woodstock's historic Byrdcliffe theater (map below) over the June 2013 weekends of 21-23, 28-30 and July 5-7. See performance schedule below. To get a sense of audience reaction to our previous productions please go to our guestbook page or, easier, just scroll down this page.
Tickets: General Admission: $20, Seniors & juniors (21 and under): $18.
If you come to both plays, admission for the second production is a flat $10 per ticket.
Questions? Reservations? Scroll down or Click HERE to contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Note Map below for directions to the Byrdcliffe Theater - red pins denote the center of the Woodstock and the location of the theater.
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The 2013 Byrdcliffe Festival
The Second Annual Byrdcliffe Festival will be held in June this year on the weekend of 14, 15 & 16. For more information on that including our contribution, the world permiere of Carey Harrison's Hitler's Therapist, please visit our Festival Page.
Other 2013 News:
The Secret Garden and Justice
We are very excited that our Artistic Director Carey Harrison was chosen to write the libretto for the adaptation of the beloved Frances Hodgson Burnett novel The Secret GardeN for the San Francisco Opera. The opera, composed by Nolan Gasser (chief musicologist with Pandora) premièred in San Francisco on March 1st 2013 to great acclaim. We are very hopeful that the opera will be produced closer to home in 2014 or 2015.
the other exciting occurrence is that Mr. Harrison's NEW novel JUSTICE is being published by Dr. Cicero Books and will be available from June 1 on Amazon or from the publisher's website. It can be pre-ordered on the website via PayPal.
(run your mouse over the image for a pic of Mary and Colin. For more about The Secret Garden including cast, go Here - to hear songs, go Here and scroll down for audio files. For a review by Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco chronicle, go Here)
Recent Events
In September of 2012 The woodstock players presented a terrifically received production of Samuel Beckett's play ENDGAME in Woodstock and in Saugerties, New York. Please scroll down for audience responses.
*click here for a terrific article about the play and this production*
Endgame cast
Carey Harrison is Hamm David Smilow is Nagg Sarah Chodoff is Nell Mikhail Horowitz is Clov
**Audience Responses to Endgame**
...an outstanding production of End Game. What a good choice of this play. At least to me, it amplified this most secretive inner dialogue concerning resignation in both life, and death. (Kim Alderman)
An excellent Endgame! Enjoyed it immensely. Carey Harrison and Mik Horowitz made me really feel it, and made me laugh. The parents - perfect. As always Claire Lambe’s design is just right, the set, costumes, props, all hit the mark. Direction, stage management...lights, tech. WOW. That intimate little Byrdcliffe stage was charged . (Joan Elliot)
You guys got it DOWN! I think Sam B'd proud! (Barbara Lubell)
Fantastic production...kudos all around! (Tom Grasso, editor of Roll Magazine)
Wonderful performances by all - and Claire's witty set and costumes always a delight! (Carole Bugge, novelist and playwright)
Click to return to Top of page or here to Contact UsScroll down for some audience responses to our June 2012 production of
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written and directed by Carey Harrison
Sets and costumes by Claire Lambe
(be sure and go to our Gallery page for images and our Archive page for brief synopsis of the plays)
"Wonderful staging, great performances, top notch writing...we had a stellar evening of theatre in the woods...Bravo!" (David Adler, Screenwriter/Journalist - CBS, Universal; San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Diego Reader).
"This sweet, well-written, well-acted, well-directed play is well-worth seeing!" (Trey Kay, award winning documentary film-maker)
"A marvelous theatrical experience, intimate in every way: internal and external realities, warp and woof, blended to make a third thing - a strange family tartan woven in a dream" (Mark Kanter, artist and curator)
"I was totally unprepared for the depth of Carey Harrison's play and the level of Violet Snow's performance as she chases down the murderess, played to great emotional heights by Holly Graff. The end is more than a solution to a murder mystery, it delves into solving some deep mystery of life as well. Thank you Carey, Violet, and Claire - for your amazing minimalist set and costume design." (Susan Manuso in a letter to the Woodstock Times)
Do please feel free to contact us or leave us your contact details below and we shall let you know in good time about news of our other productions. Also we love it when people leave comments in our guestbook.
The Woodstock Players Theater Company
Carey Harrison: Artistic Director, 845 417 8251
Claire Lambe: Company Manager, 845 901 2893
e-mail: THEWOODSTOCKPLAYERS@gmail.com
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