STAGE THEATRE

The Pitmen Painters - West Coast Premiere

Presented by TheatreWorks at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

January 18-February 12, 2012

From the writer of the mega-hit film and musical Billy Elliot comes another absorbing London/Broadway success! A funny play that asks big questions, it tells the rousing, true story of a hardscrabble group of 1930's miners who take up painting and become sensations of the British art world. Their exhilarating journey from pit to pinnacle overflows with spirit and laughter, as rich and intriguing as the art it unveils.

Now Circa Then - West Coast Premiere

Presented by TheatreWorks at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center

March 7-April 1, 2012

In this delightfully quirky comedy, two mismatched historical re-enactors play an immigrant couple from the 1890's at New York’s famed Tenement Museum. Opposites attract, romance blooms and, with hilarious results, each tumultuous turn of their private lives is reflected in their public reenactments. As their on and offstage personas intertwine, they soon discover the perils of living too long in the past.

Advisory: Contains mature language.

Of Mice and Men

Presented by TheatreWorks at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

April 4-April 19, 2012

Crafted for the stage by John Steinbeck himself, this beloved drama is a deeply moving tribute to the strength of friendship and the depth of the American dream. Protective George and his gentle giant of a friend Lennie are migrant workers on a Salinas Valley ranch during the Great Depression. Their hopes for a place of their own come close to fruition, but fate intervenes in a powerhouse saga of conscience and character.