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Caldwell Theatre Company 2007-2008 Mainstage Season
celebrates its 33rd Season in Boca Raton as it inaugurates the new
Count de Hoernle Theatre

Play #1
SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE
December 2, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Doubt

A Parable
By John Patrick Shanley

A Bronx Catholic school in 1964 sets the stage for this provocative and deeply moving winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize.  Sister Aloysius questions whether a priest at their grade school is acting appropriately with children in her charge.  Faced with a Hobson’s choice of speaking up without all the evidence or keeping quiet while a child may be in jeopardy, this four time Tony Award-winner explores the “What do you do when you’re not sure?” dilemma, pitting gut instincts against compassionate concern.  “Even as Doubt holds your conscious attention as an intelligently measured debate play,” The New York Times said, “it sends off emotional stealth charges that go far deeper.”  Featuring Pat Nesbit in the leading role.

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Play #2
WORLD PREMIERE
January 13, 2008 – February 17, 2008
Suite Surrender

A New Farce
By Michael McKeever

Audiences raved at its recent play reading at Caldwell.  It’s 1942, where the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel is under siege as two of Hollywood’s biggest divas vie for the same suite.  Mistaken identities, overblown egos, double entendres, and one pampered little lap dog round out this fall-down-laughing riot of a new farce by multiple award-winning South Florida playwright, Michael McKeever.

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Play #3
FLORIDA PREMIERE
February 24, 2008 – March 30, 2008
Marie Antoinette:  The Color of Flesh

By Joel Gross

The place is Versailles.  The time, 1774-1793 during the French Revolution.  The characters are Marie Antoinette, her female portraitist and the aristocratic cad who came between them.  This compelling drama traces the beautiful and multi-dimensional Queen from her youthful and heady excesses to her ultimate, vulnerable reality.  The New York Times said this drama was “a touching story of love,” and Jill Jichetti of OffOffOnline said of the play:  “The social and political are as wickedly intertwined as lovers’ limbs.” 

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Play #4
April 6, 2008 – May 11, 2008

Play #4
April 6, 2008 – May 11, 2008
Tuesdays with Morrie

By Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom
Based on the book by Mitch Albom

Sportswriter and television commentator Mitch Albom’s heartwarming and funny autobiographical account of visits with his former professor, Morrie Schwartz, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease.  The two form a close bond during these last months of Morrie’s life.  Lessons learned from Morrie’s unique perspective cause Mitch to reevaluate his life, reset priorities and inspire others.  This MUST-SEE uplifting, heartwarming and funny story is based on Mitch Albom’s life-affirming 1997 bestseller, and features crowd favorite Peter Haig as Morrie and Jim Ballard as Mitch. 

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