The Westport Country Playhouse, newly renovated and serving as a year-round performing arts center, has announced the title of its fall production � a new musical, “The Immigrant.” It will run from Oct. 27 through Nov. 12.
The play will be directed by stage and opera director and playwright Tazewell Thompson, who will succeed Joanne Woodward as the Playhouse’s artistic director on Jan. 1.
Nominated for two Drama Desk Awards, “The Immigrant” is the true story of Haskell Harelik, a young Jewish immigrant who flees Czarist Russia in 1909 and peddles his pushcart into the tiny Baptist community of Hamilton, Texas.
“The Immigrant” is the first theatrical production in a series of three scheduled from autumn through spring at the Playhouse.
Reflecting the additional programming beyond the summer season as well as a succession in artistic leadership, the period is dubbed the “Season of Change.”
Previously announced “Season of Change” productions are Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield,” playing Dec. 1 – 17. The family holiday classic is adapted by Giles Havergal, and co-directed by Joanne Woodward, artistic director, and Anne Keefe, associate artistic director.
“On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning” by Eric Overmeyer will play March 9 through March 25, 2006. Co-produced with Washington, D.C.‘s Arena Stage, Thompson will direct.
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