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February 23, 2007

The Human Race Theatre Company and
The Victoria Theatre Association
Are Proud to Announce

The 2007-2008 Season of The Loft Theatre

A World Premiere from one of the leading lights of Broadway…
The great love story from one of the leading lights of all time…
A fascinating look at life and death from a skeptic and a believer…
The drama of a family striving to move forward from tragedy…
And a return of rollicking Christmas mayhem…

All are coming to downtown Dayton’s Loft Theatre during the 2007-2008 season, with the superb professional quality for which The Human Race Theatre Company is noted.

The five plays of The Loft Series will be:

SNAPSHOTS
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by David Stern
September 20 – October 7, 2007 SERIES 1&2
The Human Race and Victoria Theatre Association are proud to be among three theatres presenting the world premiere of this new work by famed composer Stephen Schwartz. New tunes by Schwartz, old tunes by Schwartz (composer of Children of Eden, Godspell, and Wicked) and even old tunes with new lyrics trace a couple’s 30-year relationship after the wife, about to leave her husband, finds a collection of old Snapshots in the attic. The bittersweet musical follows them as the photos lead them to rediscover themselves and each other.

THE SUNSET LIMITED
By Cormac McCarthy
October 25 – November 11, 2007 SERIES 2
When a professor throws himself in front of a train, an ex-con pulls him out of harm’s way and takes him home to talk. The skeptical professor and his faith-driven rescuer then debate truth, fiction, and belief, seeking an answer to the age-old question, “Is life worth living?” The characters have strongly diverse opinions, but all is not black and white in this work by an author famed for his novels of the southwest. The Chicago Tribune calls The Sunset Limited “brilliantly articulated.”

A TUNA CHRISTMAS
By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard
December 6 – December 23, 2007 SERIES 1
Leave your brain at home and roll with the holiday fun in the third smallest town in Texas, where the best lawn display contest is down and dirty, and a mysterious phantom may strike at any time. Two actors play 22 characters, setting off 222 chortles, guffaws, and knee-slappers, and some of the world’s strangest Christmas trees have cameo roles as themselves, in a comedy so down-home even the New York Times called it “a hoot.”

ROMEO AND JULIET
By William Shakespeare
January 31 – February 17, 2008 SERIES 2
Wherefore art we bringing Romeo and Juliet to The Loft? Because it’s one of the greatest love stories ever told, that’s wherefore - Montagues, Capulets, street fights, balcony scenes, teenagers in love, the most tragic ending, the most beautiful language. What light from yonder window breaks? It is the love of the ages shining from The Loft. Director Brian Crowe – who brought us the stunning Tempest – will bring his touch to this classic.

RABBIT HOLE
By David Lindsay-Abaire
March 13 – March 30, 2008 SERIES 1
David Lindsay-Abaire, previously known for his deft comic touch, shows a deep understanding of the process of rising above grief, in this stirring drama of a family coping with the accidental death of a four-year-old boy. The New York Times acclaimed the script’s ability to find hope in the lowest moments in life for its “meticulously mapped empathy.” The New York production reaped five 2006 Tony nominations.

There will be no increase in prices for the 2007-2008 season. Special events for each run will also remain the same, including a Thursday Night Preview, a Friday Opening Night with a chance to mingle with the cast at a post-show Opening Night Party, Lite Fare at The Loft on the last Tuesday of each run, and the While We’re on the Subject talkback after each second Sunday matinee.

Season tickets are now available for either Loft Series 1…SNAPSHOTS, A TUNA CHRISTMAS, and RABBIT HOLE… or Loft Series 2…SNAPSHOTS, THE SUNSET LIMITED, and ROMEO AND JULIET or for all five shows… by calling Ticket Center Stage at (937) 228-3630 or (888) 228-3630 or by visiting www.ticketcenterstage.com

Individual show tickets will go on sale over the summer.

Additional information: All shows run three weeks…generally 8pm Wed-Sat, 7pm Tue & Sun, 2pm Sun Subscription prices run from $72 to $90 for either series, $120 to $150 for both Single ticket prices range from $28 to $34, with discounts for Seniors, Children & Students