For a fun-filled evening of theatre and comedy, come to the American Theatre Company’s Cafe Theatre from April 13-16, 2011 at La Maison Blanche, 606 Chaussee de St. Job, 1180 Uccle.

• Ferris Wheel by Mary Miller directed by Chris Flores starring Daniel Prior (All My Sons) and Hurmayonne Morgan (Anton in Showbusiness) takes the audience on an emotional and humorous ride that explores the private fears and struggles of two strangers stuck, dangling in the air, on this icon ride.
• Table One by Morgan Fisher directed by John Stanton – You know you are in the States when everything is well, Okay!  If your visiting for the first time, be sure to stop by a local diner and everything will certainly be-Okay!  Okay?
• The Philadelphia by David Ives – Ever had one of those days when you thought you wound up in another place and time and yet no one else even seemed to notice it?  Perhaps you were actually in a Philadelphia or even a Baltimore which is very similar to a Philadelphia but not at all like a Los Angeles!
• Departures written and directed by Matthew Snoding – Sitting in Brussels Airport’s departure lounge, Ian is ready to meet his girlfriend Emily’s parents for the first time. Or is he?
• Lost by Mary Louise Wilson: Two old friends (Alma Forsyth as Alice and Sigrid Van Eepoel as Helen) get lost while going out to lunch.

Warehouse Studio Theatre

“A smart, acerbic crowd pleaser…. Simultaneously a love letter and a poison pen letter to the American theatre.” Variety.

“So well written that you won’t have to know a thing about Three Sisters in order to laugh your way through the evening. The writing is sharp, knowing, and cuts to the quick.”

-George Heymont, My Cultural Landscape

This madcap comedy follows three actresses across the footlights, down the rabbit hole and into a strangely familiar Wonderland that looks a lot like American theatre the resemblance is uncanny! Holly Seabé is a gorgeous TV star pursuing the cache stage acting can give her to help her land a movie role. Casey Mulgraw, the “Queen of Off-Off-Broadway,” has performed in 200 productions without pay. Lisabette Cartwright, a recent graduate of the Southern Methodist University theatre program, seeks a meaningful experience in theatre.

As these women pursue their dream of performing Chekhov in Texas, they’re whisked through a maelstrom of “good ideas” that offer unique solutions to the Three Sisters need to have life’s deeper purpose revealed. In the tradition of great backstage comedies, Anton in Show Business conveys the joys, pains and absurdities of “putting on a play” at the turn of the century.

Bozar Studio theatre

While Joe Keller made a fortune during World War II, he is facing substantial personal losses. One son, Larry, remains missing and another, Chris, is lost amongst his own thoughts about money, war and love. Meanwhile Mrs Keller is consumed by the longing for her son Larry’s return and battles to  cope with the idea of Chris falling in love with his brother’s girl. This classic Arthur Miller drama from 1947 examines the dissonance between theAmerican Dream and the harsh realities of war and capitalism, a subject which is particularly worth reconsidering in the context of the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The show, directed by Carrie Ellwanger, has an All-Star cast made up of both old and new ATC members.

Joe Keller – Ted Fletcher
Chris Keller – Christopher Flores
Kate Keller – Janet Wishnetsky
Ann Deever – Sarah Watts
George Deever – Daniel Prior
Sue Bayliss – Simone Ellul
Jim Bayliss – Charif Wehbe
Frank Lubey – Henri Colens
Lydia Lubey – Aoife O’Grady

The ATC is delighted to invite you to this year’s Cafe Theatre, 15-17 April at the Maison Blanche (Chaussee de St. Job 606, 1180 Uccle).

The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69A, 1030 Brussels
19-23 & 26-30 Jan 2010 at 8pm 

This poignant and funny story follows the friendship between Oscar, a 10-year old leukemia patient who lives in a hospital, and “Pink Lady” Granny Rose, former lady wrestler and hospital volunteer. The course of their friendship, including Granny Rose’s wrestling reminiscences and her advice to Oscar about his relations with hospital friends, forms the substance of Oscar and the Lady in Pink. Originally a short novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, prolific French author and playwright, the text was transformed into a long monologue for the theatre several years ago, and is currently being made into a film.

Following the BATS production in Antwerp last March, by popular request the ATC now brings Oscar to Brussels, directed by Malinda Coleman and performed as a monologue, a veritable tour-de-force, by Ruth England.