by Mo Gaffney & Kathy Najimy
Directed by Brooke Ciardelli
Starring Northern Stage Comedy Queens Catherine Doherty & Kathryn Markey
November 4 - 22, 2009

Two actors. Thirty unforgettable characters.  It's comedy gold!

Brilliant comic actors Catherine Doherty and Kathryn Markey join forces to skewer everything from health food and gender roles to mid-life crisis and feminism.  Ranging from the dawn of man to the present day, this rollicking laugh-fest will leave audiences breathless.

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Brooke Ciardelli ††

Associate Director: Oscar Blustin
Starring John Patrick Hayden & Lisa Harrow
October 7 - 25, 2009

The King is dead.  A nation is in turmoil.  Prince Hamlet’s vengeance tears apart a family and threatens to derail the entire kingdom.  This tale of political intrigue and betrayal features an international cast.

Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Scheinkin
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Additional Material by Jay Reiss
Directed by Catherine Doherty
Choreography by DJ Gray ‡
Musical Direction by Nick Williams
December 9, 2009 – January 3, 2010

‡ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

This hilarious musical was the laugh-out-loud sensation of Broadway, running for over 1,000 performances! 

"Effervescent with comedy, singing and dancing!"
--Times Argus

by Paul Rudnick

January 20 -

February 7, 2010

Directed by Catherine Doherty

A popular television actor has a chance to play Hamlet in Central Park.  But he hates Shakespeare, and a new television series beckons in sunny L.A.  Which will he choose?  Comedy, romance, swordplay and ghostly occurrences make this a side-splitting night out!

Nominated for Drama Desk and Tony Awards!

“Unapologetically silly and at times hilarious.”
—The New York Times

“Fast-mouthed and funny!”
--Village Voice

by David Greig
Directed by Brooke Ciardelli
February 17 - March 7, 2010

Comic misunderstandings follow a harried textbook salesman who tries desperately to close a deal in the Syrian capital with a fiery and determined woman from the government and get home for Valentine’s Day.  His trip includes attempts to communicate with a bureaucrat who flirts with his translator and a hotel clerk peddling an incompetent screenplay.  A flurry of romantic, cultural and political entanglements lead to a shocking conclusion.

First U.S. Production!

Edinburgh First Fringe Award!

“Cross-cultural confusion.”
--Evening Standard

“Very funny . . .  challenges liberal notions.”
--The Guardian

by Lee Blessing
Directed by Nicolas Kent
March 17 - April 3, 2010

In 1983, faced with a breakdown in nuclear arms reduction talks between Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov, the lead negotiators met secretly in Geneva’s Botanic Garden to break the impasse.  Based on those real-life events, Blessing puts a human face on the life-and-death issues confronted by two Cold War adversaries.  Audiences will debate this powerful and funny play around kitchen tables for weeks.  Pulitzer Prize Nominee!

by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard
Directed by Brooke Ciardelli
April 14 - May 2, 2010

Two actors, 19 characters, and the funniest send-up of small-town life you’re likely to see.  Tune in to WOKK in Tuna, Texas—at least when they remember to turn the transmitter on—and you’ll recognize your friends and neighbors in this parade of oddballs and half-wits.