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    The Coast of Utopia: Part III: Salvage

    Presented by Main Street Theater at Main Street Theater - Rice Village

    February 23-March 18, 2012

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    The Coast of Utopia: Part III: Salvage

    Main Street Theater presents the first U. S. production of Tom Stoppard’s trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, since its American premiere at Lincoln Center in 2006. Part III: Salvage, will run at MST – Rice Village, February 24 – March 11, 2012 (Preview Feb. 23).  Running in rotating repertory with ...

    Main Street Theater presents the first U. S. production of Tom Stoppard’s trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, since its American premiere at Lincoln Center in 2006. Part III: Salvage, will run at MST – Rice Village, February 24 – March 11, 2012 (Preview Feb. 23).  Running in rotating repertory with Part II: Shipwreck.

    The Coast of Utopia: Extension / Revival / Marathon.

    “Stoppard’s magnificent trilogy chronicles a group of real-life Russian intellectuals chafing under an oppressive regime and dreaming of revolution,” says MST Executive Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden who is also directing the trilogy. “It’s an intense, joyful work that literally dramatizes what it means to seek a better life. Stoppard explores the power of passionate discourse, the ability of fundamental philosophical ideas to re-shape one’s world view and the hunger of young people eager to turn ideas into action, all the while reminding us that there are always human motivations for even the greatest historical events. At no time in recent history has this play been more relevant, as we see these same forces at work transforming the Arab world country by country, regime by regime.”

    Spanning 1833 to 1866, the trilogy is anchored by the presence of anarchist Michael Bakunin, literary critic Vissarion Belinsky, literary giant Ivan Turgenev, and revolutionary thinker Alexander Herzen, four men who came of age under Tsar Nicholas I and whose passion for political and intellectual change is mirrored in their personal pursuit of love and happiness. As the arcs of their lives intersect repeatedly, the seeds of the great social revolutions of the late nineteenth century are sown.

    In Salvage, a disillusioned Herzen finds solace in London within a community of political émigrés which includes Karl Marx and Bakunin, who has escaped from Siberia.

    About Playwright Tom Stoppard
    Sir Tom Stoppard (knighted in 1997) has an illustrious list of playwrighting credits to his name including Arcadia, The Invention of Love, Rock ‘n Roll, The Coast of Utopia, Hapgood, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Thing, Jumpers, Travesties, The Real Inspector Hound, Rough Crossing, On the Razzle, and many more. He has won 4 Tony awards: The Coast of Utopia (2007), The Real Thing (1984), Travesties (1976), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968). He has won 7 Evening Standard awards, including 1 for Arcadia, which also won the Critics’ Circle Theatre award and the Laurence Olivier Award.

    Main Street Theater has been known for decades as a champion of Tom Stoppard’s works, producing the greatest number of his plays (11) locally throughout its 36 year history.

    The Coast of Utopia is supported in part by a grant from the Mayor’s Special Initiative Program  of the Houston Arts Alliance. Additional support comes from the Humphreys Foundation  and the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation. Main Street Theater is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

    Pictured: L-R: Ivan Turgenev (Seán Patrick Judge) and Vissarion Belinsky (Joel Sandel). (photo by www.RicOrnelProductions.com).


    Main Street Theater - Rice Village

    2540 Times Blvd.
    Houston, TX 77005

    Full map and directions

    Tickets:

    Tickets start at $26, depending on date and section, and there is also a Trilogy Ticket Package available for $90. Previews $10.

    Recommended for mature audiences. Children under the age of 5 are not allowed in the theater.


    Times:

    Preview
    February 23

    Performances
    February 24 – March 11, 2012 

    The Coast of Utopia: Extension / Revival / Marathon

    Thursdays - 7:30pm
    Fridays and Saturdays - 8:00pm
    Sundays - 3:00pm 

    Special Events
    On January 23, Rice University Prof. Terrence Doody will give a lecture on Stoppard and Chekhov at MST - Chelsea Market at 7pm. $15 per person to attend.

    February 27 there will be a screening of The Captivating Star of Happiness, a 1975 Lenfilm historical drama sympathetic to the failed 1825 Decembrist uprising against Tsar Nicholas I. This event is free and will be at MST – Rice Village at 7pm.

    March 5 MST will offer a Poetry and Philosophy Night featuring the writings of Herzen, Belinsky, Bakunin, Pushkin, Turgenev, Gogol, and George Sand. The reading is free and will be at MST – Rice Village at 7pm.

    Other events include our Post-show Discussion Series on Sunday afternoons January 15 – February 19 with artists and special guests.


    Phone: (713) 524-6706

    Parking: Parking in the Village can be difficult, especially for Sunday Matinees. MST recommends that you arrive at least 20 minutes early to allow time to park and get to the theater. Remember, there is no late seating once the show starts.

    Limited off street parking is available directly in front of the Rice Village Theater, and there is street parking all through out the village. Parallel parking can also be found on the east side of Kirby.

    When the weather is nice, you might chose to park in the Village parking garage. The closest entrance can be found at Kelvin and Amherst, one block east and one block south of the Theater. There may be a nominal fee, but parking is free should you choose to dine at one of the Village Arcade eateries before the show.

    We do ask that you be respectful of our neighbors and not park in any off street parking that is in front of open businesses. What's more, because of the nature of Village parking, many businesses will enforce towing.

    The best way to beat the parking blues is to come early, find a convenient place near the theater and walk to a Village eatery for dinner or brunch!

    From Southwest Houston (Sugar Land Area)
    Take 59 North, pass the 610 Loop, and exit Kirby (just after The Compaq Center). Turn right onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

    From North Houston (The Woodlands/Downtown)
    Take 45 South to 59 South and exit Kirby (if you see The Compaq Center, you've gone too far). Turn left onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

    From Southeast Houston (Clear Lake/Galveston)
    Take 45 North to 59 South and exit Kirby (if you see The Compaq Center, you've gone too far). Turn left onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

    From I-10 coming from the West (Katy)
    Take 610 Loop South to 59 North and exit Kirby (just after The Compaq Center). Turn right onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

    From I-10 coming from the East (Beaumont)
    Take 59 South and exit Kirby (if you see The Compaq Center, you've gone too far). Turn left onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

    From Main Street Theater at Chelsea Market
    Turn left onto Montrose. Make a right on Bissonnet. Pass Shepard and Greenbriar. Turn left onto Kirby. Pass Sunset Blvd. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

    Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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