Different Stages presents George Bernard Shaw’s
Getting Married
Nov.14–Dec.06, 2008 || Thu-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 7 pm
NO PERFORMANCE ON THANKSGIVING, NOV.27, Added performance Wed Dec.03, 2008

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Different Stages opens its 2008–2009 season with Bernard Shaw’s comedy Getting Married. To wed or not to wed, that is the question facing most of the Bridge- north family in Getting Married, Shaw's still timely discussion on the institution, not to mention the superstition, of marriage. Family and friends have gathered for an afternoon wedding but both the bride and bridegroom have received pamphlets titled "Do You Know What You Are Doing by One Who Has Done It," setting out the liabilities each faced under Edwardian England's marriage laws. Being sensible people, each has separately decided the holy bonds of matrimony consist of little more than indentured servitude. The prospect of taking someone for better or worse, when there's no way of knowing just how bad the worse might be, provides the Bridgenorth family with much to talk about. Can they craft a more satisfactory marriage contract? Will the wedding even take place?

Directed by Norman Blumensaadt (What I Want Right Now), Getting Married features Michael Hankin (The Constant Wife), Craig Kanne (The Miser) and Randall Lorenz (What I Want Right Now) as the three Bridgenorth brothers - the general, the eldest brother and the bishop. Carol Ginn (The Miser), Lindsey Reeves, and Kimberly Pruitt play their wives, former wives and intended wives. Nora Davidson and Daniel Rigney (Shakespeare at Winedale) play the bride and bridegroom. Zac Crofford (9x9x9) and Emily Erington (The Constant Wife) play the wedding planner and his sister-in-law the mayoress. Tyler Jones (The Hollow), Steven Fay (Stop Kiss) and David G. Robinson play the snob, the chaplain and the beadle respectively. Photos by Bret Brookshire.

Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. There is no performance on Thanksgiving, Thursday November 27 and an added performance on Wednesday December 3, 2008.

Tickets are Pick-Your-Price: $15, $20, $25, and $30.

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