The Classical Theatre of Harlem

Tenth Anniversary Season

Three timeless classics for only $90!

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THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov directed by Christopher McElroen
February, 2009
Considered by many to be one of the greatest plays ever written, Chekhov's Three Sisters offers audiences a chance to consider the spiritual paralysis that keeps us from pursuing our dreams, the feeling of unlived lives and the longing for meaning. The result is an uncanny blend of the painful and trivial, the ordinary and the catastrophic. Conventional boundaries between comedy and tragedy are deliberately blurred, and things are seldom what they seem in one of the theatre's most enigmatic and beautiful explorations of our pursuit of happiness. THREE SISTERS is produced in partnership with Harlem Stage.

SUPREME JEALOUS DIVINE by Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner
an adaptation of Moliere's TARTUFFE
May, 2009
Tartuffe, or The Imposter, is a timeless story of religious hypocrisy and opportunism. As with previous works (Medea, Electra, Trojan Women, Caligula, Native Son) the Classical Theatre of Harlem will create an original adaptation of Moliere's Tartuffe, set during the apex of the Harlem Renaissance and inspired by the work of Father Divine.

The Great MacDaddy by Paul Carter Harrison directed by Alfred Preisser
September, 2009
CTH will present the first New York revival of this OBIE Award winning play. Originally staged in a 1974 production that featured Al Freeman, Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Cleavon Little and Hattie Winston, The Great MacDaddy is an episodic journey across 20th century America. The The Great MacDaddy begins as a princely bootlegger, a prohibition era hustler in search of his lost friend Wine, who holds the mysteries of the race. Insightful, outrageous and heartbreaking, Paul Carter Harrison's play is a classic.

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That giant-killer of a company, the Classical Theater of Harlem is a troupe that makes a habit of locating the most challenging works in the canon and knocking them off as if with a slingshot. - The New York Times