Chair: Robert Fenton, MSW
Post-performance discussions of plays are held at metropolitan area theaters. A psychotherapist will discuss each play after the performances listed in our schedule. The goal of the discussion will be to provide a psychological perspective that will enrich and deepen the theater experience. Discussions are sponsored by the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
Tickets for the plays must be purchased directly from the theaters.
The discussions will take place after performances, except where noted otherwise.
Theater Program 2011–2012
Signature Theatre Presents:
March 25, 2012
2pm
Discussant: Michael Houston, MD
Theatre J Presents:
The Whipping Man
April 29, 2012
2pm
Discussant: Tarpley Long, MSW
1865; Richmond, Virginia: Two newly-freed slaves and the son of their former master—a Jewish Confederate soldier who has retreated to the burnt remains of his home—inhabit the disordered aftermath of the just-concluded War between the States. As the three men celebrate a most unconventional Passover Seder, they uncover a snarl of secrets and examine what it really means to be free.
Signature Theatre Presents:
May 6, 2012
2pm
Discussant: Pavel Snejnevski, PhD
Two upper-middle-class Brooklyn couples meet to discuss an incident of playground violence between their sons. Though the evening begins with polite pleasantries, it quickly descends into primal madness as tempers flare, loyalties shift and the parents devolve into children. Like last season’s Art, Reza ferociously and hilariously strips her affluent, over-achieving characters down to their savage core.
Folger Theatre Presents:
Taming of the Shrew
June 2, 2012
2pm
Discussant: Richard Waugaman, MD
Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of the Shrew pits the spirited Katherine against the fortune-seeking Petruchio in a quintessential battle of the sexes. Petruchio has agreed to woo and marry Katherine as a favor to his old friend Hortensio, who is in love with Bianca, Katherine's younger and more popular sister. The younger sister can only be married after the older one, but Katherine has a notorious temper and thus far no man will have her... until Petruchio comes along to “tame” her.
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