The Colonial Players, Inc. - Home https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/index.php 2024-04-29T11:13:05-05:00 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2024-04 Homepage 2024-03-30T22:00:00-05:00 2024-03-30T22:00:00-05:00 https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/index.php/8-homepage/1193-2024-04-homepage Amy Atha-Nicholls amy.atha-nicholls@thecolonialplayers.org <div class="feed-description"><div style="width: 448px; height: 440px; float: right; text-align: right;">
<br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>(Photos above from several recent productions.)</em></span></div> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/images/season/2023-2024/2024_04_curious_incident/Web.png" alt="Curious Incident" width="300" height="427" style="margin-right: 10px; float: left;" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Based on the novel by Mark Haddon<br />Adapted by Simon Stephens<br />Directed by&nbsp;Steve Tobin<br />Performance Dates: April 26 - May 18, 2024<br />Run time: 2h 30m<br /><em>(including intermission)</em></p> <p>15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play, this is a beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive show about the wonders of life.&nbsp;</p> <p>To <a href="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/index.php/component/phocadownload/category/6-production-postcards?download=319:the-curious-incident-postcard-4-2024">download the production postcard</a> for <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</strong></span>&nbsp;to share with your friends, visit the <a href="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=144&amp;Itemid=287">Downloads</a> page of our website and look under the Production Postcard heading.</p> <h2>Reviews:</h2> <p>Click on the logos below to read the full review.</p> <p><a href="https://dctheaterarts.org/2024/04/28/wonderfully-creative-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-at-colonial-players-of-annapolis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/images/icons/DCTANarrowLogoMediumTopAligned.jpg" alt="dcmta logo" width="143" height="41" style="margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;" /></a><strong>"...a wonderfully creative show to end Colonial’s 75th season"</strong></p></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>(Photos above from several recent productions.)</em></span></div> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/images/season/2023-2024/2024_04_curious_incident/Web.png" alt="Curious Incident" width="300" height="427" style="margin-right: 10px; float: left;" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Based on the novel by Mark Haddon<br />Adapted by Simon Stephens<br />Directed by&nbsp;Steve Tobin<br />Performance Dates: April 26 - May 18, 2024<br />Run time: 2h 30m<br /><em>(including intermission)</em></p> <p>15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play, this is a beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive show about the wonders of life.&nbsp;</p> <p>To <a href="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/index.php/component/phocadownload/category/6-production-postcards?download=319:the-curious-incident-postcard-4-2024">download the production postcard</a> for <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</strong></span>&nbsp;to share with your friends, visit the <a href="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=144&amp;Itemid=287">Downloads</a> page of our website and look under the Production Postcard heading.</p> <h2>Reviews:</h2> <p>Click on the logos below to read the full review.</p> <p><a href="https://dctheaterarts.org/2024/04/28/wonderfully-creative-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-at-colonial-players-of-annapolis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://www.thecolonialplayers.org/images/icons/DCTANarrowLogoMediumTopAligned.jpg" alt="dcmta logo" width="143" height="41" style="margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;" /></a><strong>"...a wonderfully creative show to end Colonial’s 75th season"</strong></p></div>