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Go behind the scenes, meet the artists, join in on conversations and check out special one-of-a-kind events like script-in-hand performances - all for free!

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2009-10 Events

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Building Tours
Scheduled year-round for groups by request. (Subject to availability.) Learn more here.

Prologue
A lively and informative half-hour talk is given before every performance of each Geva production. Prologue starts one hour before curtain. (An abbreviated Prologue is given 30 minutes prior to curtain on Opening Night performances.)

Sunday Salon
Sunday Salon is your opportunity to chat with actors and audience about the show, following a Sunday afternoon performance!
No reservation required for Sunday Salon; Tickets required to attend matinee performance. Call the Box Office at (585) 232-GEVA (4382) or buy tickets.
Almost, Maine: February 7, following 2:00PM performance
The Price: March 21, following 2:00PM performance
Two Trains Running: April 25, following 2:00PM performance
Five Course Love: May 30, following 2:00PM performance

The Hornets’ Nest (What's this ?)

Hot Topics. Your Community. Your Voice.

Join your neighbors in lively debates on current issues that impact your world! The Hornets’ Nest features script-in-hand performances of hot topic plays followed by conversations with community leaders. Reserve tickets online.

• January 18, 2010; 7:00pm: THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER
  Marriage equality? Adoption rights for gay couples? Hate crime law enforcement? Where do you sit? And which comes first in the civil rights effort: changing the hearts and minds of individuals, or passing laws? Presented in collaboration with Method Machine, and with the assistance of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley. .
• March 8, 2010; 7:00pm: ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
  Is the majority always right? Would you speak the truth even if it meant the economic collapse of your town? Do you have to play hardball to get anything done in today’s political climate? And then what happens to the little guy…?
• May 17, 2010; 7:00pm: TITLES UNDER CONSIDERATION – Tell us what’s important to you!
  
  Yankee Tavern
  In a world of 24/7 information, how do you find the truth among rumor? Is there just cause for America’s loss of faith in its leaders or does the media foster paranoia just to sell us their product? Who benefits when citizens grow cynical?
  Whose Life Is It Anyway?
  Who has the right to make end-of-life decisions for you? Your doctor? A judge? An insurance company? How much control do you have over your own medical treatment?

WHAT’S NEXT: New Plays at Geva
From page to stage, Geva’s new play programs give you an insider’s view of how plays get made. Talk to the playwright and see what just might be next year’s biggest hit. Are you a writer yourself? Geva’s Regional Writers and Young Writers Showcases give you a chance to get into the act!

WHAT’S NEXT: Plays in Progress Spring Reading Series (What’s this?)
March 24 and 26 at 7:00pm; March 28 at 3pm in the Nextstage: TITLES TBA
Discover some hot new plays and meet the writers! Get a look behind the scenes at how plays are created with 3 fresh new works in script-in-hand performances! Check back in January to see the full line-up! Tickets are free, but reservations are strongly recommended. Reserve tickets online.

WHAT’S NEXT: Regional Writers Showcase (What’s this?)
April 12 and 26 at 6:00pm in the Nextstage: TITLES TBA
Check out Rochester’s writing talent in script-in-hand performances of works by area playwrights. Maybe you’re a playwright yourself? Check out the submission requirements and deadline for the Showcase. Tickets are free, but reservations are strongly recommended. Reserve tickets online for April 12 or April 26.

WHAT’S NEXT: Young Writers Showcase (What’s this?)
May 1 at 2:00pm in the Nextstage: TITLES TBA
Check out Rochester’s youngest, freshest talent in script-in-hand performances of plays by area teen writers. Are you a teen playwright? Check out the submission requirements and deadline for the Showcase. Tickets are free, but reservations are strongly recommended. Reserve tickets online.

Jitney script-in-hand performance
August Wilson’s American Century project event
April 19, 7:30pm in the Mainstage
The eighth in the author's decade by decade exploration of the black experience in America. It’s the late 1970s and the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. has lost its shine. As urban renewal threatens to dismantle Becker’s jitney – gypsy cab – station, and the neighborhood along with it, his family life teeters on the brink as well, with the return of his son following a 20-year prison stint for murder. Becker and his fellow jitney cab drivers must all rely on hope – and each other – to survive in a world where it’s just as hard to catch a break as it is to catch a cab. Reserve tickets online.