focus on the arts
Lillian Hellman’s The Little
Foxes Continues at The Asolo
Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner
Frank Galati, it runs to April 15
T
he Little
sis plays out its
Foxes, acdrama at a parclaimed
ticular historical
American playmoment and in
a very specific
wright Lillian
economic enviHellman’s captivating drama
ronment.”
about the schemActress Tracy
Michelle Arnold
ing Hubbard
leads the cast
family and their
as the magnetic
insatiable lust
and manipulafor wealth, runs
in rotating rep
tive Regina. She
through April
has performed in
15 in the Mertz
theaters throughTheatre the Asolo
out the country,
Repertory Theatre.
including GoodIt’s directed by
man Theatre,
two-time Tony
Chicago ShakeAward-winner
speare Theater,
and Academy
and Northlight
Award-nominee
Theatre. Arnold
Frank Galati.
is a company
Guile and greed
member with
are front and cenAmerican Players
Theatre, where
ter in this classic
her credits inAmerican drama
Tracy Michelle Arnold and David Breitbarth in Asolo Rep’s
set in 1900 in the
clude Cleopatra
production of The Little Foxes.
racially stratified
in Anthony
South, where
& Cleopatra,
Photo by John Revisky
the wily Regina
Arkadina in The
Hubbard Giddens and her two brothers,
Seagull, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire
Oscar and Ben Hubbard, will stop at nothand more.
ing to obtain the fortune they so desperately
Longtime Asolo Rep company member
desire. But when Regina’s ailing husband
David Breitbarth, who was Governor George
threatens to throw a wrench in their corrupt Wallace, Sheriff Jim Clark, Richard Nixon
plan to bring a cotton mill to their small
and John McCone in Asolo Rep’s The Great
Alabama town, the Hubbard siblings’ sinister Society, plays Regina’s husband, Horace.
ways reach the pinnacle of deceit. Powerful,
poignant and surprisingly funny, The Little
Performance Events
Foxes is a gripping look at the dark side of
The Scoop
the American Dream.
One hour prior to every perfor“With Frank Galati as the director, this
mance in the Asolo Rep’s Mertz Theproduction of The Little Foxes will feel like a
atre, orchestra level. Hear the ideas
thrilling new play,” said Michael Donald Edand inspirations that contributed to
wards, Producing Artistic Director of Asolo
the making of The Little Foxes.
Rep. “Lillian Hellman’s American masterpiece, while more than 70 years old, is teemTuesday Talkback
ing with pertinent themes of class structure,
April 11 in the Asolo’s Mezzanine.
race relations and the high cost of greed,
An intimate post-show discussion
making this piece as electrifying today as it
with featured actors or guests followwas when it opened on Broadway in 1939.”
ing the Tuesday performance.
The Little Foxes opened on Broadway in
OUT@AsoloRep
1939 and ran for 410 performances. The
April 5 at 6:30 p.m.; show starts at
iconic Academy Award-nominated film adap7:30 p.m. in the Asolo’s Mezzanine.
tation premiered in 1941 and starred screen
OUT@AsoloRep is Sarasota’s premier
legend Bette Davis, who garnered an Oscar
cultural event connecting local Lesnomination for her portrayal of Regina.
bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Director and Asolo Rep Associate Artcommunities. Enjoy a pre-show recepist Frank Galati previously directed Guess
tion and learn about participating
Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1776, Twelve
LGBT organizations, gain personal
Angry Men and more at Asolo Rep. He is a
insight into The Little Foxes from the
member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company
creative team and cast members, and
in Chicago, where his adaptation of John
mingle with the actors and other OUT
Steinbeck’s East of Eden kicked off the theattendees after the performance.
atre’s 40th anniversary season. He won two
Tony Awards for his adaptation and direcThe Little Foxes IllumiNation Event
tion of The Grapes of Wrath and was also
April 8 at 1 p.m.; show starts at 2
nominated for a Tony for his direction of
p.m. Pre-show reception and a postRagtime on Broadway.
show discussion held on the Mezza“Why is it important to return to The Litnine. IllumiNation is Asolo Rep’s series
tle Foxes now in 2017? Because this play is
of performances and events promotprofoundly important in changing the coning cross-cultural conversations in
versation about race and class in America,”
the community.
said Director Frank Galati. “True then and
true now, it boldly and shrewdly reveals the
Tickets
sinister relationship between institutional
racism and capitalism. The Little Foxes pres- To purchase tickets, call 351-8000 or visit
ents a family portrait, and the family in criwww.asolorep.org.
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