The newly resurrected Star Bar Players has just announced their 2009-2010 season. And even if they don’t have a venue nailed down for all of their shows, it’s clear they’re offering an intriguing mix of old and new, dramas and comedies, well-known and locally-written works.

For more information, check out their web site at www.starbarplayers.org.

The Weir
By Conor McPherson
October 8-October 24

A haunting play about loneliness and the power of storytelling set in a rural Irish pub. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Award as Best New Play for 1997-1998, it has been described as “a modern masterpiece”.

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
by Terrence McNally
January 28-February 14

Although better known as the bookwriter for such diverse musicals as “Ragtime”, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “The Full Monty”, McNally also penned this quiet, two-character study of a lonely middle-aged couple who gradually open up to each other over the course of their first night together.

Death Wore Elevator Shoes
By Cory Moosman
March 4-March 21

A hilarious send-up of old-time radio detective shows, this play was written by local favorite Cory Moosman, who won acclaim as the schlubby Dave Bukatinsky in the FAC’s production of “The Full Monty”. “Death Wore Elevator Shoes” has been performed in Pueblo and at the Boulder International Fringe Festival.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
April 29-May 16

The classic drama about an alcoholic, mutually abusive couple and the younger couple who are forced to watch them battle it out during a dinner party. Interestingly, in 1963, the Pulitzer Prize advisory board chickened out, refusing to hand out any drama award that year rather than give it to this raw, often violent play.

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