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Theater 2014-15: Greek tragedy, 2 premieres, musical spell excitement in Court’s 60th year

Aug 28, 2014 – 5:46 pm | 2,193 views
Jerod Haynes is Bigger Thomas in 'Native Son,' which opens the Court Theatre 2014-15 season. (Joe Mazza)

10th in a series of season previews You can hear the phrase resonate in his voice when Charles Newell, artistic director of Court Theatre, says the company wanted to do something “very exciting” this season in observance of its 60th anniversary. It has turned out to be not one thing but more like a menu, spanning centuries and cultures, classics to modern explorations. The season opens with Nambi E. Kelley’s world-premiere adaptation of Richard Wright’s novel “Native Son,” about a young black man trapped by desperate circumstances in a white world. The project is a joint venture by Court and American Blues Theater.