The Gate proudly announces the line-up for our 10th Anniversary Gala Season. With three new shows in the works and a special sponsor to bring back one of our most successful productions, The Gate looks forward to a blockbuster season we are sure you will enjoy.
Deathtrap by Ira Levin. Billed as one of the most successful who-done-its of all time, we meet Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, who is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. He receives a brilliant script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—and Sidney offers to collaborate. Discovering that the student has only one copy of the script, Sidney’s thoughts turn to murder. Suspense mounts steadily as the plot begins to twist and turn, and with an abundance of thrills and laughter, Deathtrap holds the audience enthralled until the final, startling moments of the play. Runs November 2-5, 2017
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The Exonerated by Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank. This gripping drama played in The Gate’s 2016-17 season to sold-out audiences and returns in January courtesy of BABSEACLE and Lanna Lawyers. The Exonerated explores the true stories of six people who have been wrongfully convicted of murder and other offenses, placed on death row and later exonerated and freed after serving varying years in prison, but the scars, both physical and psychological, remain. Runs January 18-21, 2018 |
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Starry Messenger by Ira Hauptman. This play is a modern retelling of Galileo's resistance and ultimate capitulation to the Inquisition over his support of the Copernican theory of the earth's rotation. Notions of science, faith, demons, madness and self-sacrifice are raised and overturned. As Cardinals Borgia and Zacchia negotiate with Galileo over his recantation, we are also afforded a look at the process of reconciling new science with the power structure, a struggle that continues even today. Runs February 15-18, 2018 |
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Big Hunk O’ Burnin’ Love by Prince Gomolvilas. A Thai-American playwright, Mr. Gomolvilas takes us into a romantic comedy about family curses, Thai brides and spontaneous human combustion. Big Hunk centers on Winston, a single Thai American who must beat a different biological clock--get married by age 30 (four days away!) or be doomed to burst into flames! As each day passes, Winston feels the pressure from his kooky parents, his acerbic best friend, his troubled ex-girlfriend and a teenage Thai mail order bride. Runs March 29-April 1 2018 |
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Listen to Stephan Turner, Managing Artistic Director and Founder of The Gate speak of his vision for The Gate in 2013. Join us in seeing this vision through. |
Check out a review from our most recent season. . .
“The delicate staging ... elevates the words of the wrongfully convicted. The characters are given the space and time to tell the(ir) stories ...” - CityLife
“The delicate staging ... elevates the words of the wrongfully convicted. The characters are given the space and time to tell the(ir) stories ...” - CityLife
Have a look at our past 10 years, and join us in creating a new look for our next 10. . .
TGTG's Mission Statement and Objectives
At The Gate, we strive to entertain, inform, and educate the residents of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Northwest Indiana through professional-quality English language Community Theater. We accomplish this through the production and performance of plays and workshops that are relevant to members of the diverse local communities that we serve.
The Gate Theater Group is a 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt Organization. 100% of donations are eligible for tax deduction.
