2012 Theatre Season:

New Harmony is home to the New Harmony Theatre (NHT), produced by the University of Southern Indiana. Every summer from June through August, NHT presents outstanding live productions, of a comedy, drama and a musical.

For additional details or ticketing information, visit the New Harmony Theatre official website,
or call (812) 682- 3115 (Toll Free: 877-NHT-SHOW).

Friday & Saturday: 7:30 pm

Saturday & Sunday Matinee: 2:00 pm

June 15-16; 22-24, 2012

God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza Reza, the author of the celebrated Art, takes her audience on a wild ride that brings two successful and sophisticated couples together in order to hash out a playground fight between their sons only to propel all four to the furthest and darkest corners of their perfectly proper relationships. Fissures and cracks appear in the foundation and soon the house is falling down around everyone. Can marriage survive modern life? Is this really the way we live now? Fresh from Broadway where it captured the Tony Award for best play of 2009, God of Carnage may be the first comic masterpiece of the new century. Please visit New Harmony Theatre website for additional information.

July 6-8; 13-15, 2012

The Retreat From Moscow by William Nicholson William Nicholson, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Gladiator, has written a sensitive examination of an estranged couple in late middle-age who attempt to begin fresh and separate lives but discover that a marriage of 33 years will not so readily release them to do so. Their struggle becomes a contest for sympathy and understanding from their 30 year-old son, who finds his parents behaving worse by the day. Rich in subtle humor and emotional truth, The Retreat From Moscow earned a Tony nomination for best play on Broadway in 2004.. Please visit New Harmony Theatre website for further information.

July 20-22; 27-29 & August 3-5, 2012

Pete 'n' Keely by James Hindman --with original Music by Patrick Brady and lyrics by Mark Waldrop This hilarious musical tells the story of Pete Bartel and Keely Stevens, one of America's most loved singing-performing couples of the 50s, whose legendary breakup at Caesar's Palace over Pete's philandering led to less successful solo careers. But now it's 1968, and Pete and Keely are "back together" to revive their careers in a live television special. Of course, singing together once again will require that they also speak to one another again. What transpires here is a wild series of segments both in front of the live audience and backstage. Will love conquer all? Or will it be like Casesar's Palace all over again? When this wonderful show opened in New York in 2000, Rex Reed called it "Broadway in a bottle--the brightest, happiest, and most entertaining little show in town." Please visit New Harmony Theatre website for further information.

 

* Schedule and casting are subject to change.