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's '' The Rocky Horror Show''. According to the Fresno Bee, ART is one of few theatre groups in Fresno with an "established reputation for quality."

Production history

Because many ART Board members are affiliated with the summer Woodward Shakespeare Festival, the ART performance season runs from fall to spring.

2009 - 2010 season

Fall 2009: '' All in the Timing Director's Cut'', including all seven All in the Timing plays previously performed by ART, and one new play, all by David Ives. Rogue Festival 2010: '' Parallel Lives'', by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney.

2008 - 2009 season

Fall 2008: '' The Rocky Horror Show'', by

. Winter 2009: '' Rabbit Hole'', by David Lindsay-Abaire. Rogue Festival 2009: '' All in the Timing Too'', three one-act plays by David Ives, including ''Mere Mortals'', ''The Universal Language'', and ''Sure Thing''. Spring 2009: '' The Fantasticks'', music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones.

2007 - 2008 season

Winter 2008: '' Vagina Monologues'', by Eve Ensler. Rogue Festival 2008: '' All in the Timing'', four one-act plays by David Ives, including ''Words, Words, Words'', ''The Philadelphia'', ''Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread'', and ''Variations on the Death of Trotsky.'' Spring 2008: '' Glengarry Glen Ross'', by David Mamet.

2007 season

Winter 2007: '' The Tempest'', by

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. Spring 2007: '' Arcadia'', by Tom Stoppard.

2006 season

Rogue Festival 2006: ''Love's Fire'', ART's maiden performance, consisting of three one-act plays: ''140'', by Marsha Norman; ''Terminating'', by

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; and ''Bitter Sauce'', by Eric Bogosian. Spring 2006: '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', adapted for the stage by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey.

Reviews & external links

Fresno Bee's review of ''Parallel Lives.''''Parallel Lives'' Rogue Festival page.''All in the Timing'' reviews from Rogue 2008.Fresno Famous article on ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''.ART MySpace page

References

{{authority control Theatre companies in California Organizations based in Fresno, California Performing groups established in 2005 2005 establishments in California