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Ryan Case and Natasha Williams, directors of Balagula Theatre. Photo by Mark Cornelison | Herald-Leader.

For the first time, Balagula Theatre at Natasha’s Bistro & Bar is announcing a full season of plays. The 2009-10 season is billed as a look at “the existential” and “the absurd.”

Sept. 13-16, 20-23: B for Beckett (A Night of Samuel Beckett’s Plays) – A trio by the Irish author: Play, Not I and Endgame.

Nov. 8-11, 15-18: Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco – The first play written by the French-Romanian master.

Feb. 21-24, 28-Mar 3: No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre – A play with three main characters, set in hell, that produced the quote, “hell is other people.”

May 16 - 19, 23- 26: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad by Arthur Kopit – The play that made Kopit a star in playwriting circles is about a woman who travels with her neurotic son, pet piranha and the stuffed corpse of her husband.

Season tickets will be $50 and are available by calling (859) 259-0183 between noon and 6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. There will be a pay-what-you can performance of each show, and dates for those performances will be announced near the time of each production.