|
June 21 - July 28
Step back in time to those golden days of the MGM movie musical, big band swing music, the jitterbug, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly. A regional premiere and a pre-Broadway try out.
July 3-29
A musical where five actors play all the roles in this hilarious send-up of Margaret Mitchell's great southern classic, Gone With The Wind. It's funnier than the great Carol Burnett sketch.
Sept 4-9
Who decides who lives and who dies when it comes to organ transplant? Medicine becomes a morass of money and morality when three patients are up for the same heart in nail-biting cross between Twelve Angry Men and the television show ER.
Sept 11 - 16
This comedic tour-de-force features two actors playing over thirteen roles. A witty and deeply moving play that traces the big dreams and the exploitation of a small Irish town by Hollywood as it moves in to shoot a major motion picture.
Sept 18-23
Some times both genius and estrangement can be passed through a family. In this poignant and funny play, a grandmother, mother and granddaughter come to terms with their past alienation and begin to build a relationship through the mirror of a national spelling contest.
Nov 1-17
Shakespeare's greatest love story. Although their families are sworn enemies, nothing could keep them from falling in love - not even death.
January 12
ONE NIGHT ONLY! The Second City Touring Company has been bringing laughter and joy to packed houses all over North America for over forty five years. Funny and fast-paced, The Second City is ideal entertainment for audiences young and old. The Second City is always topical, highly interactive and sure to delight audiences.
Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged
Feb. 16 - Mar. 9
A LOCAL’S FAVORITE AND BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
"This irreverent deconstruction of Shakespeare’s work makes a dilly of poor Willy. A fantasia of zany energy that throws together Monty Python-ish drag and Mel Brook-ish anything-for-a-laugh gags." - Michael Musto, New York Daily News
"Fresh, energetic and funny. A wild and silly frolic." - Pia Lindstrom, W N B C-T V
Mar. 26 - Mar. 30
Based on Disney's most popular movie which contains a number of classic songs, including "Bare Necessities" and "I Wan'na Be Like You".
Only six performances!
A Little More Than You Wanted to Spend
by Chris Clavelli
Aug 7 - 9, 2008
Whaaaat happens when a man loses his identity as a dad and husband over night? A Little More Than You Wanted to Spend addresses the big issues in all of our lives; loss, grief, hope, and the journey of the spirit. Based on a real life experience, A Little More Than You Wanted to Spend is a one man tour de force of theatre that harkens back to the work of Spalding Grey.
by David Ives
Sept. 2 - Sept. 6
"Winner of the John Gassner Playwriting Award, this critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect; and just plain fun." Vincent Canby, New York Times.
by John Patrick Shanley
Sept. 9 - Sept. 13
In 2005, John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Drama Desk Award and Tony Award for Best Play. Doubt is, by turns, funny, shocking, stimulating, and ultimately, wise. Capturing the conflicts within St. Nicholas Church and its school in the Bronx in 1964.
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oct 23 - Nov 1, 2008
One of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream laughingly looks at what happens when world’s collide – in our updated look at this classic the time is somewhere between 1958 and 1964 – a cross between Grease, Happy Days, American Graffiti and Laverne and Shirley.