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by William Inge
In this warm and affecting hit comedy, William Inge examines some of the many faces of love. As down-home characters interact in a streetcorner restaurant during the course of a hilariously turbulent night, extraordinary qualities are revealed in seemingly ordinary people. Frustration, tears, and laughter result as characters are forced to confront their own motivations. Romance blossoms, and love banishes loneliness. As Inge demonstrates in this winning tale, a lot can happen in a single night!
September 23-24-25, 30; October 1 & 2, 2011
Written and Created by Roger Bean
This seasonal delight finds Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy (The Marvelous Wonderettes) entertaining at the 1968 holiday party for Harper’s Hardware. When Santa turns up missing, the girls must use their talent and creative ingenuity, plus some great holiday tunes such as “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Run, Rudolph, Run,” “Winter Wonderland,” and 20 other seasonal favorites, to save their holiday party. The result is, of course, marvelous! This energetic and entertaining show is guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages.
December 2-3-4, 9-10-11, 16-17-18, 2011
by Stephen Temperley
For more than half a century the name Florence Foster Jenkins has been guaranteed to produce explosions of derisive laughter. Not unreasonably so, as this wealthy society eccentric suffered under the delusion that she was a great coloratura soprano when she was in fact incapable of producing two consecutive notes in tune. Her growing mob of fans packed her recitals, stuffing handkerchiefs in their mouths to stifle their laughter—which Mrs. Jenkins blissfully mistook for cheers. The climax of her career was a single concert at Carnegie Hall in 1944. Famously, it sold out in two hours. Souvenir, by turn hilarious and poignant, tells her story through the eyes of her accompanist, Cosme McMoon. A talented musician, he regards her at first as little more than an easy way to pay the rent, but, as he gets to know her, his initial contempt gives way to reluctant admiration, then friendship and affection. A musical odd-couple for the ages.
January 6-7-8, 13-14-15, 2012
by Colin Higgins
Based upon the 1971 Paramount Pictures film starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
Harold and Maude is one of the most unconventional love stories every penned -- both moving and filled with humor. Harold is a nineteen-year-old rich kid who is fascinated with demolitions, funerals and mock suicides staged to shock his mother. At a funeral, he meets Maude, a vivacious 79-year-old widow with eccentric hobbies of her own. They quickly form a bond, to the horror of Harold’s mother. With Maude’s "reach out, take a chance" encouragement, Harold learns to truly live and love.
March 23-24-25, 30-31; April 1, 2012
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin & Don McKellarBe transported to a magical, wonderful world in this new musical comedy that was the darling of the Tony Awards, winning the most statues in 2006. A rare combination of unprecedented originality and blinding talent, The Drowsey Chaperone boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in all of our hearts: to be entertained. If you've ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, "Dear Lord in heaven, please let it be good," this is the show for you! The hilarious show-within-a-show begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called “The Drowsy Chaperone” and the show magically bursts to life around him in his apartment. Audiences are instantly immersed in the rambunctious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast and the audience soaring into the rafters.
June 1-2-3, 8-9-10, 15-16-17, 2012
A PLAYHOUSE PLAYERS YOUTH PRODUCTION
Music & Lyrics by Jenine Tesori & Dick Scanlan
Book by Richard Henry Morris & Dick ScanlanNew York City. 1922. Young Millie Dillmount has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz -- a time when women were entering the workforce, and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men, and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment.
July 27-28-29 & August 3-4-5, 2012
