July 6 - July 29, 2012
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Is Life Worth Living?
by Lennox Robinson
March 23 - April 15, 2012
This play is set in a seaside hotel in Inish, Ireland. In order to attract more tourists to the resort, the owner of the hotel has decided to host a serious acting company that will be presenting modern drama in the town's theatre. As bad luck would have it, the plays they present (Ibsen, Strindberg, Tolstoy, Chekhov and the like) all deal with dark topics that have never occurred to the relatively healthy residents of this tight community. Gradually -- and hilariously -- the good folk get dragged into the dark pit of introspection and depression. Even the pit itself is funny since it is excavated by the intense Hector de la Mare and his darkly depressed wife Constance Constantia, the actor manager-team who run the company. The play is a send-up of pretentious artists, cutting-edge drama, and naive Irish village life.
Directed by Brian Hansen
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The Rainmaker
by N. Richard Nash
April 27 - May 20, 2012
Set in a drought-ridden rural town in the West in Depression era America, "The Rainmaker" tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie Curry. Lizzie keeps house for her father and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. She has just returned from a trip to visit pseudo-cousins (all male), which was undertaken with the failed expectation that she would find a husband. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. A charming confidence trickster named Starbuck arrives and promises to bring rain in exchange for $100. His arrival sets off a series of events that enable Lizzie to see herself in a new light.
Directed by Daryl Streeter
The Men Of Mah Jongg
by Richard Atkins
June 1 - June 24, 2012
"The Men of Mah Jongg" centers around four older buddies from NYC, struggling with the pitfalls of old age, only to discover the unlikely game of Mah Jongg as the key to their unbridled happiness. Recent widower Sid Weinberg, a recluse facing ever growing physical & emotional ills, tries to convince his poker playing buddies to replace their Friday night game with the game of Mah Jongg after believing he has received a sign from his dearly departed wife. The play deals with such issues as relationships, hope, adversity and triumph.
Directed by Richard Atkins
Angel Street
by Patrick Hamilton
July 6 - July 29, 2012
Set in fogbound London in 1880, "Angel Street" tells the story of a seemingly normal couple, Jack Manningham and his wife Bella. the Manninghams. As the drama unfolds, it becomes clear that Jack Manningham is intent on convincing his wife Bella that she is going mad, even to the point of assuring her she is 'imagining' the gas light in the house is dimming. Soon, Bella is visited by a Scotland Yard inspector, Roughy. He convinces her that her husband is a maniacal criminal wanted for a murder committed 15-years-ago. Bella gains confidence in herself as she and the inspector work together to build up evidence against Jack.
Directed by Paula Stein
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro Music by Jimmy Roberts
August 10 - September 2, 2012
Some say love is a many-splendored thing. But sometimes, love just plain stinks! "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" takes a look at that crazy thing called "LOVE" in a series of interconnected vignettes and songs. There is the terrifying courtship between men and women, the joy of having a cutesey-wootsy widdle baby, and the challenge of trying to date in the sunset years when the only place left to meet people is at a funeral... Even if you have always been the bridesmaid, or aren't much of a stud, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" will ring true with anyone who's ever fallen in - our out of - love.
Directed by Adrienne Cox and Morgain Davison
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Adapted for the Stage by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan
September 14 - October 7, 2012
In this much acclaimed adaptation by Joseph Hanreddy and J. R. Sullivan, you enter the world of Jane Austen's much loved novel, the story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. This is the classic story of the Bennets, a family of five daughters with loving parents who wish to arrange profitable marriages. They are not from the upper class, and their house in Hertfordshire will be inherited by a distant cousin if Mr. Bennet dies. Enter the dashing Mr. Darcy, a newcomer to town who, along with his friend, the wealthy bachelor, Mr. Bingley, arrive in town to spend the summer in a mansion nearby their property. This sends all of the local women - especially those in the Bennett household - into a tizzy. The shy and beautiful eldest Jane ends up falling in with Mr. Bingley, while her sister, Elizabeth, finds Mr. Darcy a snobbish and proud man, and she swears to loathe him forever. Can they overcome their mutual pride and prejudice?
Directed by Leslee Richards
The Jewel in The Manuscript
by Rosemary Zibart
October 19 - November 11, 2012
Based on an historical incident, the play finds the great Russian writer, Fyodor Dostoevsky, in a mess. In addition to promising his publisher a new manuscript, he has also agreed to a serious penalty: if Dostoevsky can't provide the manuscript by a certain date, the rights to all of his works will revert to the publisher, rendering Dostoevsky penniless. So with the deadline looming, his friends decide to hire him a secretary to help him organize his messy writing habits. All are appalled when, expecting a man, the agency sends over Anna Snitkina, who was first in her class with the new fangled skill of stenography. Although an inauspicious beginning, Anna gradually wins over Dostoevsky, helping him not only with his manuscript, but emotionally and romantically as
well.
Directed by Brian Hansen