America's oldest professional resident summer theatre since 1935

Our 2010 Season

June 15 – July 4, 2010

A whimsical comedy by Gérald Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard

Passing time on the terrace of a veteran’s hospital, three not-quite-dead friends plot their great escape. Despite Henri having a gammy leg, Philippe constantly passing out from shrapnel in his head, and Gustave being agoraphobic, these gentlemen goad one another on to new adventures. Their wits may not be fully intact, their bodies not fully cooperating, but even in their autumn years they retain a zeal for life and a never-say-die spirit that just may get them past the front gates - and beyond.

Olivier Award winner for Best New Comedy

Gérald Sibleyras' original script received four Moliere Award nominations, including Best Author

"A direct theatrical hit - A boulevard comedy bull’s eye" Evening Standard

“A comedy of living life to the fullest.” The Global Village Voice

“Heroes” contains some language that may be inappropriate for children.

“Heroes” has a running time of 90 minutes and is performed without an intermission.

Curtain Times:

Tues. – Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 p.m. EXCEPT SUNDAY July 4 at 4 p.m.

July 7 –July 25, 2010

Tom Dudzick’s delightful comedy

Raising four teenagers over a tavern in Buffalo, New York in the 1950s is a challenge. Holy Moley! Even the Cleavers would be at a loss to give advice to the Pazinski brood when, just before confirmation, the wise-cracking Rudy starts to question the church and ruler-cracking Sister Clarissa. From the playwright of the Players’ hit comedy “Greetings!,” this rollicking comedy is sweet and sassy - filled with warm humor, nostalgia and coming-of-age mischief.

“Over the Tavern with a heart as big as its belly laughs, is the nearest Catholic equivalent to date of Neil Simon’s tenderly Jewish-American ‘Lost in Yonkers’ and his Brighton Beach trilogy.” Pittsburgh Tribune

“You will be nodding your head in recognition as you are wiping tears of laughter out of your eyes.” The Troy Record.

“Tom Dudzick’s beguiling family comedy, is just what the doctor ordered.” Chicago Tribune

The show is family friendly, but does contain some language that may be inappropriate for children.

Curtain Times:

Tues. – Sat. 8 p.m; Sun. 7:30 p.m. EXCEPT SUNDAY July 25 at 4 p.m.

July 28 –August 15, 2010

Tony Award–winning masterpiece with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler

Suggested by a comedy by Ingmar Bergman Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince

"A summer night smiles - three times," an elderly lady tells her granddaughter.

"On the young, the fools, and the old."

And they've all arrived for "A Weekend in the Country"

on one long, sunlit, Swedish summer night.

“A Little Night Music” is Broadway’s sophisticated, stylish and disarmingly funny comedy about second chances. In turn-of-the century Sweden, six people, whose love-lives have gone off track, are given a taste of love’s endless possibilities. Old flames are rekindled and others ignite while Sondheim’s waltz-like score plays on. This witty and elegant musical is a celebration of romance, a Valentine for Door County audiences, and features one of Sondheim’s most popular hits, “Send in the Clowns.”

This cherished musical is the winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score.

“Isn’t it bliss.” New York Magazine

“Chamber-Sondheim by candlelight” New York Magazine

“An erotic waltz of a show.” The New York Times

“One of the most delectable musicals ever written” Newsweek

Curtain Times:

Tues. – Sat. 8 p.m; Sun. 7:30 p.m. EXCEPT SUNDAY August 15 at 4 p.m.

August 18 – Sept. 5, 2010

Alan Ayckbourn’s sci-fi comedy

In the not-too-distant future, comic lessons between scriptwriter Adam and TV actoid Jacie turn hilarious - and romantic. Cast in “Hospital Hearts,” JCF 31333 is one of many programmable acting androids. She faces being scrapped because of a glitch in her system – a glitch for comedy, the “pie-in-your-face” kind, which emerges at very inopportune times and overrides her programming. Adam and Jacie run away, embarking on a real life adventure that takes on epic soap opera proportions.

Comic Potential was recently named by Time Magazine as "one of the 10 best plays of the past decade." It received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy and was nominated for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play.

“If you are going to see one play in your life, make it Comic Potential! One of the finest plays of all my theatergoing decades. A spectacular achievement! – John Simon, New York Magazine

“This is not potential comedy but comedy fulfilled." The Observer

Curtain Times:

Tues. – Sat. 8 p.m; Sun. 7:30 p.m. EXCEPT SUNDAY Sept. 5 at 4 p.m.

September 8 - October 17, 2010

A scintillating thriller by Joseph Goodrich

Film director Henry Lockwood, known as “the Sultan of Suspense,” finds himself in Paris living a nightmare he usually captures on film. The City of Lights turns dark and deadly when Henry is accused of a sinister crime. In this stylish thriller he and his wife become deeply embroiled in blackmail, betrayal and murder. Will Henry’s career and marriage make the final cut or end up in a heap on the editing floor?

2008 Winner of Mystery Writer’s of America Edgar Award for Best Play

Curtain Times:

Tues. – Sat. 8 p.m; Sun. 7 p.m.

EXCEPT SUNDAY

Oct.17 at 4 p.m.