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Our 2008 Season click here to view our previous seasons 2008 Playbill subject to change Greetings! a comedy by Tom Dudzick
June 17 – July 6
Curtain times Tuesday – Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 7:30 pm* *Except Sunday, July 6 - 4 p.m. matinee only
A family holiday erupts into an unavoidable feud of clashing cultures and beliefs when Andy brings his Jewish fiancée home to his traditional Catholic household. A wise and witty spirit, intent upon healing the family, provides a miracle through Andy’s younger brother, sending everyone on a hilarious exploration of the miraculous.
The New Yorker ”Greetings! is a wonderful, wacky look at how cleverly a mixture of Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Age philosophy can--in the right hands--flick on the electricity.” Los Angeles Times
Born Yesterday a classic American comedy by Garson Kanin
July 9 – July 27
Curtain times Tuesday – Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 7:30 pm* *Except Sunday, July 27 - 4 p.m. matinee only
Harry, a wealthy and rough junkyard racketeer, hires a savvy young reporter to smarten up Billie, his brainless but beautiful gal pal. As lessons commence, Billie proves to be smarter than Harry thought, and his plan to buy a senator and add Washington to his back pocket goes quickly awry. The film starring Broderick Crawford and William Holden earned Judy Holliday a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Billie Dawn, the unruly dame who helps everyone get the education they deserve! Holliday performed in this Broadway hit that ran for more than 1600 performances.
The Lady’s Not for Burning Christopher Fry’s lyrical romantic comedy July 30 – August 10
Curtain times Tuesday – Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 7:30 pm* *Except Sunday, August 10 - 4 p.m. matinee only
An unlikely romance emerges as a world-weary soldier wanders into a medieval village, announces he is a murderer and demands to be hanged. To his dismay the villagers refuse because they are more determined to burn an attractive, independent-thinking woman they accuse of witchcraft. Laced with lyrical wit and a smattering of irony.
"A poetic fantasy of rare splendor and delight ... a work of magical humor and deep beauty," The New York Herald Tribune
New York Drama Critics Circle Award In 1950, John Gielgud not only played Thomas, the world-weary solider, in the Broadway debut of The Lady’s Not for Burning, but also directed the production and introduced American audiences to a talented new actor, Richard Burton, who won the Theatre World Award for his role as Richard, the mayor’s aide.
Rumors Neil Simon's hilarious comedy August 13 – August 31
Curtain times Tuesday – Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 7:30 pm* *Except Sunday, August 31 - 4 p.m. matinee only
An up-scale anniversary party turns into a melee of innuendos and misunderstandings when four couples arrive for the celebration to find the host, the New York City Deputy Mayor, has been shot, his wife is missing, dinner is still thawing, and the servants have disappeared! The shenanigans get out of hand when the mayor’s lawyer attempts a cover-up, which fills the rumor mill with infidelity, scandal, mystery, and of course, side-splitting humor. "Light, frothy and fun." N.Y. Post. "Not only side-splitting, but front- and back-splitting." NBC TV
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure By Steven Dietz Based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle. Sept. 3 – Oct. 19 Curtain times Tuesday – Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 7 pm* *Except Sunday, October 19 - 4 p.m. matinee only
The game is afoot as Holmes uses his keen powers of observation and deductive reasoning in what may be his final case. Can Holmes’ razor-sharp wits be blinded by love? His arch-nemesis, the villainous Professor Moriarty, believes so. Filled with danger, intrigue, humor and surprise; follow the game and see if Holmes lives to sleuth another day!
2007 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winner for Best Mystery Play "...guaranteed to please everyone who joins in the game." Backstage "...an expert homage to all things Holmesian." Phoenix New Times
click here to view our previous seasons Please contact our box office at 920-868-3287 for more information.
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