Upcoming Shows: 2008-2009 Season

early Fall Show

► THE EXONERATED

Drama readers theatre

Cast: 7 Men, 3 Women Including Lead and Support parts for 4 African American Men and Women

Winner 2003 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards

The Story: Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and the public record, THE EXONERATED tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words. Moving between first-person monologues and scenes set in courtrooms and prisons, the six interwoven stories paint a picture of an American criminal justice system gone horribly wrong—and of six brave souls who persevered to survive it.

fall show

► STATE OF THE UNION

Comedy

Cast: 11 Men, 6 Women

Winner of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize

The Story: STATE of THE UNION is a smart, witty, Pulitzer-Prize winning journey behind the scenes into the world of presidential politics. Written around the 1944 election you will be amused, and maybe a little bit perplexed at how the more things change... the more they stay the same. In this year of highly charged presidential politics, this peek into the life of a mythical candidate may be just the reality check you’re seeking

Holiday Season Show

► THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Full Length, Farce comedy

Cast: 5 Men, 4 Women

"...swift, sardonic repartee in Wilde’s masterpiece ripples through the ages. Probably the wittiest play in the English language.” —Carlyn James New York Times May 2008

The Story: It revolves around the most ingenious case of “manufactured” mistaken identity ever put into a play. Wilde’s comedic  masterpiece satirizes English society in the late Victorian era. Two wealthy young men pretend their names are Earnest in order to impress their beloveds. Audiences have loved this play since it opened in 1895.

If you would like to read the script in advance, please follow this link.

Late Winter Show

► DOUBT, A PARABLE

Drama

Cast: 1 Man, 3 Women

Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and four Tony Awards in 2006

The Story: “What do you do when you’re not sure?” Father Flynn asks the audience in the opening line of this play, setting the stage for a story of suspicion and moral uncertainty. This brilliant and powerful drama, is set in 1964, during the Second Vatican Council. Sister Aloysius, a Catholic school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students

Spring Musical

► ALANA

Musical with Orchestra

Cast: 6 Men, 7 Women, 19 Boys and Girls, including Teens

The Story: Set at the turn of the 20th century, the baby girl Alanais left on the steps of “Mrs. Morgenstern’s Home for Children”. The story picks up when Alana is fifteen. She and the other characters become an integral part of the drama that includes love interests, and even a villian. Alana’s story promises to touch every heart in a very special way! Family audiences will long remember the poignant finale of this premiere musical by local artists.

Summer Show

► LOVE LETTERS

Cast: 1 Man, 1 Woman

“In such critically acclaimed plays as The Dining Room and The Cocktail Hour, A.R. Gurney has wittily captured the manners of upper-middle class WASP America, but never as gracefully or with such dazzling economy as in Love Letters. Exhilarating, funny and moving.” — The Wall Street Journal

The Story: Tracing the lifelong correspondence of the staid, dutiful lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and the lively, unstable artist Melissa Gardner, the story of their bittersweet relationship gradually unfolds from what is written—and what is left unsaid—in their letters. A smash hit both off and on Broadway, Love Letters captures Andy and Melissa with a precision of detail and depth of feeling only Gurney can command.