Season 51
Written by Edward Taylor
Directed by Debra Bowers
October 2 - 11, 2015
Friends, partners, lovers ... all locked in a sinister dance from which MURDER is the only escape!
A comedy/drama about a pair of men who have been co-writers of murder-mystery TV scripts for years. When one of them grows tired of the working relationship, he revisits his story ideas to find the best way to do away with his partner for good. The writers, plus a busy wife and a nosy police inspector, work around each other to a surprise ending not to be missed!
Cast: Ed Tasca (Harold Kent), Ken Yakiwchuk (Paul Riggs), Kathleen Morris (Emma Kent), Michel Warren (Detective Egan)
Written by Richard Harris
Directed by Ann Swiston
November 6 - 15, 2015
A funny, feel-good tale about dancing out of the ordinary. A stage play, not a musical, Stepping Out is a funny, enchanting tale of dance and life. Mavis Turner (Val Jones), an almost-was show dancer, finally decided to give up trying and she turned to teaching. Her weekly class of 7 women and 1 man get together in a church basement and try, with mixed success, to learn to tap dance. Mrs. Fraser (Judy Hendrick), an old friend of Mavis, is the cantankerous pianist who feels unappreciated.
The students, each with their own life problems, aren't very good at the start, but when given the opportunity to be part of an annual charity gala, Mavis drags them kicking and screaming into a delightful team performance. Join us for some laughter, get to know the class, and enjoy some terrific tap dancing by choreographer Alexis Hoff! The class is composed of Lynne (Allyson de Jong), Dorothy (Maritza Freyslinger), Maxine (D'Le Beatty-Tobias), Andy (Joanne Stuart), Geoffrey (Flemming Halby), Vera (Alexis Hoff), Sylvia (Tina Leonard) and Rose (Curly Lieberman). Dave McIntosh plays the Caretaker.
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Paul Kloegman
December 4 - 13, 2015
Farce at its best: Confusion, Miscommunication & Chaos! An "elegant farce", Rumors is hysterical, fast-paced and fun.
Charley Brock, deputy mayor of New York, and his wife Myra have invited eight good friends to help celebrate their anniversary. The first couple arrives to find that Myra is missing, and that Charley has "accidentally" shot himself and remains unconscious.
As the remaining guests arrive, each is drawn into increasingly unlikely and complicated scenarios, giving us an evening of farce and hilarity that only Neil Simon can provide.
Cast: Collette Clavadetscher (Chris Gorman), Paul Kloegman (Ken Gorman), Candace Luciano (Claire Ganz), Dave McIntosh (Lenny Ganz), Zane Pumiglia (Ernie Cusack), Georgette Richmond (Cookie Cusack), Al Kirkland Jr. (Glenn Cooper), Sharon Lowry (Cassie Cooper), Fred Koesling (Officer Welch), Officer Pudney (Alice Poltrock)
Written by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Lynn Phelan
January 15 - 24, 2016
Often hilarious, sometimes poignant, and always fascinating, GOOD PEOPLE is the story of Margie Walsh, a minimum-wage earning single mother living in South Boston, and her need to find work when she loses her job at the local Dollar Store. Her attempts take her to the office of an old high school flame, Michael--now a successful doctor, who has escped "Southie" and moved to the much tonier Chestnut Hill, and developed convenient amnesia about his roots along the way.
What happens when Margie meets Mikey, is the crux of the play. The plot is revealed through dialogue with a crackling energy, and the dramatist's beady observation of the class divide constantly rings true. A skeleton in the suave doctor's past is skillfully excavated, and the play shows how much chance and luck play in our lives.
Thought-provoking, moving, and funny enough to make you laugh out loud repeatedly, this play will have you laughing through your tears, and left with some real questions about the nature of class in America.
Written by Dan Goggin
Directed by Barbara Clippinger
Music Director Judy Hendrick
February 19 - March 1, 2016
Nunsense is a fun filled show staged by the survivors at the Little Sisters of Hoboken Nunnery, 52 of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise. The remaining "Little Hobos" parade their talents at a variety show staged to raise funds so that the last four of the dearly departed can be buried. The show pulses with merriment and an unabashed desire to make you laugh, proving conclusively that nun rhymes with fun.
Cast: Judy Hendrick, Heather Hunter, Kristine Moily, Wendy Petersen, Cindy Paul, Allyson DeJong, Amy Friend, Lila Wells, Amaranta Santos
Written by Jon Robin Baitz
Directed by Russell Mack
March 25 - April 3, 2016
Secrets, conflict and compassion fuel this intense family drama.
When Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs for Christmas in 2004, she is unable to relax into the prickly, yet loving, embrace of her wealthy California family. Brooke has been in continuous rebellion against her conservative parents -- father Lyman, a former Republican ambassador, and mother Polly, a brittle perfectionist-- for a long time, moving to the East Coast and adopting liberal political beliefs, but she still craves their approval. She is anxious about revealing her publishing plans for her new memoir, about the suicide of her beloved older brother, Henry, who was involved in the anti-war bombing of a draft board during the Vietnam War and brought disgrace to his unforgiving mother and father.
Over the course of Christmas Eve, Brooke spars with her parents, reminisces with her charming younger brother Trip, and receives the dubious emotional support of her alcoholic aunt, Silda. When the news of Brooke’s memoir is revealed, Polly and Lyman are faced with a choice -- either reveal a shocking secret that they have kept for decades, or risk exposure when the world reads their story.
Spanning the international disasters of war, the bitter feuds of American politics, and the intricate and equally bitter dynamics of one family’s love and grief, Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities is a scintillating and sharply observed dark comedy, with themes of depression, addiction, family and memory.
Cast: Candace Luciano (Polly Wyeth), Debra Bowers (Brooke Wyeth), Damyn Young (Trip Wyeth), Collette Clavadetscher (Silda Grauman), Peter Luciano (Lyman Wyeth)
