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Little Shop of Horrors
Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken;
Directors: Lucy Fabick & Jake DeLeon; Producer: Kiley Hendricks;
Sci-Fi Musical Comedy: July 7-23;
Description: Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken;
Directors: Lucy Fabick & Jake DeLeon; Producer: Kiley Hendricks;
Sci-Fi Musical Comedy: July 7-23;
Description: Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
Will On the Water: The Tragedie of Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Director: Regina Spain; Producer: Brian Spain;
Tragedie: August 4-20
Description: In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for Romeo and Juliet. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly — and fate causes them to commit suicide in despair. Contrast and conflict are running themes throughout Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet — one of the Bard's most popular romantic tragedies.
by William Shakespeare
Director: Regina Spain; Producer: Brian Spain;
Tragedie: August 4-20
Description: In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for Romeo and Juliet. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly — and fate causes them to commit suicide in despair. Contrast and conflict are running themes throughout Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet — one of the Bard's most popular romantic tragedies.
Oz
by Patrick Shanahan
Director: Regina & Brian Spain; Producer: Brian Spain;
Drama: September 8-24
Description: L. Frank Baum is in trouble—forty-four years old and on the eve of his greatest creative work—he is a "jack of all trades" but success eludes him. It is 1899 in Chicago and Baum is putting the finishing touches on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but putting dreams on paper is elusive business and Baum is struggling with some definite plot problems, no title and no ending! Like the cyclone in his story, Baum's housekeeper, Bridgey, and a little girl named Dot get swept up in the mad vortex of his tale, as Baum enlists them to help him improvise the story. Suddenly, an overstuffed Victorian study becomes a magical land, a black, horsehair footstool becomes Toto; a ceiling fan with scarves becomes the cyclone; stuffing from the sofa, a potbelly stove and a bearskin rug become the Scarecrow, the Tinman and the Cowardly Lion. Somewhere, in the heart of this frenzy is the whole creative process, and in the end we realize that Baum is the real wizard of Oz, but he needs an assistant … our imaginations. After the Kansas City world premiere, Oz went international in a spectacular production at London's famed Unicorn Theatre. The resulting critically acclaimed production developed and resulted in a more dramatic, expanded script which is available manuscript form. The staging of Oz has a wonderful flexiblity and infinitely creative process as shown in the two versions of the same script and its many productions across America.
by Patrick Shanahan
Director: Regina & Brian Spain; Producer: Brian Spain;
Drama: September 8-24
Description: L. Frank Baum is in trouble—forty-four years old and on the eve of his greatest creative work—he is a "jack of all trades" but success eludes him. It is 1899 in Chicago and Baum is putting the finishing touches on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but putting dreams on paper is elusive business and Baum is struggling with some definite plot problems, no title and no ending! Like the cyclone in his story, Baum's housekeeper, Bridgey, and a little girl named Dot get swept up in the mad vortex of his tale, as Baum enlists them to help him improvise the story. Suddenly, an overstuffed Victorian study becomes a magical land, a black, horsehair footstool becomes Toto; a ceiling fan with scarves becomes the cyclone; stuffing from the sofa, a potbelly stove and a bearskin rug become the Scarecrow, the Tinman and the Cowardly Lion. Somewhere, in the heart of this frenzy is the whole creative process, and in the end we realize that Baum is the real wizard of Oz, but he needs an assistant … our imaginations. After the Kansas City world premiere, Oz went international in a spectacular production at London's famed Unicorn Theatre. The resulting critically acclaimed production developed and resulted in a more dramatic, expanded script which is available manuscript form. The staging of Oz has a wonderful flexiblity and infinitely creative process as shown in the two versions of the same script and its many productions across America.
Murder By Poe
by Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: Cassandra Chance
Thriller/Drama: October 6-22
Description: A dark and dreadful night. A woman in white lost within a wood. The only shelter is a house full of murderers. Mixing funhouse tricks, Grand Guignol, and a deadly game of cat and mouse, Murder By Poe is a theatrical reimagining of some of Edgar Allen Poe’s most famous tales of terror - The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murderers in the Rue Morgue, William Wilson, The Purloined Letter, The Mystery of Marie Roget, and The Fall of the House of Usher. As each haunted figure tells a story of crime and mayhem, the woman must solve the puzzle of the house and the riddle of the man who ushers her into its mysteries.
by Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: Cassandra Chance
Thriller/Drama: October 6-22
Description: A dark and dreadful night. A woman in white lost within a wood. The only shelter is a house full of murderers. Mixing funhouse tricks, Grand Guignol, and a deadly game of cat and mouse, Murder By Poe is a theatrical reimagining of some of Edgar Allen Poe’s most famous tales of terror - The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murderers in the Rue Morgue, William Wilson, The Purloined Letter, The Mystery of Marie Roget, and The Fall of the House of Usher. As each haunted figure tells a story of crime and mayhem, the woman must solve the puzzle of the house and the riddle of the man who ushers her into its mysteries.
The Dining Room
by A. R. Gurney
Director: Amy Fabick
Family Drama: November 3-12
Description: The play is set in the dining room of a well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes – some funny, some touching, some rueful. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events, dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of range, humor, and humanity.
by A. R. Gurney
Director: Amy Fabick
Family Drama: November 3-12
Description: The play is set in the dining room of a well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes – some funny, some touching, some rueful. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events, dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of range, humor, and humanity.
The Nutcracker
Adapted by June Walker Rogers
Director: Regina Spain; Producer: Brian Spain;
Holiday Drama: December 1-17
Description: The legend of the Nutcracker is now available in this captivating play. At a gala Christmas Eve party, Clara's godfather presents her with an amazing Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. Too excited to sleep, she suddenly finds the Nutcracker brought to life. He tells her he is a prince under the wicked enchantment of the Mouse King, and she joins him in a series of adventures in strange lands as he seeks to regain his throne. When she wakes, she finds the Nutcracker gone. Was it a dream or not? Then her godfather returns with his nephew—who just happens to look exactly like the prince! This charming play may be enhanced with dances to the music of Tchaikovsky.
Adapted by June Walker Rogers
Director: Regina Spain; Producer: Brian Spain;
Holiday Drama: December 1-17
Description: The legend of the Nutcracker is now available in this captivating play. At a gala Christmas Eve party, Clara's godfather presents her with an amazing Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. Too excited to sleep, she suddenly finds the Nutcracker brought to life. He tells her he is a prince under the wicked enchantment of the Mouse King, and she joins him in a series of adventures in strange lands as he seeks to regain his throne. When she wakes, she finds the Nutcracker gone. Was it a dream or not? Then her godfather returns with his nephew—who just happens to look exactly like the prince! This charming play may be enhanced with dances to the music of Tchaikovsky.
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