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Who's in Bed with the Butler, by Michael Parker, directed
by Carole Rogers. Samuel French,
Inc. (Farce. 3 m, 6 f. Interior.) A California billionaire has
bequeathed all of his assets to his only daughter Constance - except the
22-million-dollar yacht he wanted Josephine to have, a 25 million-dollar
art collection left to Rene and some priceless antique automobiles
willed to Marjorie. Constance arrives at her father's mansion with her
lawyer, determined to find out who these women are and to buy them off
or contest the will. The butler seems to hold the key and she learns
from him that the three sultry ladies were her father's lovers. This is a
madcap addition to the author's string of inventive American farces
including The Sensuous Senator and The Amorous Ambassador. Auditions: Jan 5 & 6
Show: February 12-21
The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, directed by
Matt Ortega. Dramatist - (Drama 2 men,
2 women: 4 total Setting: INTERIOR) One of the most famous plays of the
modern theatre. A drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty. THE
STORY: Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility
who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom,
and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to
her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are
ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his
mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the unrealistic world
of the movies. Laura also lives in her own illusions. She is crippled,
and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married,
has driven her more and more into herself. The crux of the action comes
when Tom invites a young man of his acquaintance to take dinner with the
family. Jim, the caller, is a nice ordinary fellow who is at once
pounced upon by Amanda as a possible husband for Laura. Auditions: March 9 & 10
Show: April 16-25
Harvey, by Mary Chase, directed by Rod Henley. Dramatist - (Comedy Cast: 6 men, 6 women: 12
total Setting: TWO INTERIORS) THE STORY: When Elwood P. Dowd starts to
introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to
guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his
eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him
committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their
family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta
herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she
explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood's hallucination
have caused her to see Harvey also! Auditions: April 27 & 28
Show: June 4-13
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay,
directed by George Mann.
Music Theatre International - (Musical 7 Men/7 Women Show Chorus: Large,
Dance Required: Standard) “Goin’ courting” has never been as much fun as
in this rip-roaring stage version of the popular MGM movie, adapted by
Lawrence Kasha and David Landay. Millie is a young bride living in the
1850s Oregon wilderness whose plan to civilize and marry off her six
rowdy brothers-in-law to ensure the success of her own marriage
backfires when the brothers, in their enthusiasm, kidnap six women from
a neighboring town to be their brides. Bursting with the rambunctious
energy of the original film, “Seven Brides For Seven Brothers” is all
boisterous fun and romance that harkens back to the glory days of the
movie musical. A large cast of characters gives many actors a chance to
shine. Auditions: June 15 & 16
Show: July 30-Aug. 8
Rehearsal for Murder, by D.D. Brooke, directed by Dusty
Westfall. Dramatics - (Mystery, Cast: 9m.,
6w). This is a thrilling "theatrical" mystery in which our theatre
becomes the set for the play. The playwright turns on the stage work
lights and prepares for the first reading of his new play. The actors,
producer, director and others connected with the show come onto the
stage, and under their humorous (and utterly real) theatrical talk,
tension grows. We discover that everyone connected with this play was
involved with another play by the same playwright. At its opening night,
exactly a year ago and in this same theatre, the beautiful leading lady,
who was also the playwright's fiancée, was murdered! As these people
start with the new play, startling connections to the murder begin to
unfold. The growing tension reaches the boiling point with surprising
revelations, countered by others even more surprising. Auditions: Aug. 10 & 11
Show September 17-26
A Christmas Story by Philip Grecian, directed by Jim
Moody. Dramatics - (Christmas Comedy.
Cast: 7m., 4w. Expandable. Unit Set) Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of
growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker
in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for
Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and
even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The
consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from
the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's
temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the
boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan
Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's
leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more. Auditions: Oct. 5 & 6
Show: November 12-21
Off Season 1: Moonlight and Magnolias, by Ron Hutchinson,
directed by Jim Moody. NOT AVAILABLE WITH SEASON TICKET Dramatist -
(Comedy 3 men, 1 woman: Setting: INTERIOR) a wacky comedy set in
Hollywood, 1939. Three weeks after shooting began on "Gone With The
Wind" producer David O Selznik mysteriously shut down production. The
script wasn't working, so he hires screenwriter Ben Hecht and Director
Victor Fleming to create a new one. Writing against the clock, they lock
themselves in an office for 5 days, and the madness sets in! A hilarious
behind-the-scenes look at the creation of one of the most beloved movies
of all time!
Show:
March 5-7
Off Season 2: The War of the Worlds by Howard Koch,
directed by Duff Taylor. NOT AVAILABLE WITH SEASON TICKET (Cast: 22 voices) is a
radio drama, not a stage drama. The script, adapted from
the H.G. Wells novel, for Orson Welles as an episode of the American
radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air was performed as
the Halloween episode on October 30, 1938, and aired over the CBS Radio
network. The first half of the 60-minute broadcast was a series of news
bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that a Martian invasion was
in progress. (Because the Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 'sustaining
show' [without sponsorship], the broadcast had no commercials). Some
fled their homes; others were terrified. The news-bulletin format was
decried as cruelly deceptive by some newspapers and public figures,
leading to an outcry against the perpetrators of the broadcast, but the
episode launched Welles to fame. Welles's adaptation is the most
well-known radio dramatic production in history. This show will be
staged as a dramatic reading. This means actors may have scripts on
stage. Although they will not be physically acting in a space, the show
is no less demanding in conveying the drama and emotion of the story by
relying solely on their voices. The set is made to look like an
old-fashioned radio studio with a live sound effects crew on stage. Show: Oct. 1-3
Off Season 3: Another Round of Silent Night directed by
Micki Voekel
NOT AVAILABLE WITH SEASON TICKET
- Christmas variety
with songs and skits by theatre actors. Show: December 10-12
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