Season 49
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Original screenplay written by Bill Forsyth
Adapted for the stage by Neal Checkoway
Directed by Neal Checkoway
Stage Manager Leslie DeCarl, with ASM Diane Jones
October 4 - 13, 2013
A modern day fable about the lessons learned when Big Oil meets Wee Scotland, based upon the movie of the same name.
A simple story on the surface, ‘Local Hero’ sweetly reverberates with timeless themes about the search for our rightful place in the universe and how the choices we all make affect both our happiness as well as the very social and physical environments that surround us.
The beauty of Bill Forsyth's original story is (to quote the late Roger Ebert) in the 'loving, funny, understated way' in which it presents the range of personal or professional situations that lead us toward or away from the 'satisfaction' we seek... all told through the offbeat lens of its quirky characters. And, as Ebert said about it, "Nothing is more absorbing than human personalities, developed with love and humor."
Cast: Mark Bennett, Neal Checkoway, Beryel Dorscht, Patrick DuMouchel, Chet Beeswanter, Patricia Guy, Jennings Bennett, Douglas Pinkerton, Collette Clavadetscher, Zane Pumiglia, Graham Miller, Don Chaloner, Pierre Blackburn, Jim Ryan, Judy Long, Roland McKoy, Tina Leonard, Fred Koesling, Dave McIntosh, Catherine Huff. Musicians: Chuni Medeles Cordova, Juanpi Medeles Cordova
by Ruth & Augustus Goetz
Directed by Rosann Wilshere
Run: Nov 8-17, 2013
Henry James. Washington Square. Academy Award. Best Picture. Broadway success. These are all words that evoke the image of The Heiress, a classic period story that is nevertheless timeless in its ability to engage us with characters and conflict that are just as meaningful today as they were in 1850.
The play is set in an elegant home in New York’s most prestigious area, Washington Square. The time and place of the play give license to create a marvelously visual package of over 30 period costumes, along with a rich set and wonderful period decorations.
The music incorporated into the production is especially noteworthy. The orchestral music, from Aaron Copland’s The Heiress Suite, was composed for the story. The theme song, Plaisir d’Amour, was actually written in France in 1784, so it was well known in 1850. The English translation displays the beauty of the sentiment, and of course the poignancy of the play itself: “The joys of love are but a moment long; the pain of love endures the whole life long.”
Cast: Judy Long, Tony Wilshere, Diana Rowland, Jayme Littlejohn, Arleen Pace, Geoff Long, Caroline McCormack, Ken Yakiwchuk, Kathleen Morris
By Joe diPietro
Directed by Ann Swiston
December 6 - 15, 2013
Comedic Drama; a poignant and witty story about family, faith, food and what we go through to keep them close. “Tengo famiglia.”
(From the Director) As a new director always searching for the next show, I have found that a play’s title beckons me first. Of course not all captivating titles introduce an equally captivating play, but this one did. Over the River and Through the Woods quickly entranced me with the funny, poignant, personal and universal story it tells.
Joe DiPietro spins a simple tale of a young man who lives and works near his loving though sometimes overwhelming Italian grandparents. Then one day a job opportunity on the other side of the country beckons, and our hero decides to move. This decision generates strong, sometimes conflicting emotions, hilarious situations, the occasional introspective moment, and ultimately, a satisfactory ending. Along the way, you are invited to savor the warmth of this family, to laugh as you see yourself reflected in its characters, and to let go a tear as love becomes defined through food, faith and family.
Cast: Georgette Richmond, Ed Tasca, Kevin O'Byrne, Kenneth Bridges, Peggy Lord Chilton, Heather Hunter
Written by Sharon Pollock
Directed by Lynn Phelan
January 17 - 26, 2014
August 4, 1892. The town of Fall River, Massachusetts was shocked to hear that two of their own, Andrew and Abigail Borden, had been savagely murdered in their own home. The person who found them was their youngest daughter, Lizzie.
The trial that ensued was a national sensation that included two horrific murders, conflicting circumstantial evidence, and stories of a dysfunctional household underneath its very respectable veneer. At the centre of it all was Lizzie Borden … enigmatic, contradictory, argumentative with the lawyers ... and ultimately found innocent. No other person has ever been charged.
This story has intrigued, fascinated and perplexed law scholars, amateur sleuths, psychologists and sociologists for over one hundred years. Did she or didn't she? And WHY?
Playwright Sharon Pollock has looked at the Lizzie Borden case, at everything we know about Lizzie's family in the years and days leading up to the murders, and has looked at Lizzie herself - her personality, her social situation, and her life after the trial was over. She examined the life Lizzie lived in the town that found her innocent but believed her guilty. Combining what we know about the real Lizzie Borden with Pollock's dramatic imagination, the result is tonight's presentation, Blood Relations.
Cast: Debra Bowers, Collette Clavadetscher, Fred Koesling, Russell Mack, Liz White, Patteye Simpson, Dave McIntosh, Greg Clarke
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Written & Directed by Barbara Clippinger
Music Direction Judy Hendrick
Choreography Alexis Hoff
February 21 - March 4, 2014
(From the Director) When I started working on this "not-a-review" show, I had a heck of a time coming up with a plot until one day I came across an old Sammy Davis Jr. and Steve Lawrence spoof on songs that were never nominated for an Academy Award. Finally! That was the hook I was looking for.
So here's the plot: A young screenwriter has written a movie called "Hooray for Hollywood." It's about the songs that never won an Oscar. She's about to give up and go back to Indiana when she bumps into an old friend who works for the head of a big Hollywood studio. She meets the bigwig and surprise, he gives her a chance!
Cast: Kat Tetrault, Chet Beeswanger, Peter Luciano, Graham Miller
Ensemble: Peggy Lord Chilton, Don DeCarl, Patrick DuMouchel, Helena Feldstein, Bob Hendrick, Judy Hendrick, Irma Henson, Alexis Hoff, Catherine Huff, Heather Hunter, Val Jones, Mac Morison, Wendy Petersen, Norm Whelpdale
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Written by Andrew Bergman
Directed by Phil Shepherd
Stage Manager Win McIntosh
March 28 - April 6, 2014
Barbara and David Kahn are living the good life on the Upper Eastside. Partners in a successful New York art gallery, their shining lives revolve around great restaurants, great artists and the very profitable art trade. A cryptic phone call from Barbara’s suburban housewife sister, Trudy, sets in motion a series of unexpected events that exposes the funny side of sibling and generational conflicts, as well as the desire for that special fire that drives all of our lives.
This play by Andrew Bergman opened in April 1986 on Broadway and ran for 388 performances. Enjoy!
Cast: Roger Larson, Candace Luciano, Georgette Richmond, Zane Pumiglia, Phyllis Silverman, Pierre Blackburn
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