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You’ll shoot your eye out!” Back by popular demand, A Christmas Story will once again take the stage for a fun, festive holiday treat! Based on the humorous writings of author Jean Shepherd and the motion picture of the same name, A Christmas Story follows the wintry exploits of young Ralphie Parker, who spends most of his time dodging a bully and dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift: a genui...
All performances of Cabaret are now sold-out, however we are able to accommodate a small number of patrons through our Wait List which is available one hour before each performance at the box office. Please see our Wait List Policy page for details. View Cabaret Playbill Make your Cabaret experience extra special by attending our Farewell Gala Celebration! Auf Wiedersehn, À Beintôt…...
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1961, Bye, Bye Birdie is a delightful satire of the 1950’s crafted with the fondest affection for the time and the people. Filled with toe-tapping musical theatre classics such as Put on a Happy Face, One Boy, A Lot of Livin’ to Do, Kids and How Lovely to be a Woman, our season finale musical is sure to be a sell out! Bye, Bye Birdie is the tops...
A renowned professor of English, who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Over the course of the play, she reflects on her life through the intricacies of the English language, especially the use of “wit” in the metaphysical poetry of John Donne. She recites portions of DonneR...
Finalist 1983 Pulitzer Prize in Drama Sam Shepard’s master work is considered a classic of modern American theatre. Two sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. The result is a melt-down of hilarious and terrifying proportions. ADVISORIES Rated PG-13 for strong language and simulated violence. Please click the “PG-13” icon above right for ...
The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time “Froggy” has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So “Froggy,” before ...
This show is recommended for mature audiences. For more detailed information, please click the “R” rating symbol above. A devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for drama, How I Learned to Drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and life from beh...
A modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog. Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg’s career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate’s career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only th...
Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author’s native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play explores the after effects of repression on hearts and souls. Paulina Escobar’s husband Gerardo is to head an investigation into past human rights abuses. A Dr. Miranda stops at Escobars’ to congratulate Gerardo. Paulina overhears them speaking and is convinced t...
From the Obie Award-winning author of Quills comes this acclaimed one-man show, which explores the astonishing true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. A transvestite and celebrated antiques dealer who successfully navigated the two most oppressive regimes of the past century — the Nazis and the Communists — while openly gay and defiantly in drag, von Mahlsdorf was both hailed as a cul...
World premiere! Take a joy ride with tales from life on the road as a standup comic. Engaging and quirky, Becky Pedigo’s unique comic mind examines how a small town girl with big hopes and dreams can end up behind chicken wire, telling jokes for gas money, while contemplating the irony of existence. Becky Pedigo was born in Amarillo Texas. She’s spent the last twenty-five years traveling the ...
Long before anyone coined the phrase “having it all”, Caryl Churchill in Top Girls was exploring whether you could be a mother and have a successful career, whether getting to the top involved killing some aspect of yourself, what sisterhood really meant. The story: Marlene has been promoted to managing director of a London employment agency and is celebrating. The symbolic luncheon is...
It’s raining. Gabriel York is awaiting the arrival of his grown son whom he hasn’t seen since he was seven. “I know what he wants. He wants what all young men want from their fathers. He wants to know who he is. Where he comes from. Where he belongs. And for the life of me I don’t know what to tell him.” That’s the beginning of this compelling family saga that t...
Fires are becoming a problem, but Biedermann, a respected member of the community with a loving wife and flourishing business, believes nothing can get to him. Being the great philanthrope, he happily fulfils his civic duty, giving shelter to two new houseguests and when they start filling the attic with petrol drums he’ll help them wire the fuse. Beaton’s translation of Max FrischR...
My First Time features four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people…just like you. In 1998, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their “First Times.” The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from aroun...
It is 1974 and Miss Helen, a widow, lives alone in New Bethesda, a rural Afrikaner town in a semi-desert agricultural region of Apartheid South Africa. During the time since her husband’s death, Helen has transformed her home into a work of art, creating her own “Mecca” of beauty and freedom amid a community of conformist, church-going Afrikaners. Facing mounting pressure to abandon ...
Inspired by the life and work of author Louisa May Alcott, the play begins with Louisa May recalling her own childhood. We quickly meet the real Alcott sisters and the many literary greats who visited Orchard House, their home in Concord, Massachusetts, as well a host of other real-life characters who influenced Ms. Alcott throughout her life. As the dramatization of Little Women begins, the ficti...
Set sail with this young performers’ adaptation of Pirates of Penzance! An hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, dim-witted young lovers, and an eccentric Major-General, happily set amidst the wit and whimsy of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic score!
A man named Orlando lives life to the fullest through three centuries, and, after a long sleep, becomes a woman. A romp through the ages, a meditation on time, gender, and sexuality, a history of English literature in satiric form; Woolf’s Orlando was called the longest love letter ever to be written in literary history. This adaptation uses narrative and a chorus to enact lyrical, instant, and ...
World premiere!
Celebrate the supernatural season with hilarious storyteller Jean Moelter as she shares true tales of harrowing Halloweens, Catholic school madness, and her special relationship with Joan of Arc.
Kevin Harris will return for his third year as Crumpet the Elf in David Sedaris’ holiday cult classic. It wouldn’t be Christmas without The Santaland Diaries! The Santaland Diaries is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker’s Christmas must feel like. Out of work, our slacker decides to become a Macy’s elf during the holiday crunch. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once ...
Auf Wiedersehn, À Beintôt…Farewell! The Farewell Celebration Gala performance of Cabaret is now SOLD OUT. See below for more information about the event and we look forward to seeing our guests this Friday night for a fabulous party, complete with fine wine and delectable food, at our very own “Kit Kat Klub!” Arriving at 5:30 pm, guests will be greeted by generous hospitality, ...
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