2017-2018 Season

The Desk Set
Written by William Marchant
Directed by Molly Painter
​"Putting smart women to the test"

Auditions August 14 & 15
Performances October 5 - 21

The intelligent Bunny Watson runs an all-female, fact-finding staff at a television broadcasting company in downtown Manhattan in 1955. Their world is shaken when an efficiency expert brings in a supercomputer to do their work, pitting WOMAN against machine in this comedic play.

The Game's Afoot,
​or Holmes for the Holidays​
Written by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Mandy Mershon​
"Acting on experience"

Auditions October 9 & 10
Performances Nov 30 - Dec 16

It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Leah Fletcher
​"Breaking free of mendacity"

Auditions December 4 & 5
Performances February 8 - 24

Set in the plantation home in the Mississippi Delta of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, this 1950’s play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat", Brick's wife.

Play It Again, Sam
Written by Woody Allen
Directed by Jay Thompson
​"Asking, 'What Would Bogie Do?'"

Auditions February 19 & 20
Performances April 5 - 21

Allan Felix has this thing about Humphrey Bogart. If only he had some of Bogart's technique... Bookish and insecure with women, Allan's hero, Bogey comes to the rescue, with a fantastic bevy of beauties played out in hilarious fantasy sequences. Fixed up by friends with gorgeous women, he's so awkward that even Bogey's patience is tried. Allan mostly resembles a disheveled, friendly dog and this is what ultimately charms his best friend's wife, Linda into bed. It's a tough life, making it in the world of beautiful people but if you can't be a hero it helps to have one.

​Last of the Boys
Written by Steven Dietz
Directed by Chaz Pitman
​"Creating the present from the past"

Auditions April 16 & 17
Performances  June 7 - 23

On a road outside Dak To in 1967, the lives of two soldiers were changed forever. Thirty years later, in a remote trailer in California, these two soldiers come together for one last hurrah. Haunted still by the specter of war, they discover that their friendship may be the latest casualty of a war that will not end.

Twentieth Century
Written by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
Adapted by Ken Ludwig
based on the play "Napoleon of Broadway"
by Charles B. Milholland 
Directed by Jennifer Hargis

​"Streamlining Screwball Comedy"

Auditions June 18 & 19
Performances August 9 - 25

The play is about Oscar Jaffe, the egomaniacal Broadway director, and Lily Garland, the chorus girl he transformed into a leading lady. Bankrupt, with his career on a downslide, Oscar boards the Twentieth Century Limited and encounters Lily, now a temperamental Hollywood star. He’ll do anything to get her back under contract, but his former protégé will have nothing to do with him. All of the action takes place on board the legendary Twentieth Century train from Chicago to New York City where Oscar has 20 hours to persuade Lily to return to Broadway in his upcoming show. If he fails, it’s the end of the line.



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