2021-2022 Season
Women in Jeopardy!
Written by Wendy MacLeod Directed by John W. Baldwin Underwritten by Alan Bryant Thursdays through Saturdays November 4-20 at 7:30 Sunday Matinee November 14 at 2pm Thelma and Louise meets The First Wives Club in this fun and flirtatious comedy. Divorcées Mary and Jo are suspicious of their friend Liz’s new dentist boyfriend. He’s not just a weirdo; he may be a serial killer! After all, his hygienist just disappeared. Trading their wine glasses for spy glasses, imaginations run wild as the ladies try to discover the truth and save their friend in a hilarious off-road adventure. 
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A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play
Adapted for the Stage by Joe Landry Music by Kevin Connors Directed by Keith Marrocco Rights Underwritten by Burr's Unfinished Furniture and Burr's Boho Thursdays through Saturdays December 9-18 at 7:30 Sunday Matinee December 12 at 2pm The Charles Dickens holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, complete with vintage commercials for fruitcake (extra-fancy), and the magic of live sound effects and musical underscoring. A handful of actors bring dozens of characters to the stage, as the familiar story unfolds: Three ghosts take Ebenezer Scrooge on a thrilling journey to teach him the true meaning of Christmas. A charming take on a family favorite that will leave no one saying "Bah Humbug!" 
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Jeeves Takes a Bow
Adapted by Margaret Raether Directed by Jay Thompson Underwritten by United Roofing and Sheetmetal Thursdays through Saturdays February 3-19 at 7:30 Sunday Matinee February 13 at 2pm What ho! Bertie Wooster inflicts his charming ineptitude on America when he ventures across the pond armed only with his handsome fortune, talent for trouble, and his remarkable manservant Jeeves. But when a childhood friend gets Bertie mixed up with a vengeful thug named "Knuckles" McCann, he ends up mistakenly engaged to the meddling Vivienne Duckworth. Even the illustrious Jeeves may not be up to the task... 
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The Turn of the Screw
Adapted by Jack Neary Directed by Robin Sutton Underwriting Available Thursdays through Saturdays April 14-30 at 7:30pm Sunday Matinee April 24 at 2pm Isolated in a sprawling manor in England, a governess is hired to watch a precocious young brother and sister in this haunting adaptation of Henry James' classic novella. Though the governess bonds with the children at first, she quickly begins to suspect something is wrong when she sees the grotesque figures of the former governess and caretaker of the manor -- both of whom are supposedly deceased. Is she seeing actual ghosts, or merely figments of her imagination? Fearing for her life and sanity, the governess begins an investigation to find out what happened to her predecessors and who else knows of their presence. 
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Steel Magnolias
Written by Robert Harling Directed by Micaela Eagle Underwriting Available Thursdays through Saturdays June 9-25 at 7:30pm Sunday Matinee June 19 at 2pm The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
The Vagina Monologues
Written by Eve Ensler Directed by Savannah Barrera Rights Underwritten by Alan Bryant 50% of Proceeds to benefit SARC (Sexual Assault Resource Center) Friday and Saturday February 25-26 at 7:30 pm Sunday matinee February 27 at 2pm A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities all across America and at hundreds of college campuses, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement—V-Day—to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.
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Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Written by Ken Ludwig Directed by Jennifer Hargis Underwriting Available Thursdays through Saturdays August 4-20 at 7:30pm Sunday Matinee August 14 at 2pm Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most notorious case. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than 40 characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.
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