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›› CURRENT SHOW

An Evening of One Acts (1 Drama, 2 Comedies, All Audiences)

A Candle on the Table by Patricia Clapp
Lost by Mary Louise Wilson
The Traveling Sisters by John Kirkpatrick

(Presented with Permission by Baker’s Plays, Dramatists Play Service, and Samuel French)

Directed by Wendy Koeppl
February 24, 25, March 2, 3, 9, 10 at 8pm, March 1 & 8 at 7:30pm,
March 4 & 10 at 2pm

A Candle on the Table: Three elderly women meet at lunch on their first day in a home for senior citizens. A candle placed there by the matron awakens different memories in each. The conversation culminates in a friendship and an affirmative decision.

Lost: Two elder and absent minded friends find clarity in a compromising situation.

›› 2011-2012 SEASON

12th Annual Youth Summer Program:
Anne of Green Gables (Family Theater)

by Joseph Robinette
(presented with Permission by Dramatic Publishing)

Directed by Cheryl Blauer
July 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 at 7:30pm, July 24 & 30 at 2pm

The story: This new dramatization of "Anne of Green Gables" captures the charm and excitement of L.M. Montgomery's enduring classic about an orphan girl, Anne Shirley, from her first encounter with her austere guardian to her thrilling graduation from Queen's Academy. The play faithfully recreates the memorable events and characters from the brilliant novel. All the tragedies and triumphs that mark Anne's growth from adolescence to early adulthood are here: her friendship with Diana, her feuds with Gilbert, her adoration of Matthew, the mistaken wine bottle, the cake disaster, the broken leg, the scholastic achievements, and the saving of Green Gables.

Rumors (Farce, Adult Audiences - Caution: Adult Language)

by Neil Simon
(Presented with permission by Samuel French)

Directed by Frank White
September 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17 at 8pm, September 8 &15 at 7:30pm,
September 11 & 17 at 2pm

The story: At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden's Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity. "Has nothing on its mind except making the audience laugh."
—The New York Times

The Butler Did It (Comedy/Thriller, All Audiences)

by Walter Marks and Peter Marks
(Presented with permission by Dramatists Play Service)

Directed by Andrea Haskett
October 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8pm, October 20 & 27 at 7:30pm,
October 23 & 29 at 2pm

The story: Described as the Off-Broadway equivalent of Deathtrap, this deft and diabolically clever thriller mingles laughter and chills as it skillfully unwinds its twisted tale of murder and mayhem in the glittering world of the theatre. Writer and Director, Anthony J. Lefcourt, is rehearsing his new play, a "classic whodunit" (in which all the characters are named Butler). Desperately eager to stimulate his cast to their best efforts, he has deliberately withheld the final scene of the play from them. In an effort to spur them on, he "stages" the murder of one of the actresses. The plot begins to twist and turn with such dazzling ingenuity—and hilarity—that soon actors and audience alike have lost track of what is real and what is make-believe—until a surprise ending sets matters straight in a most bizarre and ironic way. "…ample opportunity here for laughs and double-whammy thrills." —The NY Times.

A Candle in the Window (Family Theater)

by L. Don Swartz

Directed by Cheryl Blauer
November 25, 26, December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17 at 8pm,
December 1, 8 at 7:30pm, December 4 & 10 at 2pm

The story: A small group of weary travelers discover the power of the season while trapped in a lonely train station on Christmas Eve. As a blizzard rages outside, the troubled people are forced to turn to each other for companionship. Trying to make them more comfortable is the old stationmaster, Charlie. When the clock strikes midnight, there is a knock on the station door and seven youngsters appear. They've seen the station lights from the nearby church where, in secret, they've been practicing the story of the nativity which they plan to present at regular service. They offer to perform their play for the travelers and afterward, speak to the travelers individually, giving advice which is seemingly wise beyond their years. The next morning, as a new, younger stationmaster lights a Christmas candle, we realize the mysterious stop in the travelers' journey was more than accidental and has given them a renewed spirit and resolve.

Out of Order (Farce, Adult Audiences)

by Ray Cooney
(Presented with Permission by Samuel French)

Directed by Kevin Kimsey
January 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 at 8pm, January 19 & 26 at 7:30pm,
January 22, 28 at 2pm

The story: 1991 Olivier Award Winner, Best Comedy.  When Richard Willey, a
government junior minister, plans to spend the evening with Jane Worthington,
one of the opposition's typists, things go disastrously wrong.  "A textbook model of pyramiding lunacy."
— Variety.

An Evening of One Acts (1 Drama, 2 Comedies, All Audiences)

A Candle on the Table by Patricia Clapp
Lost by Mary Louise Wilson
The Traveling Sisters by John Kirkpatrick

(Presented with Permission by Baker’s Plays, Dramatists Play Service, and Samuel French)

Directed by Wendy Koeppl
February 24, 25, March 2, 3, 9, 10 at 8pm, March 1 & 8 at 7:30pm,
March 4 & 10 at 2pm

A Candle on the Table: Three elderly women meet at lunch on their first day in a home for senior citizens. A candle placed there by the matron awakens different memories in each. The conversation culminates in a friendship and an affirmative decision.

Lost: Two elder and absent minded friends find clarity in a compromising situation.

Rabbit Hole (Drama, Adult Audiences)

by David Lindsay-Abaire
(Presented with Permission by Dramatists Play Service)

Directed by Mike Mullens
April 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 at 8pm, April 12 & 19 at 7:30pm, April 15 & 21 at 2pm

The story: Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. "David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that's not just a departure but a revelation—an in-tensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty." —Variety.  Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. "A perceptive and poignant study in the day-to-day aches of bereavement: problems with personal intimacy, the uneasy friends who don't call, the emptiness in a house packed with reminders…Heartbreaking in its theme and details, RABBIT HOLE is a beautifully crafted work of great sensitivity." — Star-Ledger.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Comedy, All Audiences)

by William Gleason
(Presented with Permission by Dramatic Publishing)

Directed by Brad Ooley
May 18, 19, 25, 26, June 1, 2 at 8pm, May 24 & 31 at 7:30pm,
May 27 & June 2 at 2pm

The story: The comic essence of the marvelous film with all its verbal and visual humor. The world's most unusual criminologist, Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (a role originally created by Peter Sellers) fights for his life and for the future of all mankind in the most bizarre and dangerous caper of his brilliantly successful and utterly clumsy career. Paul Dreyfus, once his long-suffering boss, now turned into a raving lunatic, holds the world at bay with the ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine. Dreyfus is out to get Clouseau, the man whose undeserved success has driven him crazy, and he threatens to vaporize continents if the nations of the world don't deliver Clouseau to him - alive or, if at all possible, dead! Blissfully unaware that the army of deadly assassins is gunning for him, or that the beautiful girl who seeks him out is a Russian agent, Clouseau incredibly stumbles and slips by every attack. However, the world is running out of time because the increasingly frustrated Dreyfus, doodling with the Doomsday Machine, is running out of patience. At the critical moment, it suddenly appears that Clouseau is finally running out of luck. Then he fires from the hip and hits our funny bone!