Here it is! 2012 Season. Auditions will be on January 7 11am for first half of season, then more auditions during the year, to-be-announced.
December to January 2012 "Avenue Q". Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Book by Jeff Whitty
This zany, adult-themed spoof on Sesame Street revolves around the main character, Princeton, who has just graduated from college with a B.A. in English. He moves into an apartment in New York City in the only neighborhood he can afford, on Avenue Q. Oddly enough, in this neighborhood the superintendent is actor Gary Coleman. There, Princeton and his neighbors cope with the struggles of real life, learning that you cannot necessarily count on things turning out as you would like. Avenue Q is about real life...well...real puppets anyway.
February 3 -14 Valentine Burlesque Show
Sizzling, sinful, red-hot! Sexy and smoldering, our hottest singers and dancers take the stage for some rollicking, sweetheart fun! Cupid himself is rumored to make an appearance. Take your lover out on Valentine's for a sugary sweet good time, then home for some loving! Mature Audience only
February 17 to March 10 "Smudge" by Rachel Axler
A dark comedy about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake, as a hopeful young couple gives birth to a smudge, written by two-time Emmy Award winner Rachel Axler. "For signs of intelligent life in the theatrical universe, I hereby refer you to Smudge, Rachel Axler's pitch-black comedy."- Marilyn Stasio, Variety "Creepy and funny. Precise and imaginative. Parenthood never looked weirder or more terrifying than it does in Smudge"- Rachel Saltz, The New York Times
March 16 - 31 "3 Guys in Drag Selling their Stuff" by Edward Crosby Wells
Diva, Lillian, and Tink (three men in drag) are having a yard sale to raise funds for a Faberge egg in which to place the ashes of Diva's dead husband. Diva bosses Lillian, whose principal expertise is making punch with ingredients that could fuel a rocket. Tink is confined to a wheelchair, mostly comatose, but when she does try to make herself heard, the others invariably misunderstand, causing dire consequences. The mis-communications of this misfit trio cause a friend to be run over by a pickup truck while trying to cross the street with her walker. We meet an entire neighborhood of characters through the eyes of the "ladies" during the course of their yard sale, including Diva's mother who has the yard wired with eavesdropping devices and is listening in from her room in a nursing home across the street. Finally, in an explosive climax, the day's shenanigans result in a police shootout when someone plays with a starter pistol filled with blanks. This is a raucous, thorny, more than a laugh-a-minute play!
April "Reefer Madness: The Musical" by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Synopsis coming soon
May "Prometheus Bound" adapted and modernized by Jourdain Barton
An original modernized adaptation of one of the richest characters in Greek mythology by local author and playwright, Jourdain Barton.
Prometheus, a Titan, has stolen fire from the heavens and gifted it to man; for his charity, Zeus—recently crowned tyrant of Olympus—has sentenced the Titan to be bound in adamant to a rocky waste: to suffer the torment of burning day and freezing night, a meal to scavengers and birds of prey. Among the jagged stone, Prometheus details his motivations: and do they truly spring from benevolence to the cause of man, who is also oppressed by Zeus, or is it merely his own arrogance that has led him to defy the will of God?
His story has become a symbol for all who struggle in protest against the yoke of tyranny, and Prometheus Bound—penned nearly 2,500 years ago—still looms large as one of the rawest and most powerful laments in all of drama. It is, perhaps, ironic that something so ancient can remain so relevant to the politics of our own times; but in these days of greed, irresponsibility, and violence, Prometheus keeps its finger on the pulse of modern strife, with chilling accuracy. Deeply immersive, troubling, and—ultimately—dividing, it can be viewed as both a testament to the necessity of defiance and a warning to those who seek to overstep their place and usurp the established order.Long neglected by the stage, Prometheus Bound is a drama whose time—once again—has come.
June - "Old Ringers" by Joseph Simonelli
Old Ringers is a hilarious adult comedy about 4 senior women and one man effected by their negative financial changes due to the economy. They decide to start a new business venture, a phone sex service, to increase their incomes.
This all comes about from a call accidentally made to one woman from the As You Like It, Shakespeare Phone Sex Service. The play with one comic punch line after another also addresses relationship issues between mother and daughter, as well subjects regarding religion, age, sex, dating and morals.
July- TBA (But we promise, something super cool)
August "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts
August: Osage County is set on the plains of modern day, middle-class Oklahoma. The Weston family members are all intelligent, sensitive creatures who have the uncanny ability of making each other absolutely miserable. When the patriarch of the household mysteriously vanishes, the Weston clan gathers together to simultaneously support and attack one another. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, Tracy Letts’ darkly comic drama August: Osage County is worthy of the praise it has received from critics and audiences. Hopefully the play will be embraced by college professors, for the text is rich with compelling characters and scintillating criticism of the modern American family. Winner of 2007 Tony Award for best new play.
September 22 - October 31 "Night of the Living Dead" Stage Adaptation written by Koly McBride
It's 1968. When unexpected radiation raises the dead, a microcosm of Average America has to battle flesh-eating zombies in an original stage adaptation of George A. Romero's landmark horror film. Bickering siblings Johnny and Barbara are making their way through a graveside visit in a small Pennsylvania town, but it all takes a turn for the worse when a zombie kills Johnny. Barbara flees to a nearby isolated farmhouse where a group of people are already holed up. Bickering and panic ensue as the group tries to figure out how best to escape, while hoards of undead converge on the house; news reports reveal that fire wards them off, while a local sheriff-led posse discovers that if you "kill the brain, you kill the ghoul." Scary. Gory. Unnerving.
Director and author Koly McBride is well known for her uncanny and terrifically done stage adaptations of films. A new Halloween favorite! Also featuring the incredible stage special effects of local gore specialist Jeff Collenberg.
November "Sylvia" by A. R. Gurney
Middle-aged, upper-middle class Greg finds Sylvia, a dog played by a human, in the park and takes a liking to her. He brings her back to the empty nest he shares with Kate. When Kate gets home, she reacts very negatively to Sylvia and wants her gone. They eventually decide that Sylvia will stay for a few days before they decide whether she can stay longer, but Greg and Sylvia have already bonded.
Over the next few days, Greg spends more and more time with Sylvia and less time at his job. Greg and Sylvia go on long walks. They discuss life and astronomy. Already dissatisfied with his job, he now has another reason to avoid work.Tension increases between Greg and Kate, who still does not like Sylvia. Eventually, Greg becomes completely obsessed with Sylvia, and Kate fears their marriage is falling apart. Kate and Sylvia are at hilarious odds with each other, each committed to seeing the other defeated. Sweet, funny, and lovable.
December "The Eight; Reindeer Monologues" By Jeff Goode
Back by popular demand! Are you looking for something different to entertain you at Christmas this year? Treat yourself to Santa's reindeer dishing out the real stuff about ol' St. Nick. Want to know the truth about him and the elves? About Rudolph's little secret? About Vixen's story that was leaked to the press? The reindeer finally speak, and they are not holding back!"Wickedly topical."- The New York Times "Arrestingly funny."- The Village Voice
"Delightful."- The Chicago Sun Times "Brilliant."- LA Weekly "Wickedly funny."- Los Angeles Times
