2017 Season |
Unless otherwise noted, performances for all
shows are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m |
Doublewide, Texas
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In this hilarious, fast-paced comedy, the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas, four doublewides and a shed, are thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is determined to annex them. The rollicking mayhem of this flat-out funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy escalates as the residents attempt to secede from Texas, discover a traitor in their midst, and turn the tables in a surprising and side-splitting finale
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Anne of Green Gables
adapted by Peter DeLaurier Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. March 3rd-March19th |
When aging brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, send to the orphanage in Nova Scotia for a boy to help them on the farm, they get more than they bargain for. Due to a mix-up, they are instead left with 11-year-old Anne Shirley. Over the course of six years, this romantic, hot-headed, and energetic girl wins their hearts and turns the stodgy, rural Canadian community into a bright world of "kindred spirits." This swift yet theatrical adaptation of the classic novel is an all-ages crowd-pleaser.
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How the Other Half Loves
by Alan Ayckbourn Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. April 21st-April 30th
*This show is being produced as a limited run and is not included in the Season Ticket Package. |
There are three couples, the men all working for the same firm. One of the younger men is having an affair with the wife of the oldest, and when each returns home suspiciously late one night or early one morning they invent a story about having to spend some time smoothing domestic matters in the home of the third couple. Both living rooms are shown in the single set, and both share a common dining room which takes on a character of its own as it serves two dinners simultaneously on two different nights. Of course, the third couple have to show up to put the fat in the fire, but that complication only adds to the fun of this famous farce
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The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare A Shakespeare in the Park Production May 6th
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Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio’s marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman. Petruchio’s wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. Petruchio takes money from Bianca’s suitors to woo her, since Katherine must marry before her sister by her father’s decree; he also arranges the dowry with her father. Petruchio is then ready to marry Katherine, even against her will.
Katherine, the shrew of the play’s title, certainly acts much changed. But have she and Petruchio learned to love each other? Or is the marriage based on terror and deception? |
Dilemmas With Dinner
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Junior executive Brooke invites her boss and his wife over for dinner in the hopes of securing a promotion. While frantically getting ready, Brooke and her husband discover that the hired help is coincidentally the boss' ex-daughter-in-law. Just when it seems everything that could go wrong has gone wrong, Brooke's boss has an unfortunate announcement to make -- though not as unfortunate as the candlestick attack, appetizer toss, and general chaos that then ensues..
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Kid's Show, Featuring:
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Rene Shwartzbuckle is cuckoo for a turnip-like vegetable called rapunzel. When she spots a mouth-watering patch of the plant in Witch Izwitch’s garden, she sends her husband Walt out to ’borrow’ some. Witch Izwitch is certainly not amused! We then jump ahead many years to Rapunzel Shwartzbuckle’s 18th birthday. The witch whisks poor, innocent Rapunzel away to a tower in the forest. From here, a boisterously entertaining rescue attempt begins! Filled with plenty of action and fresh, hysterical characters, this show gives a new twist to an old story and a gentle message about the nature of beauty.
A take on the classic fairytale, The Frog Prince, this play will delight audiences of all ages. Hyronomous is bored and unhappy as a frog. He’s larger than the other frogs and hates the taste of flies. When he finds out he is a human under a spell, he sets out on an adventure to find the one that can set him free! He meets crazy characters in a castle and a friend who tries to help him on his quest.
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Big Fish
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MUSICAL
BIG FISH centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest… and then some! Edward's incredible, larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But their son Will, about to have a child of his own, is determined to find the truth behind his father’s epic tales. Overflowing with heart, humor and spectacular stagecraft, BIG FISH is an extraordinary new Broadway musical that reminds us why we love going to the theatre – for an experience that's richer, funnier and BIGGER than life itself |
The Miss Firecracker Contest
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The Fourth of July is just days away, and 25-year-old Carnelle Scott is dancing her heart out. She has flaming red hair, a sparkler between her teeth, tap shoes on her feet, and The Star Spangled Banner on the tape deck, not to mention a burning desire to win the crown in this year's Miss Firecracker Contest — the annual beauty pageant in her tiny Mississippi town. Known around town as "Miss Hot Tamale" for a past that she would like to forget, Carnelle hopes a Firecracker victory will help her shake her tarnished reputation and leave town in a blaze of glory
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The Crucible
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The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others. Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society. "A powerful drama." —NY Times. "Strongly written." —NY Daily News
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WORLD PREMIERE
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In this uproarious, laugh-a-minute comedy, the citizens of the newest – and tiniest – town in Texas, are facing a blue Christmas when they realize their trailer park community of Doublewide has been double-crossed by the County. Holiday hilarity ensues as they deploy one hare-brained scheme after another in misguided attempts to preserve their independence and eccentric way of life. By the time this high-octane lunacy climaxes in a live Christmas Eve television presentation that goes spectacularly wrong, you’ll be doubled over with laughter and thrilled you’ve spent your Yuletide in Doublewide.
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