It's a Wonderful Life
Based on the story, “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern
Adapted by Joe Landry
November 17, 18, 24, 25, December 1 and 2 at 7:30 PM*
November 18, 19, 25, 26 and December 2 at 2:00 PM
* Note times are different than the rest of the T&C season
Directed by Fred Conover
Produced by Victoria Schultheis
This beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of George Bailey, the Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been squashed by family obligations and civic duty, and whose guardian angel has to descend on Christmas Eve to save him from despair, and to remind him – by showing him what the world would have been like had he never been born – that he has had, after all, a wonderful life.
Almost Maine by John Cariani
October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28 at 8:00 PM
October 15, 22 and 28 at 2:00 PM
Directed by: Paul Waldowski
Produced by: Anne Hauck
Synopsis: Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. It’s almost in Canada. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.
The Mouse Trap by Agatha Christie
The Mousetrap - A Mystery by Agatha Christie
September 8,9,15,16,22 and 23 at 8:00 PM
September 10, 17 and 23 at 2:00 PM
Directed by David Swartz
Produced by Nancy Ridgeway
After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police detective, arriving on skis, interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious
background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate.
Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, such as "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Every Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", and the title song "The Sound of Music".
A Kid Like Jake
A Kid Like Jake
By Daniel Pearle
June 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25
Jake is just like any other 4 year-old: he loves drawing, playing with his friends, and watching his favorite movies. But unlike his peers, Jake prefers Cinderella to G.I. Joe and dreams of being a princess. When his parents, Alex and Greg, begin the application process for a slew of rigorously competitive private schools, his “gender-variant play” becomes a source of division in their relationship. As Jake’s behavior becomes more erratic and perplexing, Greg and Alex’s marriage begins to fracture in A Kid Like Jake, Daniel Pearle’s “searching, keenly perceptive” (Time Out NY) study of intimacy and parenthood.
Olive and the Bitter Herbs
Olive and the Bitter Herbs
by Charles Busch
April 29, 30 May 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14
We begin our season with a quirky comedy by master parodist Charles Busch: Olive and the Bitter Herbs, “a colorful, sweet-and-sour dish, laced with plenty of laughs” (Associated Press). Olive Fisher is a curmudgeonly character actress whose claim to fame is the iconic “Gimme the Sausage!” 1990s TV commercial. At war with the world (but particularly her new neighbors), a visitor in the form of a specter in her mirror will help Olive see that it’s never too late to change in this “acerbically hilarious” (Theater Mania) tale of neighborly hospitality, ghostly coincidences, and the Passover seder.
