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2008 / 2009 Season Show Descriptions

High School Musical (Musical)
by Peter Barsocchini
Auditions: May 17 & 20; Preview: July 10;
Performances: July 11-13, 17-20, 24-27, 2008
Based on the highly successful Disney television film, this modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet focuses on the captain of the basketball team and a shy transfer student who get the lead parts in their high school musical and, as a result, divide the school. Resisting peer pressure and rivalry, they inspire others not to "stick with the status quo".

Steel Magnolias (Drama)
by Robert Harling
Auditions: July 28 & 29; Preview: Sept. 4;
Performances: Sept. 5-7, 11-14, 18-20, 2008
A group of gossipy southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor share their lives and loves. The play is deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness that underlie the antic banter of its characters. The sudden realization of their mortality draws on the underlying strength--and love—that the characters share through good times and bad.

Guys and Dolls (Musical)
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Auditions: Sept. 7-9; Preview: Oct. 23;
Performances: Oct. 24-26, 30-Nov. 2, 6-9, 2008
Join a group of lovable gangsters as they desperately hunt for a place for a floating crap game. A woman from the Salvation Army tries to get them to repent their ways, and the result is both a game and repentance. This classic musical features such songs as I'll Know, If I Were A Bell, and Luck Be a Lady.

The Woman in Black (Mystery)
by Stephen Mallatratt
Auditions: Oct. 27 & 28;
Performances: Nov, 20-22, 2008
A lawyer hires an actor to act out one of the most frightening experiences of his life, with surprising results.

Harvey (Comedy)
by Mary Chase
Auditions: Dec. 1 & 2; Preview: Jan. 15;
Performances: Jan. 16-18, 22-25, 29-31, 2009
Meet a man whose best friend is a "pooka" named Harvey--in the form of a six-foot, three and one half-inch-tall rabbit. His family wants him committed to an asylum--will Harvey come to his defense?

Squabbles (Comedy)
by Marshall Karp
Auditions: Jan. 19 & 20; Preview: Feb. 26;
Performances: Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 5-8, 12-14, 2009
Abe Dreyfus, a cantankerous widower, moves in with his daughter Alice and her husband Jerry, who are expecting their first child. Things get even more complicated when Mildred, Jerry's mother, comes looking for a place to stay. The relationship between Abe and Mildred gets off to a rocky start and sparks begin to fly in more ways than one.

Urinetown the Musical (Musical)
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis, Music & Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Auditions: Mar. 15-17; Preview: April 30;
Performances: May 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, 2009
Imagine a place where water is so scarce that you have to pay to pee! This award-winning satire pokes fun at capitalism, socialism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and petty small town politics. Famous songs from the show include Don't Be the Bunny and Run, Freedom, Run!?