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2010 Main Stage Season
October 29 - November 07, 2010
Author: Shirley Jackson, F. Andrew Leslie | Director: Terri Duffield
Hill House is a vacant house in a very remote location that is shunned by all who know its sinister reputation. The present owner leases the house to Dr. Montague, an investigator of supernatural phenomena, so that he and several other people that he invites to join him can delve into the morbid history of the house and come to grips with the occult forces that have made it uninhabitable for many years. During their stay their sensibilities are soon jolted by strange and eerie occurrences. Subsequent events bring on a crisis with the evil forces of Hill House.
This is a wonderful show for the Halloween season so come join the fun.
full detailsFebruary 26 - March 07, 2010
Author: Mary Chase | Director: Billie Nye-Muller
"When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his siter, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood's hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also!"
Synopsis from Dramatists Play Service.
full detailsMay 14 - 23, 2010
Author: Ernest Thompson | Director: Leslie Kimbell
This love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer takes place on Golden Pond as they return for their 48th summer. He is almost eighty years old and is a retired professor with heart palpitations and a failing memory, but he is still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever. Ethel is a few years younger and delights in all the small things that have enriched their life together. Their summer is interrupted by a visit from their divorced daughter and her fiance who convince the Thayers to take care of his teenage son while they take their trip. The boy quickly becomes the "grandchild" the elderly couple have longed for.
Ernest Thompson wrote "On Golden Pond" at the age of 28. The show opened off Broadway in 1978 and was published the following year. The film version of the play earned him an Academy Award.
full detailsAugust 06 - 15, 2010
Author: Michael Stewart, Charles Strouse, Lee Adams | Director: Elinor Hasty
"Bye Bye Birdie" takes place in 1958 and is a satire centered around an Elvis Presley type rock and roll superstar named Conrad Birdie. Conrad has been drafted into the army so his agent, Albert Peterson, and Albert's secretary, Rosie Alvarez, plan a huge farewell performance for Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show. The end of the show is to be a kiss bestowed on a lucky girl from Birdie's fan club. The excitement begins as Birdie arrives in the town of Sweet Apple, Ohio, to meet the girl and her family. The entire town gets involved as events happen to make the plan come undone.
The original production of "Bye Bye Birdie" played for 607 performances on Broadway starting in April of 1960. It was also made into a movie in 1963 by MGM with Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, Paul Lynde, and Ann-Margaret starring in the show. The television version was made in 1995 and starred Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, George Wendt, Chynna Phillips, and Tyne Daly.
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