A brand new adaptation by Vic Hyde
Directed by Cece Cunningham
Produced by Othello Inniss
Annual Children’s Show – It’s the classic story come to life!
Production Dates: November 26-28, December 2-4 2010
Category: Previous Shows
The Subject was Roses
By Frank D. Gilroy
Directed by Dia Frid
Produced by Michelle Spanik
1964 Pulitzer Prize Play and winner of two Tony Awards, the play is still a persuasive story of a small family after WW2. John and Nettie come to terms with their returning son, whose values and life style are at odds with the familiar ways of their pre-war days. In scenes tender and moving, witty and funny, sharp and incisive, this small and nuclear family seeks to come together in a changing America. Neither sad nor tragic, this is just a wonderfully written story of life and getting along.
Production Dates: September 17-18, 23-25, 30 October 1-2 2010
Caught in the Net
A comedy by Ray Cooney
Directed by Brian Morton
Produced by Sondra Learn
A bigamist taxi driver John Smith keeps his two families in different parts of London, both happy and blissfully unaware of each other. However, his teenage children, a girl from one family and a boy from the other, have met on the Internet and are anxious to meet in person since they have so much in common; name, surname and taxi driving dad! Keeping them apart plunges John into a hell hole of his own making. His lodger Stanley could be a saviour, but he is about to go on holiday with his decrepit old father who turns up thinking he is already at the guest house. The situation spirals out of control as John juggles outrageously with the truth.
“Brilliant … The funniest play of the year.”
– Daily Mail
“A sheer joy from beginning to end.”
– Daily Telegraph
Production Dates: April 16-17, 22-24, 29-30 May 1 2010
Breaking the Code
By Hugh Whitemore
Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
Directed by Tom Mackan
Produced by Michelle Spanik
An exceptional biographical drama about a man who broke too many codes. The eccentric genius Alan Turing played a major role in winning World War II; he broke the complex German code called Enigma, enabling allied forces to foresee German manoeuvres. Since his work was classified top secret for years after the war, no one knew how much was owed to him when he was convicted of breaking another code, one that today would hardly be worth reporting. Turing, who was also the first to conceive of computers, was hounded by overly zealous law enforcement and convicted of a “criminal act”. This play is about who he was, what happened to him and why.
“Powerful, riveting drama.”
– N.Y. Daily News.
“Elegant and poignant.”
– Time Magazine
Production Dates: February 5-6, 11-14*, 18-20 2010
*matinee 2:00 pm
Sleeping Beauty
By Vic Hyde and Peggy Coslett
Directed by Scott Bloxom
Produced by Sondra Learn and Ken Holden
Annual Children’s Show – The timeless tale of a beautiful princess, a good fairy, a bad fairy and a handsome prince. Will the prince be able to rescue the sleeping princess? Will there be a happy ending? Come see the show to find out!
Production Dates: November 27-29, December 3-5 2009
The Love List
A comedy by Norm Foster
Directed by Sandra Katz
Produced by Enid Aaron
A Norm Foster comedy to keep you laughing and grinning from start to finish.
Leon is going to find a compatible mate for his old friend Bill and has just the mating service to do the job. All Bill has to do is make a list of ten things he really wants in a female companion. Fortunately for Bill, Leon is willing to help him overcome his scruples to compose ‘the list’. Be careful what you wish for! But it doesn’t end there. This mating service is the service to end all services!
“The plot simply gets funnier and funnier. An absolutely delightful evening of adult theatre.”
– The Morrisburg Leader
Production Dates: September 18-19, 24-26 October 1-3 2009
Copenhagen
A drama by Michael Frayn
Directed by Tom Mackan
Produced by Michelle Spanik
A dramatic account of the meeting in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, in December 1941 between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg during the Nazi occupation of Denmark and Norway. Both Bohr and Heisenberg were famous physicists. Bohr was half Jewish. Heisenberg had been his young protégé. By the 1930s they had become friends and colleagues. Margrethe Bohr was Bohr’s wife, well-educated, mother to his six children, and his assistant in his professional work.
Winner of 2000 Tony Award: Best Broadway Play
Outer Circle Critics Award: Outstanding Broadway Play
New York Drama Critics’ Award: Best Foreign Play
Production Dates: January 30-31, February 5-6-7-8*-12-13-14 2009
*matinee 2:00 pm
Cinderella
By Vic Hyde
Music & lyrics by Gerry Webb & Vic Hyde
Directed by Sondra Learn
Produced by Chuck Learn & Melissa Verwey
Musical Direction/Choreography by Scott Bloxom
Annual Children’s Show – A musical play for children based on the traditional tale.
Production Dates: November 28-30, December 4-6 2008
Murder at the Howard Johnson’s
A ‘killer’ comedy by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick
Directed by Vincenzo Guerriero
Produced by Othello Inniss
A housewife with a wandering eye mixes it up with a philandering dentist. Booked into a Howard Johnson Motor Inn, they have more than a love tryst on their minds. When the hapless husband turns up, they may end up with a crime on their hands! This triangle of love will take you through a hilarious and nail-biting series of homicidal mishaps where anyone could end up dead – perhaps just from laughing. Be sure to see how this motel-à-trois finally gets sorted out.
Production Dates: September 19-20, 25-27 October 2-4 2008
Rose’s Dilemma
By Neil Simon
Directed by Peter Churey
Produced by Inez Hayes
In her beach house in the Hampton’s, celebrated writer Rose Steiner stands at a crossroads: she hasn’t written anything new for years and money is getting short. Her former lover, literary lion Walsh McLaren, offers her-from beyond the grave-an opportunity to gross millions. It’s not going to be easy and a ghost writer is required. This is a touching, funny and unpredictable romantic frolic by America’s favorite Pulitzer prize winning writer of comedies
Production Dates: April 18-19, 24-26, May 1-3 2008