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The Battle of Shallowford
October 11-13 & 18-20, 2019 |
A Comedy by Ed Simpson
It is a quiet Sunday night in October of 1938 at Burton Mock’s general store in Shallowford, NC. The rest of the world is on the brink of war, but Shallowford folks are only interested in local gossip, until they turn on the radio and learn that the Martians have invaded! It is the night of Orson Welles’ historical “War of the Worlds” radio drama! They fall hook, line and sinker for the broadcast and run out to do battle.
It is a quiet Sunday night in October of 1938 at Burton Mock’s general store in Shallowford, NC. The rest of the world is on the brink of war, but Shallowford folks are only interested in local gossip, until they turn on the radio and learn that the Martians have invaded! It is the night of Orson Welles’ historical “War of the Worlds” radio drama! They fall hook, line and sinker for the broadcast and run out to do battle.
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A Little House Christmas
December 11-15, 2019 |
A Comedy/Drama based on the books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, adapted for the stage by James DeVita
Ma, Pa, Mary and Laura Ingalls gather the whole family together at their home to celebrate the holidays. When a natural disaster strikes, it seems like Santa won’t be able to make it! But Christmas is a time for miracles, and Laura and Mary are determined to help ensure Ma and Pa don’t have a gift-less holiday. A Little House Christmas is a perfect way for families to kick off the holiday season.
Ma, Pa, Mary and Laura Ingalls gather the whole family together at their home to celebrate the holidays. When a natural disaster strikes, it seems like Santa won’t be able to make it! But Christmas is a time for miracles, and Laura and Mary are determined to help ensure Ma and Pa don’t have a gift-less holiday. A Little House Christmas is a perfect way for families to kick off the holiday season.
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The Kitchen Witches
February 7-9 & 14-16, 2020 |
A Comedy by Caroline Smith
Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for thirty years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! The show becomes a ratings smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!
Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for thirty years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! The show becomes a ratings smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!
This Random World
POSTPONED until our 2020-2021 Season
POSTPONED until our 2020-2021 Season
A Drama by Steven Dietz
We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, This Random World asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.
We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, This Random World asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.
Urinetown
POSTPONED until our 2020-2021 Season
POSTPONED until our 2020-2021 Season
A Musical by Greg Kotis, Music by Mark Hollmann, Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. If the poor don’t obey the strict laws prohibiting free urination, they’ll be sent to the dreaded and mysterious “Urinetown.” After too long under the heel of the malevolent Caldwell B. Cladwell, the poor stage a revolt, led by a brave young hero, fighting tooth and nail for the freedom to pee “wherever you like, whenever you like, for as long as you like, and with whomever you like.” A brilliant satire modeled off the plays of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, Urinetown is a wickedly funny, fast-paced, and surprisingly intelligent comedic romp.
In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. If the poor don’t obey the strict laws prohibiting free urination, they’ll be sent to the dreaded and mysterious “Urinetown.” After too long under the heel of the malevolent Caldwell B. Cladwell, the poor stage a revolt, led by a brave young hero, fighting tooth and nail for the freedom to pee “wherever you like, whenever you like, for as long as you like, and with whomever you like.” A brilliant satire modeled off the plays of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, Urinetown is a wickedly funny, fast-paced, and surprisingly intelligent comedic romp.