Lend Me A Tenor
by Ken Ludwig
directed by Monica Goth
January 25, 26, 27, February 1, 2, 3
This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the
Cleveland Grand Opera Company world famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season
opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the operatic map. Morelli is late and when
he finally sweeps in it is too late to rehearse with the company.
Through a hilarious series of mishaps, Tito is
given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. Saunders and his assistant
Max believe he is dead. What to do? Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Morelli's Otello costume
and try to fool the audience into thinking he's Tito. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli wakes up. Now two Otellos are running
around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo (Tito)!
A sensation
on Broadway and in London's West End, Lend Me a Tenor is guaranteed
to leave your audiences teary eyed with laughter.
Surviving Grace (Reprise)
by Trish Vradenburg
directed by Rita Davis
March 14, 15, 16, 21, 22
No Easter
Sunday Show
It's not every day that
a mother and daughter can get a second chance. But they do in Surviving Grace. The play is the touching, witty story of an
in-your-face mother and tough-but-tender daughter who learn just what it takes to care for someone else -- no matter how difficult
they are.
Rodgers & Hart: Sing For Your
Supper
by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
directed by Larry Thompson
vocal direction by Denise Johnson
music direction by Terry Randolph
May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11
From their first hit song in 1925 through to their final show stopper in 1943, the creative team
of Rodgers and Hart were repeatedly changing and redefining the genre of musical theatre with their humor, originality, and
cleverness. The phenomenally successful collaboration produced such hit musicals as "Connecticut Yankee," "On Your Toes,"
"Boys From Syracuse," and "Pal Joey." This smart and elegant revue sets the stage for romance in the
first act and eases you into comedy and satire in the second act. With a dozen of the best songs to come from the musical
stage with such classic hits as "Johnny One Note,"With a Song in My Heart", "Isn't it Romantic?", "The Lady is a Tramp" and
"Falling in Love with Love" you truly hear why this creative team was so successful.
A Convenient Lie
by Monica Goth
directed by Monica Goth
August 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
Our very own Monica Goth
brings to you our annual Melo-Drama/Comedy to send the kids back to school on a high note.
Step back to the 1890's when life was simpler and it was easy to tell the good guys from the bad
guys! Villain Al Gross tries to get his evil clutches on heroine Penny Tagoe and the rest of the town, while our Hero, D.D.
Wright and other town folk try to help. Will Al get the girl, the store, and the ranch, or will our hero prevail, and who
is the real hero?
The Belles
by Mark Dunn directed by Joseph Davis
September 26, 27, 28, October 3, 4, 5
This is a play in 2 acts and 45 phone calls. The six Walker sisters hail from Memphis, but now they are
scattered all over the country. Only Peggy still lives in Memphis, where she cares for Mama. When the play begins, Peggy is
phoning her sisters to tell them that Mama is in the hospital. Nothing serious she just ate some bad tuna. An intriguing story
of vivid characters and involving conflicts emerges in the ensuing phone calls among the sisters.
A Special
Halloween Presentation!!!
Almost the Bride of Dracula
by
Denise Snee directed by Carol Braden
October 24, 25, 26, 31, November 1,
2
The poor Count is only 580 years old and his mother is constantly after him to find a nice girl and
settle down. We see the Count during interludes with Donna, the devout Catholic beauty who expects him to convert; Lisa, the
attractive four-time widow whose husbands all met grisly ends; and Becky, the tangy Texas tease who's only leading him
on. Mother Dracula may be only normal in wanting grandchildren, but by the end of this fast, delightful comedy, we realize
it'll be an uphill climb to find a suitable spouse who will provide Dracula with a toothsome brood of his own!
The Mystery of Irma Vep
by Charles Ludlam
directed by Carol Braden
November 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
The Mystery of Irma Vep is a campy tribute to Gothic horror films, liberally stealing from well-known
film classics like Wuthering Heights, The Mummy's Curse and Alfred Hitchcock's Academy Award-winning Rebecca. Literary detectives
will also recognize dialogue lifted from Ibsen, Shakespeare, Poe, the Bront*s, Omar Khayyam, and Oscar Wilde.
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