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2023 Season (Dates and titles subject to change)
Arsenic and Old Lace By by Joseph Kesselring
Directed By Rick Bergmann
Show dates: February 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
Auditions: Dec. 2 and 3, 2022
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller
Directed By John Cusumano
Assistant Directed By Michael and Megan Safko
Show dates: June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 2023
Auditions: March 17 and 18, 2023
Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife Beatrice and his niece Catherine. When Beatrice’s cousins Marco and Rodolpho enter the US illegally, desperate to find work having fled the poverty of Sicily, the pair is welcomed into the Carbone home. But as Rodolpho and Catherine fall in love, Eddie’s adoration of his niece is no longer touching, but terrifying.
Simmering with jealousy and obsession, Italian-American immigrant life of 1950s Brooklyn colours Miller’s searing drama of tragic proportions. The universal story of family, immigration and justice cuts deeply.
The 39 Steps Adapted by Patrick Barlow From the novel by John Buchan
Directed By Rick Bergmann
Show dates: September 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 2023
Auditions: June 30 and July 1, 2023
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever By Barbara Robinson*
Directed By John Cusumano
Show dates: December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 2023
Auditions: October 6 and 7, 2023
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids--probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!
*This will be a show with a cast of children and adults.
