2024-25 Main Stage Season
Book: Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell
Music and Lyrics: Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick
Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Hailed by Time Out New York as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years".
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing, and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
Produced with special arrangement from Musical Theatre International. www.mtishows.com
By Dominique Morriseau
Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love, and family on "Mud Row," an area in the East End of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elsie hopes to move up in the world by marrying into "the talented tenth," while her sister Frances joins the fight for Civil Rights. Decades later, estranged sisters Regine and Toshi are forced to reckon with their shared heritage and each other, when Regine inherits granny Elsie's house. (Contains Mature Themes.)
Produced with special arrangement from Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
By Tom Smith
Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent's doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancées, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent in Drinking Habits.
Produced with special arrangement from Playscripts. www.playscripts.com
Adapted by: Nina Faso, Stephen Schwartz
Additional contributions by: Gordon Greenberg
Music by: Criag Carnelia, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, Micki Grant, Stephen Schwartz, Susan Birkenhead, Lin-Manuel Miranda
From the book by Studs Terkel
Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the waitress, the millworker, and the housewife, just to name a few. Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age, featuring new songs by Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Micki Grant, and more. This new version of Working allows the audience to get a rare glimpse of the actors and technicians, working to put on a show. This raw adaptation only enhances the realistic and relatable nature of how people's relationships to their work ultimately reveal essential aspects of their humanity, regardless of the trappings of the job itself. Finally, the working people of America have a voice and we hear America sing it loud and proud.
Produced with special arrangement from Musical Theatre International. www.mtishows.com
Auditions December 15, 16 at 7pm
By Tom Griffin
The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly “burned out” young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop. Lucien has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he can read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about. Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep anxiety. Then there is Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Take this journey through the daily lives of these four men where “little things” sometimes become momentous (and often very funny). A play with many moments of great poignancy and touching effectiveness, and we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth. This comedy is sure to bring you joy and challenge our humanity. (Contains Mature Language)
Produced with special arrangement from Dramatist Play Services (Broadway Licensing) www.dramatists.com
Auditions March 2, 3 at 7pm
Open auditions are held at the theatre for each show. Detailed information is available on the auditions page.
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