2023 - 2024 Season
CELEBRATING our 44th season
ALL SHOWS (EXCEPT FOR ELF):
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS, 7:30 P.M.
SUNDAY, 2:00 P.M. MATINEES
ELF THE MUSICAL:
FRIDAYS, 7:00 P.M.
SATURDAY & SUNDAYS, 2:00 P.M. MATINEES
Blithe spirit
by noel coward
directed by marla allsopp
September 15 - october 1, 2023
A farce in 3 acts concerns the novelist Charles Condomine who invites the clairvoyant Madame Arcati his house to hold a séance, in the hope of gathering information for his new
book. But after the séance he becomes haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira, who only he can see. She makes attempts to disrupt Charles new marriage to Ruth, and high
jinx ensue. Originally this play opened in London’s West end in March 1941. Later that year it opened on Broadway.
ELF THE MUSICAL
Book by Thomas Meehan & Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Based on the New Line Cinema film
By David Berenbaum
directed by CLIFFORD & STACEY BRESEE
NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 16, 2023
This play tells the story of a naïve young man, named Buddy, who embarks on a trek to find his true identity. You see, as a baby he crawled into Santa’s sack. And he was raised at the North Pole by Elves. He comes to realize as he grows taller and taller and is no good at making toys that he is not an Elf. His searching takes him to New York City where he gets into misadventure after misadventure. Buddy finds his real father who is on the naughty list and his step brother who doesn’t believe in Santa. How can he help his family find the spirit of Christmas is answered in this delightful family friendly production.
HARVEY
by MARY CHASE
directed by PATRICK ROSMAN
FEBRUARY 9 - FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Harvey is the 1945 Pulitzer Prize-winning play for drama. The play ran from 1944 to 1949 on Broadway. The Story concerns the carefree and kind Elwood P. Dowd who claims to have a friend Harvey, whom Elwood introduces to people as being
a 6’ 3 ½” Pooka, resembling a Rabbit. Elwood’s sister Veta, disturbed by Elwood’s behavior, decides to put her brother in a sanitarium. Upon arrival at the sanitarium, Veta confesses to the
young Dr. Sanderson that she has seen Harvey too. Sanderson commits Veta instead of Elwood. When this mistake is realized, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. Elwood comes back to the sanitarium looking for Harvey and has a disarming effect on Dr. Chumley the director of the
sanitarium. Just before Elwood is to receive an injection that would make him “a normal human being” Veta decides she’d like her brother to remain the kind caring person he’s always been,even if it means living with Harvey.
LOVE LETTERS
BY A.R. GURNEY
directed by CHERI BARBRE
APRIL 12 - APRIL 28, 2024
This 1988 finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in drama tells the life stories of two people who as children become pen pals. They
continue writing letters to each other for 50 years. We hear about their lives through the letters written to each other. Andrew goes to Yale and law school and serves in WWII. Melissa flunks out of several good schools and gets married while Andy is overseas. When back home, Andy becomes a successful lawyer, gets married, and runs for public office. Melissa’s tattered marriage ends and she turns to the bottle, thus becoming estranged from her children. It is clear in the letters how much Andy and Melissa mean to each other.
THE ODD COUPLE
by NEIL SIMON
directed by JESSE HUNTWORK
JUNE 7 - JUNE 23, 2024
This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it's no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.