THE 2011-2012 SEASON
September 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24
You Can’t Take it With You
One of the most popular and successful plays of modern times. This is the story of the zany Sycamore household, presided overy by Grandpa Vanderhof, a former businessman who has turned his back on commerce to enjoy life. At the Sycamore home, everyone does just what he or she pleases. Naturally, when the stuffy, aristocratic Kirbys come over for dinner, the event is a disaster, capped with the arrest of everyone in the household!
October 14, 15, 16, 20, 22
Stuart Little
This musical version of E.B. White's classic tale about a little mouse born into a normal New York family further enhances the charming story of a determined "underdog" trying to survive in a "real people's world." From melodic ballads to exciting chorus numbers, the score by Englands Ronna Frank features such delightful songs as "Paddle Your Own Canoe," "Feed Him Up," "Size," and "Nighttime in New York" (sung by a quartet of cats!)
November 17, 18, 20, 25, 26
The Playhouse
Christmas Concert
Join some of the area's finest singers and musicians as we come together to celebrate the season. This special concert is scheduled at the end of November as a wonderful way to start you holiday season and keep you singing through the New Year!
December 9, 10, 11
A Tuna Christmas
The sequel to the hilarious Greater Tuna, this comedy is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. A Tuna Christmas is not only an affectionate comment on small-town, Southern life and attitudes, but also a withering satire of the same. A Tuna Christmas is notable in that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages!
January 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28
Macbeth
One of William Shakespeare's greatest dramas has it all: ambition, fate, deception and treachery. Three witches confront the great Scottish general Macbeth on his victorious return from war, and predict that hi will one day become king. With reckless ambition, and the help of Lady Macbeth, he decides to murder King Duncan and lay evidence to blame his guards. The crown passes to Macbeth...but more murders ensue, and Lady Macbeth's conscience now begins to torture her. Will Macbeth remain King of Scotland?
February 9, 10, 11
The Studio Cabaret:
Valentines Voices
March 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24
The Fantasticks
This Tony Award-winning musical gem is a captivating and simple romantic comedy about a boy, a girl, two fathers, a wall - and the power and pain of young love. The dashing narrator, El Gallo, creates a "fantastic" world of moonlight and magic, and then pain and disillusionment, until the boy and girl find their way back to one another. The Fantasticks is the world's longest running musical!
April (show dates announced soon)
Secrets of a Soccer Mom
In this comedy by Kathleen Clark, three engaging women reluctantly leave their traditional spot on the sidelines to play in the annual mother-son soccer game. This ordinary day becomes extraordinary, and paves the way toward a better understanding of themselves and the changes they need to make in their lives. Secrtets of a Soccer Mom speaks to everyone, no matter age or gender, in attempting to answer that age old question: how in the world did I wind up here?
May 11, 12
The Studio Cabaret
The Cabaret features some of the area's finest performers singing a collection of their favorite music in the intimate setting of the ACT Studio. Each Cabaret is a uniques experience, and performers are announced upon booking. Tables of 4 are available, and seats always go quickly!
June 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
Night at the Wax Museum
The hysterical meets the historical in this comic romp throught the wackiest wax museum in history! School's out for summer, but not for six unlucky students who don't know much about history - they have to re-take the class in summer school. First year teacher Heather Fairchild has arranged for them to help her two aunts set up a new wax museum as a class project. Though the student's glaze over with boredom, there's a twinkle in the wax figures' eyes when a mysterious incantation from the back of Cleopatra's bracelet brings them to life!
July 27, 28, 29; August 2, 3, 4
Fiddler on the Roof
In a small village, Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in the face of a changing Czarist Russia. Fiddler on the Roof has touched audiences around the world with its humor, warmth and honesty. It's universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of sadness, laughter, and joy!