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September 2010
The Hallelujah Girls

The Hallelujah Girls

Hilarity abounds when the feisty females of Eden Falls, Georgia, decide to shake up their lives. The action in this rollicking Southern comedy takes place in SPA-DEE-DAH!, the abandoned church-turned-day-spa where this group of friends gathers every Friday afternoon. After the loss of a dear friend, the women realize time is precious, and if they're going to change their lives and achieve their dreams, they have to get on it now! But Sugar Lee, their high-spirited, determined leader, has her hands full keeping the women motivated. Carlene's given up on romance, having buried three husbands. Nita's a nervous wreck from running interference between her problematic son and his probation officer. Mavis' marriage is so stagnant she's wondering how she can fake her own death to get out of it. And sweet, simple Crystal entertains them all, singing Christmas carols with her own hilarious lyrics. The comic tension mounts when a sexy ex-boyfriend shows up unexpectedly, a marriage proposal comes from an unlikely suitor and Sugar Lee's archrival vows she'll stop at nothing to steal the spa away from her. By the time the women rally together to overcome these obstacles and launch their new, improved lives, you've got a side-splitting, joyful comedy that will make you laugh out loud and shout "Hallelujah!"




October 2010

The Wild, Wild, Wildest West

The Wild, Wild, Wildest West

Yup, pardners, here's a hilarious musical spoof of many of Hollywood's Westerns.  Slick and wealthy Richard Coldheart ("Oh, that's Rich!") must marry Polly Wanda Cracker to control the Cracker property.  However, it's Polly's homely sister, Prunella, who wants to marry him!  Meanwhile, our hero, Sheriff Wayne John, has his hands full surviving the hilarious antics of well-meaning but not-too-bright Deputy Doowrong.  When a bundle of villains, including Snydley Dastardly, Kid Kid and Calamity Jan, attempts to take over Low Humidity Chasm (Aren't you sick and tired of Westerns taking place in Dry Gulch Canyon?), things really go crazy!  Pay close attention to whether Schizophrenic Kid is wearing his white hat or his black hat so you’ll know whether to cheer or boo.   With a narrator to keep the characters on stage in line, this wild and wooly Western will bring down the house!  You'll be whistling to a wide array of Western tunes, such as the lively bluegrass "Wild, Woolly an' Full o' Fleas," the rockabilly "Citizens of Evil" and the lovely ballad, "It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn." 




November-December 2010

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

The Wes Phinney / Ward Satterfield musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved classic returns to the Playhouse for the eighth time, and the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge again learns the true meaning of Christmas! 



 

January 2011

Cotton Patch Gospel

Cotton Patch Gospel

This "Greatest Story Ever Retold" is based on the book The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John by Clarence Jordan in which the Gospel is presented in a setting of rural Georgia.  With music and lyrics by the legendary Harry Chapin, this is a musical gem for all ages.



February 2011

Five Course Love

Five Course Love

This delectable musical has 3 actors playing 15 different characters in 5 different restaurants, on the hunt for 1 true love.  The riffs on the various musical styles add a special something to this homage to the likes of Johnny Carson and Carol Burnett.  The Associated Press says "Five Course Love is artfully sill and genuinely funny...hilarious and imaginative!"


 

March 2011

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel

A comedy by the best selling author of "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," this is the uproarious story of two bumbling Alabama brothers who have never shot a duck but think they shot an angel.  As they lament their fates in a murky swamp, they are chased by a cynical tabloid journalist and his reluctant photographer, who don't believe any of it - until feathers, wings and a tiara are discovered along the way!



April 2011
Driving Miss Daisy

 

Driving Miss Daisy

Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play.  This warm-hearted, humorous and affecting study of the unlikely relationship between an aging, crotchety white Southern lady, and a proud, soft-spoken black man was a long-running Off-Broadway success and an Acadamy Award winning film.




May 2011

A Bench in the Sun

A Bench in the Sun

Harold and Burt, longtime friends, live in a retirement home and spend their days on a bench in the garden bickering.  A once-famous actress has moved in, giving them something new to argue over.  When they learn that the home is about to be sold and they will have to find a new residence, the three join forces to prevent this unsettling development.


 

July-August 2011
Once Upon a Mattress

Once Upon a Mattress

If you thought you knew the story of "The Princess and the Pea," you may be in for a surprise!  This rollicking musical spin on the familiar classic of royal courtship and comeuppance provides for some side-splitting shenanigans.  Chances are you'll never look at fairy tales quite the same way again!




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