2008 Season

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I’ll be Back before Midnight
by Peter Colley
Director : Jenn Grossi
Auditions 2pm, Saturday March 22
Bradford Congregational Church
(Next door to theater - use church side door nearest to theater)
Rehearsal April 14 - May 15
Shows May 16,17,18, 23,24,25
Following a nervous breakdown, Jan is brought to an isolated farmhouse
by her husband Greg, ostensibly to complete her recovery. But unsettling
things start to happen as soon as they arrive. First, Greg's sister
Laura, with whom he seems to have an unnaturally close relationship,
arrives. There is also George, the slightly demented old farmer who
lives nearby. A nightmare of frightening occurrences results in a thrilling
and heart-stopping ending.
"Wonderfully spooky ... somewhere between an Agatha Christie mystery
and a Hitchcock thriller. Peter Colley sends up the haunted house bit
with both witty and maudlin dialogue, and at the next moment interrupts
the audience's laughter with a heart thumping scare.... A really good
ghost story."
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The Foreigner
by Larry Shue
Directed by Peter Richards
Auditions April 19
Rehearsal May 19 - June 19
Shows June 20,21,22, 27,28,29
Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best
New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production, the play demonstrates
what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a
stranger who (they think) knows no English. The scene is a fishing lodge
in rural Georgia often visited by "Froggy" LeSeuer, a British
demolition expert.This time "Froggy" has brought along a friend,
a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear
at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So "Froggy,"
before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic
foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins,
as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a sinister,
two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that the minister's
pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging revelations
made with the thought that Charlie doesn't understand a word being said.
That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the
wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the "bad
guys," and the "good guys" emerge triumphant.
Cast: 5 men, 2 women: 7 total
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The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson
Directed by Gloria Heidenreich
Auditions May 24
Rehearsal June 23 - July 24
Shows July 25,26,27, August 1,2,3
For the first seven years of her life, Helen Keller—deaf and blind
since age two—“communicated” with those around her
by means of temper tantrums. Her parents had decided that she was beyond
help and hope. They sat by patiently tolerating Helen’s angry
outbursts. Then Annie Sullivan came along. Annie was a teacher trained
at the Perkins Institute for the Blind. Miraculously, Annie was able
to penetrate through Helen’s rage and teach her a remarkable skill—the
ability to communicate through words.
Cast of approximately 11 (5 males, 6 females)
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Snow White
by Tim Kelly
Directed by Barbara Cohen
Auditions June 28
Rehearsal July 28 - August 28
Shows August 29,30,31, September 5,6,7
The wonderful world of the Brothers Grimm is brought to life. All our
old friends are here--the lovely Princess, the mischievous Dwarfs, the
Prince, the Huntsman, the evil Queen. But wait until you meet the hilarious
palace Cat and the Enchanted Vixen. In this version, the Magic Mirror
not only talks--it walks! Shiver and shake as the scheming Queen transforms
herself into various personalities like Esmeralda, the young gypsy,
and a withered Crone so horrible even the Queen herself is terrified!
Don't forget that poisonous apple waiting for our heroine. Laughs, chases
through the forest and more than enough stage magic to light up the
box office and delight young audiences..
Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (roughly 2 males, 7 females, plus 7 dwarfs
roles)
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Social Security
by Andrew Bergman
Directed by Diane Chamberlain
Auditions August 2
Rehearsal September 1 - October 2
Shows October 3,4,5, 10,11,12
This play focuses on trendy Manhattan art gallery owners Barbara and David
Kahn, whose life is upended when her Mineola housewife sister Trudy deposits
their eccentric mother Sophie on the couple's doorstep while she and her
husband Martin head to Buffalo to rescue their sexually precocious college
student daughter from a ménage a trois with two men. Barbara and
David introduce Sophie to suave nonagenarian artist Maurice Koenig, who
offers to paint her portrait and soon begins to brighten her life in ways
she never expected in her twilight years. |