Our 2009-2010 Season
We are pleased to be able to announce our 2009-10 season at ACTORS.
The Laramie Project:
Performances: September 25 - October 11, 2009
Director: Jessica Chipman
By: Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project
A poignant drama by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project explores the response of the residents of Laramie, WY to the 1998 death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student. This story about community reaction is told with grace, humor, and freshness.
Fruitcakes
Performances: November 27 - December 13, 2009
Director: Dean Stevens
By: Julian Wiles
Mix together a batch of fruitcakes, dozens of Christmas trees, a chickenpox epidemic, two southern spinsters, an estranged old man, a runaway boy, and a Christmas hog, and you've got the recipe for a fun holiday show. This moving story of understanding and reconciliation provides a heaping helping of holiday warmth and Christmas cheer.
Caught in the Net
Performances: February 5-21, 2010
Auditions: December 7-8, 2009
Director: Brian Parrish
By Ray Cooney
The sequel to last year’s popular Run for Your Wife picks up 18 years later. The taxi driver is still keeping two families happy and blissfully unaware of each other. When his teenage children (a girl and a boy, one by each wife) meet on the internet and are determined to meet, he will stop at nothing to keep them apart. Dinner theater for evening shows.
Game Show
Performances: April 9-25, 2010
Auditions February 15-16, 2010
Director: Troy Rutter
By Lou Riley
This comedy goes behind the scenes and in front of the cameras of a popular game show. The story follows five fascinating contestants from the time they meet backstage until one of them wins the grand prize. The audience will learn the answers to some intriguing questions during this warm and witty look at an American institution, the TV game show.
Trouble at the Talent Show
Performances: June 11-27, 2010
Auditions April 19-20, 2010
Director: Lindsay Peters
Written by Eileen Moushey
An Audience participation mystery. A school talent show hosted by the choir director and the drama teacher leads to fierce competition between several groups of students. The Lunch Ladies and Maintenance Guys are also in the show despite their bitter rivalry. Before the judging is complete one contestant winds up out of contention and the audience gets to help solve the mystery.