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Season 79
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September 2011
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE [ABRIDGED] by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
Directed by John Trumbull
Starring Nicholas Pasquali of West Orange, Glen D. Post of Boonton and Sam Salter of West Milford
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An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays - All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! Join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. Warning! This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders and/or people inclined to motion sickness! The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) was London's longest-running comedy.
Performance Dates:
September 10 - 24, 2011
Friday/Saturday Evenings @ 8PM
Sunday Matinees - Sept. 11 & 18 @ 2PM
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November 2011
FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS by Alan Ball
(Academy Award Winning writer of American Beauty and the creator, writer and producer of the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and True Blood)
Directed by Gordon Smith of Hackettstown
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During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride's younger sister whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond.
This wickedly funny, irreverent and touching celebration of the female spirit stars Laura Carey (of Ledgewood), Anna McCabe & Janine Lee Papio (both of Denville), Jessica Phelan (of Mendham), Chris Ricci (of Montclair) and Wendy Schibener (of Morris Plains).
Performance Dates:
November 11 - 20, 2011
Friday/Saturday Evenings @ 8PM
Sunday Matinees - Nov. 13 & 20 @ 2PM
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March 2012
MOON OVER BUFFALO by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Paul Bettys
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Charlotte and George Hay, an acting couple not exactly the Lunts are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac "revised, one nostril version" and Noel Coward's Private Lives. Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring roles in The Scarlet Pimpernel epic and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance. Will Charlotte appear or run off with their agent? Will George be sober enough to emote? Will Capra see Cyrano, Private Lives or a disturbing mixture of the two? Hilarious misunderstandings pile on madcap misadventures, in this valentine to Theatre Hams everywhere.
Performance Dates:
March 3 - March 17, 2012
Friday/Saturday Evenings @ 8PM
Sunday Matinees - Mar. 4 & 11 @ 2PM
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May 2012
COMPANY Book by George Furth, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Alison Earnest
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The clashing sounds and pulsing rhythms of New York City underscore this landmark "concept" show, considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of musical theatre. "Company" follows our anti-hero, confirmed bachelor Robert, as he makes his way through a series of encounters with April (the stewardess), Kathy (the girl who's going to marry someone else) and Marta (the "peculiar" one). In vignette after hilarious vignette, we are also introduced to "those good and crazy people," his married friends, as Robert weighs the pros and cons of married life. In the end, he realizes being alone is "alone, not alive."
Performance Dates:
May 5 - 20, 2012
Friday/Saturday Evenings @ 8PM
Sunday Matinees - May 6 & 20 @ 2PM
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