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Sept. 16-18; 22-25, 2011 - NUNSENSATIONS: THE VEGAS REVUE by Dan Goggin
The sisters take on a brand new adventure. When a parishioner volunteers to donate $10,000 to the sisters’ school if they will perform in a club in Las Vegas, Mother Superior is hesitant to accept. However, after being convinced by the other sisters that “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” Reverend Mother agrees. What follows is the most feather-filled, sequin-studded, fan dancing Nunsense show ever!
Nov. 11-13; 17-20, 2011 - SOCIAL SECURITY a comedy by Andrew Bergman
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 trios 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.
Jan. 6-8; 12-15, 2012 - SEE HOW THEY RUN by Phillip King
A fast-paced comedy/farce about a young vicar's wife who is trying to fit into a small tightly knit town. Set in the background of World War II, things go awry when a pompous church matron comes calling unannounced and a male friend from the young vicar's wife's past comes to visit (while the good vicar is away), The bishop, (the wife's uncle), shows up two days early and an escaped Russian convict hides in the house. The story moves into light but misinterpreted scandal, mistaken identities, the mugging of the good vicar, and the church matron's introduction to heavy drinking (which she has never done before). Throw in another vicar and a witty maid, who is a little off and you have a comedy that will make even the grumpiest smile.
Mar. 16-18; 22-25, 2012 - ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives
Six One-Act Comedies: SURE THING: Two people meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational minefield as an offstage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love. WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or later produce HAMLET. What would monkeys talk about at their typewriters? THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE: Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hysterical verbal pyrotechnics—and, of course, true love. PHILIP GLASS BUYS A LOAF OF BREAD: A celebrated composer having a moment of existential crisis in a bakery. THE PHILADELPHIA: A young man in a restaurant who has fallen into "a Philadelphia," a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma? To ask for the opposite of what he wants. VARIATIONS ON THE DEATH OF TROTSKY: The Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope with the mountain-climber's axe he's discovered in his head.
May 11-12; 17-20, 2012 - LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig.
Set in the 1930s, a madcap screwball comedy that takes place when Tito Merelli, the fiery-tempered and world famous Italian superstar, arrives in Cleveland, Ohio to make his debut with the local opera and promptly goes missing. As Saunders, the show's presenter, conspires to cover for Tito's absence, placate his hot-blooded wife, and distract his most passionate fans, chaos on a truly operatic level ensues. |