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SEASON SCHEDULE Last Of The Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon July *17, 18, 19, 20, *24, 25, 26, 27, *31, August 1, 2, 2008 (* indicates dessert only performances) Audition Dates: May 19 & 20 at 7pm
Barney Cashman wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late, but Barney Cashman is a gentle sober soul with a true blue wife of 23 years and absolutely no experience in adultery, so he fails in each of his three attempts at seduction. First he tries a flaunting sexpot who likes cigarettes, whiskey and husbands other than her own. Barney is not properly set up for such compulsions, especially in his mother's apartment, so he flunks the course. But he's got a better idea; a kooky actress friend should be just the ticket. But she turns madder than a hatter. So that leaves his wife's best friend. But unfortunately the friend is a sternly moralist who sees sin round every bend. Obviously Barney was born to failure. "Mr. Simon has created a great character here . . . It is extraordinarily funny and yet also charming . . . He is as witty as ever, perhaps wittier." N.Y. Times. 2008 - 2009 Season Sylvia by A.R. Gurney September 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 28, October 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 2008 Audition Dates: July 21 & 22 at 7pm
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park - or that has found him - bearing only the name 'Sylvia' on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and Poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of his job and the unknowns of middle age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn't understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives. "I can only call it one of the most involving, beautiful, funny, touching and profound plays I have ever seen. . . " NY Daily News. I Do! I Do! Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt November 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30, December 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 2008 January 1, 2, 3, 4, 2009 Audition Dates: September 29 & 30 at 7pm
Cliffhanger A Thriller by James Yaffe February 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 March 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 2009 Audition Dates: December 15 & 16 at 7pm
Henry Lowenthal, after a long tenure as professor of philosophy at a small western college, is looking to being appointed to an endowed chair so he and his wife can enjoy their golden years with honor an dignity. But their plans are given a rude jolt when his successor, a vindictive and ruthlessly ambitious young woman, informs him that she is not recommending him for the chair - an act of such calculated cruelty that the usually gentle professor seizes a bust of Socrates and strikes his tormentor a fatal blow. Thereafter, as Henry and his wife plot a foolproof way to dispose of the body. Complications arise in the form of a rather sinister young student who is about to flunk out of school (unless his grade is changed) and who happened to witness the professor's violent action. Add in a suspicious police lieutenant and you have all the ingredients for a series of suspenseful, unexpected and frequently funny developments, leading to a denouement that will catch everyone by surprise. "It combines the warmth and charm of On Golden Pond with almost as many plot twists as Deathtrap." - Variety. Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 2009 Audition Dates: March 2 & 3 at 7pm
Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. This morning, like all mornings, she wakes up a blank slate. Her chipper husband comes in with a cup of coffee, explains her condition, hands her a book filled with all sorts of essential information, and he disappears into the shower. A limping, lisping, half-blind, half-deaf man in a ski mask, pops out from under her bed and claims to be her brother, there to save her. Claire's info book is quickly discarded, and she's hustled off to the country-house of her mother, a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to utter gibberish. Claire's journey gets even more complicated when a dimwitted thug with a foul-mouthed hand puppet pops up at a window, and her driven husband and perpetually stoned son show up with a claustrophobic lady-cop that they've kidnapped. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot bring Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she forgotten. It's one harrowing and hilarious turn after another on this roller coaster ride through the day of an amnesiac trying to decipher her fractured life. This poignant and brutal new comedy traces one woman's attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by a curio-cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters. ". . . heady fun . . . fresh, zingy dialogue, which revels in warping the language of self-help books. . . Like the resourceful chef who turns leftovers into haute cuisine, Mr. Linday-Abaire blends clichéd ingredients into something savory and distinctive . . . [a] dark, sweet and thoroughly engaging comedy." - NY Times.
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