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The Miracle Worker
Written by William Gibson
October 26-November 7, 2010
SchoolFest Matinees on October 27&29; November 2&4
Dramatizing the volatile relationship between a lonely teacher
and her blind and mute charge, The Miracle Worker, the story of real-life
Medal of Freedom winner Helen Keller, celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Trapped in a secret, silent world, Helen is violent and spoiled. Only her teacher realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence.
What awaits Helen outside the doors of her dark world?
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The 39 Steps
Adapted by Peter Parlow, from John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock
January 25-February 6, 2011
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of
Monty Python and you have... (mystery chords!) Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, one of contemporary theatre's most intriguing, most thrilling, most riotous,
most unmissable comedy smash hits! A man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered.
Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail. After a nationwide manhunt, what death-defying finale is in store in this two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award winner to keep you on your toes?
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A Soldier's Play
Written by Charles Fuller
SchoolFest Matinees on April 6, 8,12 &14
April 5-17, 2011
A cry in the night. Two gun shots. A dead sergeant. This riveting mystery-thriller tracks the investigation of this murder in 1944 at Fort Neal, a segregated army camp in Louisiana. The 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning A Soldier's Play is more than a detective story: it is a tough, incisive exploration of racial tensions and ambiguities among blacks and between blacks and whites that gives no easy answer.
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Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Lyrics by Tim Rice; Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber;
Written by Alan Menken
May 24-June 5, 2011
Straight from the Old Testament, the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors is retold amidst an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock 'n' roll. This Broadway hit has entertained audiences for more than 35 years! Joseph has 12 brothers who don't think so highly of him. They "dispose" of him, thinking they have served themselves well by killing him, but what they don't know turns the story back around on them. Through an adventure to Egypt and encounters with Potiphar and Pharaoh, Joseph is heralded as a hero. The brothers' then turn for help from a brother they no longer recognize. Does Joseph forgive and forget or reign down well-deserved wrath |
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SEASON EXTRAS:
A Christmas Carol
The Charles Dickens Classic
Adapted for the Stage by Ivan Rider
December 3-19, 2010
SchoolFest Matinees: Dec 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 15 & 16 at 10 a.m.
Miss Nelson is Missing
SchoolFest Matinees: February 28, March 1-3 and March 7-11, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Public Performances: March 6 & 12 at 2 p.m.
*Titles and dates subject to change
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