2010
MAIN STAGE
LEADING LADIES by Ken Ludwig, Feb 19 - March 14
Two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces!
"Ludwig's newest farce is so funny, it will make sophisticated and reasonable men and women of the 21st century cackle till their faces hurt." - Houston Press
RUN FOR YOUR WIFE by Ray Cooney, May 7 - May 30
This superb example of farce had them rolling in the aisles in London and New York. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different places because of his irregular working schedule. Complication is piled upon complication as the cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding "Run for Your Wife should run for life."-Sunday Express. "A frolic? It is ... a triumph."-Daily Telegraph. "Virtually continuous laughter."-N.Y. Post
McElVIS, July 31
I HATE HAMLET by Paul Rudnick, Aug 13 - Sep 5
Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. There are, however, a couple of glitches in paradise. Andrew's series has been canceled; his girlfriend is clinging to her virginity with unyielding conviction; and he has no desire to play Hamlet. When the ghost of John Barrymore and a pushy L.A. agent show up, Andrews life is no longer his own. The laughs are nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, Barrymore, his sword, and the fact that he fails as Hamlet in Central Park.
NUNSENSATIONS! by Dan Goggin, Nov 5 - Nov 28
The Nunsense Vegas Revue takes the sisters 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! Performing in 'The Pump Room' at the Mystique Motor Lodge, the sisters experience show-biz like never before.!
ACT ONE
A TUNA CHRISTMAS by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard, July 1 - 11
Seasons Greeting from A Tuna Christmas, the hilarious sequel to the hit comedy, Greater Tuna. Come spend the holidays with all your old favorite citizens of Tuna, Texas and make some new friends while you're there. Master comedians Sears and Williams, along with some split-second costume changes, portray all 24 citizens of Texas' third smallest town, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. This time, it's 24 hours before Christmas and all comic hell is about to break loose as the delightfully eccentric characters attempt to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard decorating contest that is being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom! Bring the whole family and join in the holiday fun!
THE SMELL OF THE KILL by Michele Lowe, Oct 1 - 10
Take three delicious, malicious wives, add three miserable, unloving husbands -------- and chill. That's the recipe for this tantalizing comedy. The play revolves around three women who have tolerated each other during one-a-month dinners for years. While their unseen spouses play golf in the dining room, the women exchange confidences, for the first time revealing that all three marriages are on the brink of disaster and all three women are facing he challenges of their life. When the men accidentally lock themselves in a basement meat locker, the women are faced with life-or-death decision - should they leave the men out in the cold - permanently - or let them thaw? One by one the women make heir choices with more that a little help from one another.
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