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Our Play Schedule for 2008

February 14-17 & 21-24, 2008
"Odd Couple (Female Version)"
by Neil Simon
Directed by Chris Biagini
Auditions: December 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM & December 3, 2007 at 7:00 PM
In this hilarious female version of 'The Odd Couple', Olive Madison, like her original male counterpart, is divorced and living in cheerful chaos in her New York apartment. At Olive's invitation, the suicidal Florence Ungar, newly separated from her husband, moves in and is soon finding comfort in cooking, cleaning and fussing until Olive is almost reduced to a nervous wreck. It becomes clear that the patterns of their disastrous marriages are already re-occurring.
May 1-4 & 8-11, 2008
"The Cemetery Club"
by Ivan Menchell
Directed by Marti McWilliams
Auditions: February 24, 2008 at 7:00 PM & February 25, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Parts for: 1 man, 5 women
Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husband's graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life, Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun, and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. He meets the widows while visiting his wife's grave. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida. They are guilt stricken when this nearly breaks Ida's heart. The Broadway production starred Eileen Heckart as Lucille.

"Funny, sweet tempered, moving."-Boston Globe

"Very touching and humorous. An evening of pure pleasure that will make you glad you went to the theatre."-Washington Journal Newspapers

July 17-20 & 24-27, 2008
"Lend Me a Tenor"
by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Andrea Pierkowski
Auditions: February 24, 2008 at 7:00 PM & February 25, 2008 at 7:00 PM
                     May 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM & May 19, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Parts for: 4 men, 4 women
This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company world famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the operatic map. Morelli is late; when he finally sweeps in it is too late to rehearse with the company. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, Il Stupendo is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Morelli's Otello costume and try to fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo! A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, Lend Me a Tenor is guaranteed to leave your audiences teary eyed with laughter.

"A jolly play." N.Y. Times.

"Non stop laughter." Variety.

"Uproarious! Hysterical!" USA Today.

"A rib tickling comedy." N.Y. Post.

"Screamingly funny!" CBS Radio.

Visit the author's official website at www.kenludwig.com.

October 9-12 & 16-19, 2008
"Nunsense"
by Dan Goggin
Directed by Mark Britton
Auditions: February 24, 2008 at 7:00 PM & February 25, 2008 at 7:00 PM
                     August 2, 2008 at 2:00 PM & August 3, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Parts for: 5 women
Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off Broadway Musical in its original New York production, this hilarious international hit was revived in New York with a male cast Nunsense A Men!. The show is a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God). Up dated with new jokes, additional lyrics, two new arrangements and a brand new song, this zany musical has been videotaped for television starring Rue McClanahan as the Mother Superior.

"A hail of fun and frolic! Wacky and outrageous with a hysterical anything goes sense of fun!" N.Y. Times.

"You don't have to be Catholic to love Nunsense!" Entertainment Tonight. "Inspired madness! Go see it!" Jewish Post and Opinion.

"Guaranteed to lift your spirits.... Very, very funny." National Catholic News.

Dates Undetermined.
Show not yet selected.
Auditions: October 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM & October 13, 2008 at 2:00 PM



Performances are at 7:30 PM on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays with 2:30 matinees on Sundays.

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