2024-2025 Season
The Secret Garden The Musical
based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Directed by Kathy Hyland
Music Director Thom Ogilvie
Choreographer Nikki Rehmert
Produced by Heather Schultz
Stage Manager Lauren Wong
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Sept. 8, 15 & 22, 2024 at 2:00PM
Randy Benge (Ben Weatherstaff),
Lily Billups (Martha Sowerby),
Leviathan Giles (Dickon Sowerby),
David Hendricks (Albert Lennox),
Evelyn McGill (Ayah),
Kasey Meininger (Rose Lennox),
Kate Oliver (Mrs. Medlock),
Kyle Roby (Dr. Neville Craven),
Chris Rusen (Archie Craven),
Karen Cook Sahlin (Lily Craven),
Owen Suarez (Colin Craven),
Edwyn Williams (Fakir),
& Nora West and Meredith Zeallear (Mary Lennox)
Dreamers Chorus including:
Jessica Alkire (Alice/Nurse),
George Bailey (Lt. Peter Wright),
Michael Gallaugher (Major Shelley),
Chelsea Martins (Claire),
Sarah Merkey (Mrs. Winthrop),
Jacob Newbright (Lt. Ian Shaw),
Meghan Noonan,
Julie Russell,
& Phil Wells (Major Holmes).
Nora West will be playing Mary: Fri 9/6, Sun 9/8, Sat 9/14, Fri 9/20 and Sun 9/22
Meredith Zeallear will portray Mary : Thurs 9/5, Sat 9/7, Fri 9/13, Sun 9/15, and Sat 9/21
Orphaned Mary Lennox, a ten year old English girl born and raised in India, is sent to the moors of Yorkshire, England, to live with a brooding uncle she has never met, on an estate that seems to be locked in the past. There, she finds her personality blossoming among the other residents of the estate as they bring new life to a long-neglected garden.
Laura
Directed by Bethany Schoeff
Produced by Michael Fusco
Stage Manager Rowan Frazee
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Oct. 27 & Nov. 3, 2024 at 2:00PM
Angelo Antonio (Olsen), Andrew Clemons (Mark McPherson), Jamie Clemons (A Girl), Peyton Drake (Shelby Carpenter), Julie Emmert-Silvius (Mrs. Dorgan), David Hohl (Waldo Lydecker), Cam Roteck (Danny Dorgan), & Anna Soppelsa (Bessie Clary)
UnderstudiesSharifa Andrews (for Bessie and Mrs. Dorgan); Angelo Antonio (for Danny); Grace Beikirch (for A Girl); Brian N. Henry (for Waldo); Kyle Smith (for Mark and Shelby)
Detective Mark McPherson is brought in to investigate the murder of Laura Hunt. When it's revealed that another woman might have been the intended victim, McPherson must determine the actual target while identifying the murderer as well as their motive. Each person in Laura's circle — including her fiancé, the housekeeper, fellow building residents, and her eccentric friend — seems suspect when their secrets are uncovered. With all the surprising twists and turns, can McPherson figure out whodunnit before the killer strikes again?
Little Women
Directed by Mackenzie Leland & Dan Hildebrand
Music Director KatieAnn Bonavita
Choreographer Noni Maddrey
Produced by Matthew Paradis
Stage Manager Madison Toulmin
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Dec. 15 & 22, 2024 at 2:00PM
Brady Brennan (Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence), Deborah Brennan (Amy March), Nancy Skaggs Chappell (Aunt March), Samantha Grubbs (Beth March), Mitch Kahn (John Brooke), Jake McAskill (Professor Bhaer), Madeleine McNamara (Meg March), Christine Monsour (Jo March), Lexi Moore (Swing - Jo/Amy), Kate Oliver (Marmee March), & Michael Ruehrmund (Mr. Laurence)
Based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 semi-autobiographical two-volume novel, it focuses on the four March sisters - traditional Meg, wild, aspiring writer Jo, timid Beth and romantic Amy - and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is away serving as a Union Army chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Directed by Sarah Merkey
Produced by Debra Miller
Stage Manager Wendy Brinker
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Feb. 9 & 16, 2025 at 2:00PM
Patrick Goldman (Ray Dooley), Kathy Hyland (Mag Folan), Casey Merkey (Pato Dooley), & Sonda Staley (Maureen Folan)
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen's first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play's terrifying dénouement.
The Sunshine Boys
Directed by Michael Fusco
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Mar. 30 & Apr. 6, 2025 at 2:00PM
Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs.
Birthday Candles
Directed by James F. Petsche
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May 4, 11, & 18, 2025 at 2:00PM
Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe.
Soon enough, it's her 18th birthday.
Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st.
Five generations, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century.
This poignant and funny play takes its audience through the highlights, heartbreaks, and extraordinary moments that make up one woman's ordinary life.