2009-2010 Season |
RUN FOR YOUR WIFE by Ray Cooney The story of London cab driver John Smith, with two wives, two lives, and a very precise schedule for juggling them both! Trouble brews when Smith is mugged and ends up in the hospital. Both of his addresses surface, causing detectives from two different precincts to investigate. Smith becomes hopelessly entangled in his hilarious attempts to keep his double life from exploding and explaining himself to his friends, his neighbors, the police, and of course, his two wives! October/November 2009 ORPHANS by Lyle Kessler Two brothers live in a run-down row house in North Philly. The older one supports himself and his slightly mentally challenged brother by petty thievery. One night he kidnaps a rich guy in hopes of a ransom. It turns out that his victim comes with a secret: he is a Chicago mobster on the lam from others who want to kill him. Things change when the house becomes a base of operations and, in a strange, hilarious, and moving way, their lives are drastically altered. February 2010 JAKE'S WOMEN, A comedic drama by Neil Simon Jake, a novelist who is more successful with fiction than with real life, suffers from a form of psychosis. He has imaginary conversations with the women in his life. The comic and sometimes moving flashbacks played in his mind are interrupted by visitations from actual females. Jake's women include his deceased first wife, his daughter - who is recalled both as a child and a young woman - his boisterous sister, an opinionated analyst, his current wife (who is leaving him for obvious reasons), and a prospective third wife. February 4 through 27, 2010 (no show on Sundays, Feb 14 and 28) April/May 2010 RENT, A rock musical by Jonathan Larson This Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical is loosely based on Puccini's opera La Boheme. It follows a year in the lives of impoverished young artists and musicians living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's Lower East Side. The daily struggle to survive in the shadow of AIDS, financial troubles, infidelity, pursuing dreams, and the complications that come with them pervade the unconventional lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, Mark, Angel, Maureen, Joanne, and Benjamin. April 29 through May 30, 2010 (no show on Thursday, May 20)
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