☆ 2010-2011 Season ☆

After much deliberation, we've chosen the shows for our 2010-2011 season. This year, our three shows are:

• Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon and directed by Brad Toberman.
  July 24, 25 (Sunday matinee), 30 & 31.
  
  Here is part one of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy: a portrait of the writer as a young teen in 1937 living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the narrator and central character. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states "if you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't be living here."
  
  The cast includes Patrice Luer, Marita Kelter, Hattie Chamberlin, Sarah Smith, Mark Hamden-Krause, William Cairns, and stars Cody Paske as Eugene.
  
  
  

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• Nutcracker, a Youth Musical Script and lyrics by Mary Kay Beall, music arranged by Ruth Artman, orchestrated by Bob Lowden. Adapted from The Nutcracker Suite by Peter I. Tchaikovsky and The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffman" and directed by Diane Sullivan.
  December 3, 4, 5 (Sunday Matinee).
  
  The curtain opens on a Christmas Eve party at the home of Fritz and Marie. The gift of a tiny nutcracker from their Godfather causes a bit of a family disturbance but it is that very gift that starts us on our magical journey to the land of sweet dreams. At the stroke of midnight, the Nutcracker is transformed. He leads his army in a victorious encounter with the evil Mouse King after which he escorts Marie on an enchanted journey to Candy Meadow, Cookie County and the Kingdom of Sweets. They meet all sorts of interesting people on their travels: a Sugar Plum Fairy, the Russian Bakers, the Candy Flutes, Chinese Tea Dancers, beautiful Arabian Dancers and wonderful Waltzing Flowers. Let the dialogue and eight delightful songs whisk you away on this marvelous journey with Marie and the Nutcracker. (Thank you to StagePass.com for this wonderful description!)
  
  Audition dates are TBA.
   
• Wild about Wilder one act plays by Thornton Wilder, directed by William Cairns
  February 18, 19, & 20, 2011
  
  This evening should turn out to be our most exciting show yet!  Not only are we doing one act plays written by Madisonian Thornton Wilder, we are going to enter two of the one act plays into the Wisconsin Association of Community Theatre 2011 Festival. Combine this with "black box" theatre and a spectacular dessert bar and you will have an unforgettable experience!
  
  Audition dates are TBA. Cast and crew must be able to commit to participating in the festival (one to three additional performances -- depending on how far we go in the competition!)
   

☆ Season Tickets On Sale June 15th! ☆

Season tickets are a great way to let us know you're coming to our shows! Prices are down from last year: the performance contracts for this season are much lower than the ones for last season AND we are changing how we are handling the dinner theater--going for only a dessert bar that is extra for everyone!

So check out our prices, and put your order in! We'd love to double the number of subscriptions we sell this year!

☆ Next Board Meeting ☆

Our next board meeting is scheduled for the third Thursday of August--that's:

August 19, 1010.
River Arts Center Gallery
6:30p

Please feel free to give us a call (608-448-6770)...we might have had to reschedule. We'd love to see you there!