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SELF HELP written by Norm Foster directed by Sean Ireland January 24, 25, 26, 27 & 31, February 1, 2, 3, 2008
Cindy and Hal are married and unfortunately, they are poor struggling actors. Cindy decides that there has to be a better way to make a living and she hits upon the idea of their becoming self-help gurus. Seven years they are indeed at the pinnacle of self-help success, the rich wise-persons at the top of the mountain. However, they do not appear to be happy at the new lifestyle and their new status won't be helped by the naked dead man in their study. This is one of the funniest plays Norm Foster has written. It will have you laughing out loud.
BOEING BOEING written by Marc Camoletti adapted by Beverley Cross directed by Sarah FitzGerald March 6, 7, 8, 9 and 13, 14, 15, 16, 2008
Bernard is the guy that high school boys dream of being when they grow up. He has looks, money, a beautiful apartment in Paris, a housekeeper to keep it running smoothly and not one but THREE adoring fiancées. Each of his fiancées is an air hostess, so they always leave town after a couple of days, and know nothing about the others. Life is perfect, until his best friend comes to town, and is followed by a plane-grounding storm. Fasten your seatbelts and return your tray tables to their upright and locked positions, because it’s going to be a bumpy ride!
M*A*S*H written by Richard Hooker dramatized by Tim Kelly directed by Paul Cousins April 24, 25, 26, 27 and May 1, 2, 3, 4, 2008
This wild comedy joins Hawkeye and Duke as they attempt to get a young Korean to the United States and entered in a good school. They can't be dealt with casually, however, because they are also two of the best chest surgeons in South Korea. The thread of this effort helps tie together the pileup of comic adventures that pyramid right before the eyes of your astonished and hysterical audience! There's a jolly encounter with the baby-talking Bonwit sisters, the worst tap-dancing act the U.S.O. ever sent overseas. A sergeant is selling dumb GIs fishing rights in the Bay of Phum. Radar O'Reilly, a soldier with incredible hearing, anticipates things before they happen. The proprietor of a painless dental clinic is cured of dark moods by the recreation of an old monster movie—and a monster!
THE GRADUATE a play adapted by Terry Johnson based on a novel by Charles Webb & the motion picture screenplay by Calder Willingham & Buck Henry directed by Mario Carnevale Friday May 30 and Saturday May 31, 2008 Tickets are $24.50 and $19.00 Seniors and Students and available at the Chrysler Theatre
A cult novel, a classic film, a quintessential hit of the sixties and a major stage success, The Graduate, directed by Mario Carnevale and starring Norma Coleman as Mrs. Robinson and Christopher Lawrence Menard as Benjamin Braddock, returns to the stage after sold out performances at Theatre Windsor.
Twenty-year old Benjamin Braddock has graduated with top marks and has a fine future ahead of him.But then he finds himself seduced by Mrs. Robinson, one of his parents’ oldest and dearest friends. Young enough to be her son and old enough to know better, it isn’t long before Benjamin is helping Mrs. Robinson with her zipper….
With an intoxicating soundscape of some of the greatest songs of the sixties and a terrifically witty script, it is time to be seduced by The Graduate all over again.
CEMETERY CLUB written by Ivan Menchell directed by James Neely June 12, 13, 14, 15, 2008
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 FOURSOME written by Norm Foster directed by Mark Baker June 19, 20, 21, 22, 2008
Four old college chums, home for their fifteen year reunion, hook up for a round of golf and share their successes and failures. It is during this game that they get caught up on each other's lives since their college days. A warm, funny play which takes place entirely on the eighteen tees of The Windemere Golf and Country Club.
The 22nd Season - Sept. 2008-June 2009
The Board of Directors and The Play Selection Committee announced the 2008-2009 Playbill at the 4th Annual Pasta Night Dinner at the Fogolar Furlan Club Nov. 8. The plays selected with synopsis are as follows:
September 2008 - "Lend Me A Tenor" by Ken Ludwig, directed by Niki Richardson - 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!
October 2008 - "Deathtrap" - by Ira Levin, directed by Robert Carnevale - Seemingly comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a "dry" spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller which Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway hit. Sidney's plan, which he devises with his wife's help, is to offer collaboration to the student, an idea which the younger man quickly accepts. Thereafter suspense mounts steadily as the plot begins to twist and turn with devilish cleverness, and with such an abundance of thrills and laughter, that audiences will be held enthralled until the final, startling moments of the play.
December 2008 - "A Christmas Story" - by Jean Shephard, adapted by Phil Grecian, directed by Mario Carnevale - Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.
January 2009 - "On Golden Pond" - by Ernest Thompson, directed by Terry Ware - This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the "grandchild" the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and slang—in return. In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer together by the incidence of a mild heart attack. Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
March 2009 - "The Affections of May" - by Norm Foster, directed by Lois Baker - A light hearted comedy concerning two very different mencompeting for theaffections of May Henning, a spirited woman and former teacher. When May's husband decides to return to the city life--and another woman--she is left alone and broke. As May tries to hold off the advances of both suitors, she learns the difference between wantsand needs. A charming comedy the ends with a dose of reality that will warm your heart!
April 2009 - "The Sting" - by David Rogers, directed by Sue Cousins - The excitement, maneuvers and comedy of the Paul Newman/Robert Redford screen triumph have been brilliantly adapted for stage production by one of the finest professional playwrights writing today. This show takes place in Chicago many years ago in a world of small-time hustlers and their girls—their money nonexistent but their ingenuity abundant. Johnny Hooker (a small-time grifter played by Redford in the film) joins a friend in a successful con of a "runner." Unfortunately for them, the runner works for a powerful, vindictive rackets boss, Doyle Lonnegan, who is infuriated and arranges the killing of Johnny's friend. Hoping to avenge this senseless murder, Johnny enlists the aid of the master con man Henry Gondorf (originally played by Newman). Together they decide to try the big con called "The Wire." Structured in classic style, their first move is "The Set Up." From there they proceed to "The Tale." The tension mounts as they succeed and, with the powerful Lonnegan half-hooked, go on to "The Shut Out." The excitement becomes explosive and a final scene, with switch upon switch upon switch, has your audience guessing and gasping as it builds to the final con movement, "The Sting!" Designed for a fast pace, the set and the props are minimal. This is a wonderfully theatrical and yet authentic exploration of a very special world. Area staging.
June 2009 - "Run For Your Wife" - by Ray Cooney, directed by Sarah FitzGerald - This superb example of the British farce had them rolling in the aisles in London and New York. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of London because of his irregular working schedule. Comlication is piled upon complication as the cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding.
