Roles:

Agnes White

• To appear early 30s to early 40s
• Agnes is a lonely woman living in a seedy motel room on the outskirts of Oklahoma City and working as a waitress. She hides from an abuse ex-husband while agonizing over the abduction of her son Lloyd, who disappeared in a supermarket several years ago. She copes by losing herself in a fog of drugs and alcohol.

Peter Evans

• To appear late 20s to late 30s
• Peter is a mysterious stranger. A gulf war veteran, bringing with him disturbing theories about the world around him. He and Agnes start a romance fraught with a growing paranoia of the multi legged kind, intensified by their mutual and growing use of drugs and alcohol.

“The characters of Agnes and Peter may be asked to give a suggestion of nudity and while they will be scantily dressed as the play progresses, will never be required to be naked on stage. All of these choices will be discussed during the rehearsal process with care, balancing the vision of the playwright and most especially the comfort of the actors to foster a safe environment for them to grow into their roles.” -Marianne McLaughlin

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: October 1, 2018 (Subject to change)

Production Run: November 9 – December 2, 2019

Directed by Pamela Kingsley

This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman; Roland is a beekeeper, Marianne is a quantum physicist. What happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know – delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: September 24, 2018 (Subject to change)

Production Run: November 23 – December 23, 2018

Directed by Kathie Doyle-Lipe

Music Directed by Henry McNulty

Based on the cherished 2003 New Line Cinema hit, Elf The Musical is the story of Buddy, a young orphan, who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity.

This modern-day holiday classic is sure to make everyone embrace their inner elf. After all, “The best way to spread Christmas Cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: October 8, 2018 (Subject to change)

Production Run: October 19 – 21, 2018

Directed by Susan Hardie

The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.

Production Details:

Rehearsals will be based around availability of cast and the week of the performance.

Production Run: January 4 – 6, 2019

Directed by Jake Schaefer

Music Directed by Henry McNulty

In Follies, the time is 1971, and theatrical impresario, Dimitri Weissmann, hosts a reunion of ex-Follies performers in his crumbling theatre, setting the stage for a parade of brilliant pastiche numbers, including “Losing My Mind,” “I’m Still Here” and “Broadway Baby.” Amid the reminiscing, two middle-aged couples confront some unpleasant truths about their past and present, coming face-to-face with the future.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: November 19, 2018 (Subject to change)

Production Run: January 25 – February 17, 2019

Directed by David Baker

This celebrated comedy revolves around the family of Martin Vanderhof who live “just around the corner from Columbia University – but don’t go looking for it.” Grandpa, as Martin is more commonly known, is the paterfamilias of a large and extended family: his daughter, Penny, who fancies herself a romance novelist; her husband, Paul, an amateur fireworks expert; their daughter, Alice, an attractive and loving girl who is still embarrassed by her family’s eccentricities—which include a xylophone player/leftist leaflet printer, an untalented ballerina, and ballet master exiled from Soviet Russia. When Alice falls for her boss, Tony, a handsome scion of Wall Street, she fears that their two families – so unlike in manner, politics, and finances – will never come together.

During a disastrous dinner party, Alice’s worst fears are confirmed. Her prospective in-laws are humiliated in a party game, fireworks explode in the basement and the house is raided by the FBI. Frustrated and upset, Alice intends to run away, until Grandpa manages to not only bring the happy couple together, but to set Tony’s father straight about the true priorities in life. After all, why be obsessed by money? You can’t take it with you.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: December 3, 2018 (Subject to change)

Production Run: January 18 – February 10, 2019

Directed by Dawn Taylor Reinhardt

Three sisters gather for their mother’s funeral. Each has her own memories of her childhood and this creates conflict, which is, by turns, angry, desperate, poignant, and wildly funny.

The situation is deepened by the recurring presence of Vi, their mother, a ghostly vision in flowing taffeta. While visible only to one of the sisters, her influence and demand to be understood rather than buried and forgotten drives the other sisters as well. An evening, provocative and hilarious is promised.

Production Details:

Rehearsals will be based around availability of cast.

Studio Theatre Workshop Start: March 25, 2019 (Subject to change)

Workshop Presentation: April 5-6, 2019

Book and Lyrics by Ed Bryan

Music by Willam Berry

Directed by Jean Hardie

Moby Dick is a captivating story embedded in our culture; even those who have not read it are familiar with the tale of Ahab’s obsession, just as Ishmael, Ahab and Moby Dick ​are household names for the general public.

This emblematic conflict within the man and against the elements cries out to be told in a fashion which will reach theater audiences on the scale and scope of epic dramas such as Les Misérables. This story speaks to generation upon generation because Ahab’s conflict with the whale is symbolic of the primal conflict humans have against the elements and fate. The thrill, the devastation, and the eventual death can only be justly told on a scale and scope of an epic drama.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: January 14, 2019 (Subject to change)

Production Run: March 22 – April 14, 2019

Directed by Melody Deatherage

15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain. He is exceptionally intelligent but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor’s dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: January 21, 2019 (Subject to change)

Production Run: March 1 – 24, 2019

Directed by Andrew Start

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 millimeter film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: February 4, 2019- Monday and Tuesday rehearsals (Subject to change)

Production Run: February 22 – 24, 2018

Directed by Jake Schaefer

Music Directed by Henry McNulty

Come celebrate the spirit of musical theatre with a collection of local performers. Broadway, Beat by Beat is a high energy collection of the best music Broadway has to offer with song selections throughout the decades.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: March 4, 2019 (Subject to change)

Production Run: May 3 – 26, 2019

Directed by Heather McHenry-Kroetch

Artie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory and the lead character of this delicious black comedy. Toiling by day as a zookeeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, where he lives with his wife, Bananas, much to the chagrin of Artie’s downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus, who refuses to cook until they are married. On the day the Pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie’s son Ronny goes AWOL from Fort Dix. Also arriving are Artie’s old school chum, now a successful Hollywood producer, Billy Einhorn, and his starlet girlfriend who holds the key to Artie’s dreams of getting out and away from the life he so despises. But like many dreams, this promise of glory evaporates amid the chaos of ordinary lives.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: March 25, 2019 (Subject to change)

Production Run: May 17 – June 16, 2019

Directed by Jake Schaefer

Music Directed by Henry McNulty

Choreographed by Cara Cooley

Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced “Fronk-en-steen”) inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor, and a leggy lab assistant, Inga, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. “It’s alive!” he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather’s. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.