TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
September 20-22 & 26*-29
*School performance on Sept 26 at 10:30 a.m.
Directed by Bob Kilpatrick
Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the Novel by Harper Lee
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
In the midst of the Great Depression, Scout and her brother Jem live in a small town in Alabama with their widowed father, a lawyer named Atticus Finch. When Atticus takes up the defense of Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape by a white woman, the facade of their seemingly idyllic town begins to crack, spilling violence and bigotry through the community. As Scout and Jem face ridicule from their classmates and find an escape in their interactions with their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley, Atticus remains committed to seeing justice done and teaching his children to have the courage and compassion to fight for what’s right.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
October 11-13, 18-20, 25-27
Directed by Christy Seymour
Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials also supplied by MTI.
It’s time for music, romance, and graverobbing when Fredrick Frankenstein, grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, 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.
Disney’s MARY POPPINS
January 10-12, 16*-19, 23*-26
*Sensory-Friendly Performance on January 16 at 6:30 p.m.
*School Performance on January 23 at 10:30 a.m.
Directed by Kim Godfrey Warren
Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film
Original Music & Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) All authorized performance materials also supplied by MTI.
Young Jane and Michael Banks have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect, and the grownups also find themselves transformed by the witty and whimsical nanny.
WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN
February 7-9 & 14-16
Director TBA
Music & Lyrics by Carmel Dean
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
This in-concert lineup of contemporary songs gives the mic to some of history’s most remarkable women, including Frida Khalo, Mary Magdalene, Malala Yousafzai, Harriet Tubman, and Cleopatra, putting them in the spotlight to tell their own stories, celebrating the way their bad-ass behavior helped them leave their mark on the world.
THE NERD
April 4-6 & 11-13
Directed by Steve Rhodes
by Larry Shue
Presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service
Now an aspiring young architect in Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life in Vietnam. Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his birthday party. But soon it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless “nerd” —a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. As Rick’s stay drags on, his presence leads to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence.