of Winter Park
2010-2011 Season
Ticket prices for our 2010-2011 season:
$18.00 General Admission
$15.00 Senior Citizens
$12.00 Students
All performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (unless otherwise specified)
Sleuth, the Anthony Shaffer drama
July 2-18, 2010
directed by Ken Rush
starring: Benjamin Dixon Rush and Torey Scarbrough
The ultimate game of cat-and-mouse is played out in a cozy English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer, Andrew Wyke. Invited guest Milo Tindle, a young rival who shares not only Wyke's love of the game but also his wife, has come to lay claim. Revenge is devised and murders plotted as the two plan the ultimate whodunnit.
Winner of the Tony and Drama Critics Circle awards as Best Play of the Season.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf,
the Ntozake Shange drama
July 23-August 1, 2010
directed by Daniel Boisrond
starring: Charmion Sparrow, Debra Foxx, Evelyn Tyler, Felichia Wright, Kisha Peart, Shellita Boxie, and Vanessa Valdez
For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems, referred collectively as a "choreopoem", performed through a cast of nameless women, each known only by a color. The poems deal with love, abandonment, rape, and abortion.
Nominated for Best Play at the 1977 Tony Awards.
Children of Eden, the Stephen Schwartz musical
August 6-22, 2010
directed by Wade Hair
From Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked", "Godspell" and "Pippin") and John Caird of "Les Miserables" comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith... not to mention centuries of unresolved family business!
Freely based on the story of Genesis, "Children Of Eden" is a frank, heartfelt and often humorous examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. Adam, Eve, Noah and the "Father" who created them deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet but inspiring message: that "the hardest part of love... is letting go."
The Sugar Bean Sisters, the Nathan Sanders comedy
September 10-21, 2010
directed by Joshua Eads-Brown
Stuck in a Florida swamp near Disney World, the Nettles sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood by hopping the next spaceship out of town, and they're not going to let the arrival of a snake charmer, a handsome Mormon Bishop and a mysterious bird woman stand in their way.
This is the night they will make contact!
Catholic School Girls, the Casey Kurtti comedy
October 1-17, 2010
directed by Tara Corless
This satire of Catholic school life in the 1960's uses four actresses to play the nuns and the first through eighth grade girls at St. George's School in Yonkers. As they experience bonds of friendship, reprimands from authority figures and pressures from home and they react to the Beatles, the Addams Family, the Supremes and the election of a Catholic president, an amusing portrait of girls maturing to the threshold of adolescence delightfully emerges.
Starring:
Elizabeth/ Sister Mary Thomasina- Megan Borkes
Maria Theresa/ Sister Mary Germaine- Rachael West
Wanda/ Sister Mary Agnes- Toni Claire
Colleen/Sister Mary Lucille- Jenny Ornstein
Understudy: Brenna Arden Warner (Sundays)
The Insanity of Mary Girard
written by Lanie Robertson
directed by Seth Lindsey
October 29-31, 2010
All seats $12.00!
Starring:
Mary Girard: Victoria Burns
Warder: Sean Patrick Carey
Stephen Girard: Scott Mills
Mr. Phillips: Jim Cundiff
Mrs. Hatcher: Nicole Carson
Mrs. Lum: Karen Hill
Polly Kenton: Katy Polimeno
Fury 1: Mackenzie Filson
Fury 2: Eliza Stevens
Fury 3: Charlotte Walsh
Fury 4: Rachael West
Fury 5: Jennifer Bennet
In 1790, Mary Girard is committed to an asylum. Having become pregnant by another man, her husband has had her declared legally insane. Mary sits in a chair as the "furies" dance around and impersonate people from her past. By the end of this haunting and highly theatrical piece, she is insane.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
the William Finn musical
November 5-21, 2010
directed by Randy Tapper
Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.
Cast List:
Rona- Erynn Hair
Panch- Rob Delmedico
Chip- John Gracey
Olive- Krystal Gillette
Logan- Aubrey Russell
Marcy- Somar Lanh
Mitch- Clay Cozart
Leif- Heath Boyer
Barfee- Derik Lawson
To Be Announced
December 9 -19, 2010
Best of Broadway: 1995-1999, a musical revue
January 21-February 6, 2011
directed by Wade Hair
"Best of Broadway: 1995-1999" is a musical revue featuring songs from some of the best Broadway musicals and revivals from the years 1995-1999, directed by Wade Hair.
Featuring songs from:
1995: Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Show Boat
1996: Rent, State Fair, The King and I
1997: Titanic, Chicago, The Life, Jekyll and Hyde, Once Upon a Mattress
1998: The Lion King, Cabaret, 1776, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ragtime, Side Show
1999: Annie Get Your Gun, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Parade, Footloose
The Diary of Anne Frank
February 25-March 13, 2011
directed by Tanya Roller
In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!" This is a new adaptation for a new generation.
Read our review from the Orlando Sentinel:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2011/02/theater-review-the-diary-of-anne-frank-at-breakthrough-theatre.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+entertainment%2Fstage%2Ftheaterblog+%28Orlando+Theater+Blog%29
TBA
March 24 - April 3, 2011
directed by Tara Corless
the Maltby and Shire musical
May 6 - May 15, 2011
directed by Wade Hair
In this brilliant hit revue, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire have written twenty-four funny, wise and witty "songs of experience."
Each song in "Closer Than Ever" is a story: an intimate, insightful tale about love, security, happiness-and holding onto them in a world that pulls you in a hundred directions at once. Maltby and Shire bring their celebrated craft and contemporary sensibility to songs about aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, and role reversals with parents, as well as wicked satirical jabs at Muzak, working couples and unrequited love.
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"
Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Original Direction for this version of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" by Michael Mayer
Originally Produced in New York by Arthur Whitelaw and Gene Persson
Directed By Keith Newhouse
Musical Director: Erik Branch
June 17-July 3, 2011
Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 3 p.m.
Charles M. Schultz's classic Peanuts characters come to life in this charming musical for the whole family.
"The Oldest Profession"
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Wade Hair
June 12-July 3, 2011
Sunday nights only at 7:30 p.m.!
The production features Yetta Bennett, Karen Edwards-Hill, Kagey Good, Cynthia McClendon and Arleen Radner. The show will also feature Erik Branch on piano.
As Ronald Reagan enters the White House, five aging practitioners of the oldest profession are faced with a diminishing clientele, increased competition for their niche market, and aching joints. With wit, compassion, and humor, they struggle to find and learn new tricks as they fight to stay in the Life.
The production features Yetta Bennett, Karen Edwards-Hill, Kagey Good, Cynthia McClendon and Arleen Radner. The show will also feature Erik Branch on piano.As Ronald Reagan enters the White House, five aging practitioners of the oldest profession are faced with a diminishing clientele, increased competition for their niche market, and aching joints. With wit, compassion, and humor, they struggle to find and learn new tricks as they fight to stay in the Life. Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. SchulzBook, Music and Lyrics by Clark GesnerAdditional Dialogue by Michael MayerAdditional Music and Lyrics by Andrew LippaOriginal Direction for this version of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" by Michael MayerOriginally Produced in New York by Arthur Whitelaw and Gene Persson Directed By Keith NewhouseMusical Director: Erik Branch
$18.00 General Admission
$15.00 Senior Citizens
$12.00 Students
All performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (unless otherwise specified)
Sleuth, the Anthony Shaffer drama
July 2-18, 2010
directed by Ken Rush
starring: Benjamin Dixon Rush and Torey Scarbrough
The ultimate game of cat-and-mouse is played out in a cozy English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer, Andrew Wyke. Invited guest Milo Tindle, a young rival who shares not only Wyke's love of the game but also his wife, has come to lay claim. Revenge is devised and murders plotted as the two plan the ultimate whodunnit.
Winner of the Tony and Drama Critics Circle awards as Best Play of the Season.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf,
the Ntozake Shange drama
July 23-August 1, 2010
directed by Daniel Boisrond
starring: Charmion Sparrow, Debra Foxx, Evelyn Tyler, Felichia Wright, Kisha Peart, Shellita Boxie, and Vanessa Valdez
For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems, referred collectively as a "choreopoem", performed through a cast of nameless women, each known only by a color. The poems deal with love, abandonment, rape, and abortion.
Nominated for Best Play at the 1977 Tony Awards.
Children of Eden, the Stephen Schwartz musical
August 6-22, 2010
directed by Wade Hair
From Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked", "Godspell" and "Pippin") and John Caird of "Les Miserables" comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith... not to mention centuries of unresolved family business!
Freely based on the story of Genesis, "Children Of Eden" is a frank, heartfelt and often humorous examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. Adam, Eve, Noah and the "Father" who created them deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet but inspiring message: that "the hardest part of love... is letting go."
The Sugar Bean Sisters, the Nathan Sanders comedy
September 10-21, 2010
directed by Joshua Eads-Brown
Stuck in a Florida swamp near Disney World, the Nettles sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood by hopping the next spaceship out of town, and they're not going to let the arrival of a snake charmer, a handsome Mormon Bishop and a mysterious bird woman stand in their way.
This is the night they will make contact!
Catholic School Girls, the Casey Kurtti comedy
October 1-17, 2010
directed by Tara Corless
This satire of Catholic school life in the 1960's uses four actresses to play the nuns and the first through eighth grade girls at St. George's School in Yonkers. As they experience bonds of friendship, reprimands from authority figures and pressures from home and they react to the Beatles, the Addams Family, the Supremes and the election of a Catholic president, an amusing portrait of girls maturing to the threshold of adolescence delightfully emerges.
Starring:
Elizabeth/ Sister Mary Thomasina- Megan Borkes
Maria Theresa/ Sister Mary Germaine- Rachael West
Wanda/ Sister Mary Agnes- Toni Claire
Colleen/Sister Mary Lucille- Jenny Ornstein
Understudy: Brenna Arden Warner (Sundays)
The Insanity of Mary Girard
written by Lanie Robertson
directed by Seth Lindsey
October 29-31, 2010
All seats $12.00!
Starring:
Mary Girard: Victoria Burns
Warder: Sean Patrick Carey
Stephen Girard: Scott Mills
Mr. Phillips: Jim Cundiff
Mrs. Hatcher: Nicole Carson
Mrs. Lum: Karen Hill
Polly Kenton: Katy Polimeno
Fury 1: Mackenzie Filson
Fury 2: Eliza Stevens
Fury 3: Charlotte Walsh
Fury 4: Rachael West
Fury 5: Jennifer Bennet
In 1790, Mary Girard is committed to an asylum. Having become pregnant by another man, her husband has had her declared legally insane. Mary sits in a chair as the "furies" dance around and impersonate people from her past. By the end of this haunting and highly theatrical piece, she is insane.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
the William Finn musical
November 5-21, 2010
directed by Randy Tapper
Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.
Cast List:
Rona- Erynn Hair
Panch- Rob Delmedico
Chip- John Gracey
Olive- Krystal Gillette
Logan- Aubrey Russell
Marcy- Somar Lanh
Mitch- Clay Cozart
Leif- Heath Boyer
Barfee- Derik Lawson
To Be Announced
December 9 -19, 2010
Best of Broadway: 1995-1999, a musical revue
January 21-February 6, 2011
directed by Wade Hair
"Best of Broadway: 1995-1999" is a musical revue featuring songs from some of the best Broadway musicals and revivals from the years 1995-1999, directed by Wade Hair.
Featuring songs from:
1995: Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Show Boat
1996: Rent, State Fair, The King and I
1997: Titanic, Chicago, The Life, Jekyll and Hyde, Once Upon a Mattress
1998: The Lion King, Cabaret, 1776, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ragtime, Side Show
1999: Annie Get Your Gun, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Parade, Footloose
Starring:
Victoria Burns
Jason Crase
Wyatt Glover
Wade Hair
Mia Reeves
Sara Sohn
Jamaal Solomon
Madison Zavitz
AND
Jackie Bell
Candy Heller
Justin Jones
Geoffrey Mompoint
Jimmy Moore
Justin Scarlat
Noah Schnacky
Kris Wiley
Lea Wilson
Lucy Yarbrough
Director: Wade Hair
Musical Director: Robb Ross
Choreographer: Alyssa Foley
Stage Manager/Costumes/Props: Karen Edwards-Hill
Lighting Designer: Justin Jones
The Diary of Anne Frank
February 25-March 13, 2011
directed by Tanya Roller
In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!" This is a new adaptation for a new generation.
Read our review from the Orlando Sentinel:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2011/02/theater-review-the-diary-of-anne-frank-at-breakthrough-theatre.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+entertainment%2Fstage%2Ftheaterblog+%28Orlando+Theater+Blog%29
TBA
March 24 - April 3, 2011
directed by Tara Corless
Closer Than Ever
the Maltby and Shire musical
May 6 - May 15, 2011
directed by Wade Hair
In this brilliant hit revue, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire have written twenty-four funny, wise and witty "songs of experience."
Each song in "Closer Than Ever" is a story: an intimate, insightful tale about love, security, happiness-and holding onto them in a world that pulls you in a hundred directions at once. Maltby and Shire bring their celebrated craft and contemporary sensibility to songs about aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, and role reversals with parents, as well as wicked satirical jabs at Muzak, working couples and unrequited love.
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"
Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Original Direction for this version of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" by Michael Mayer
Originally Produced in New York by Arthur Whitelaw and Gene Persson
Directed By Keith Newhouse
Musical Director: Erik Branch
June 17-July 3, 2011
Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 3 p.m.
Charles M. Schultz's classic Peanuts characters come to life in this charming musical for the whole family.
"The Oldest Profession"
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Wade Hair
June 12-July 3, 2011
Sunday nights only at 7:30 p.m.!
The production features Yetta Bennett, Karen Edwards-Hill, Kagey Good, Cynthia McClendon and Arleen Radner. The show will also feature Erik Branch on piano.
As Ronald Reagan enters the White House, five aging practitioners of the oldest profession are faced with a diminishing clientele, increased competition for their niche market, and aching joints. With wit, compassion, and humor, they struggle to find and learn new tricks as they fight to stay in the Life.
The production features Yetta Bennett, Karen Edwards-Hill, Kagey Good, Cynthia McClendon and Arleen Radner. The show will also feature Erik Branch on piano.As Ronald Reagan enters the White House, five aging practitioners of the oldest profession are faced with a diminishing clientele, increased competition for their niche market, and aching joints. With wit, compassion, and humor, they struggle to find and learn new tricks as they fight to stay in the Life. Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. SchulzBook, Music and Lyrics by Clark GesnerAdditional Dialogue by Michael MayerAdditional Music and Lyrics by Andrew LippaOriginal Direction for this version of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" by Michael MayerOriginally Produced in New York by Arthur Whitelaw and Gene Persson Directed By Keith NewhouseMusical Director: Erik Branch
