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2008 Annual One-Act
Festival
Producer: Richard Starkweather
August 15 - 31, 2008
(matinees 8/17, 8/24, 8/31)
An exciting collection of mostly original one-act plays, many by
local playwrights. Each weekend features different plays that prove
that humor and passions are what make us human. One play in the
festival will be entered in the state festival later this year.
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Dinner with
Friends
by Donald Margulies
directed by Craig Mummey
September 26 - October 19, 2008
(matinees 10/5, 10/19)
Finding out why marriages and relationships work and don’t
is revealed in this warm and moving Pulitzer Prize winning revelation.
“Full of life, warmth, laughs and wisdom…"
—NY Daily News
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Third
by Wendy Wasserstein
directed by Laurie Freed
November 7 - 30, 2008
(matinees 11/16, 11/30)
Laced with humor and sympathy, a feminist professor seeking to find
out whether a jock student plagiarized a paper, deals with stereotypes,
politics and human nature. “Exhilarating in its melancholy
… a reflective gem.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Arms and the
Man
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Scott Bloom
January 9 - February 1, 2009
(matinees 1/18, 2/1)
Satirical anti-war play finding one’s beliefs
and ideas, romance and idealism, and the practical side of love
and marriage. “Hugely entertaining! Shavian morality is
as sensuous as…chocolate truffles.” —NY Times
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A Bad Friend
by Jules Feiffer
directed by Seth Ghitelman
February 20 - March 15, 2009
(matinees 3/1, 3/15)
Set in the 1950’s McCarthy era, the theme of finding
one’s own true voice and civil rights echoes as strongly as
ever. “Resonates with painful nostalgia and honestly appraised
personal history.” —NY Times
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columbinus
by Stephen Karam and P.J. Paparelli
directed by Bridget Muehlberger
April 3 - 26, 2009
(matinees 4/12, 4/26)
The 1999 massacre at Columbine High School finds this provocative
exploration of alienation and social pressure America’s high
schools. “Authentic notes of adolescent anxiety and yearning
in briskly drawn scenes … enlivened by a sharp jab of wit.”
—NY Times
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As Bees in Honey Drown
by Douglas Carter Beane
directed by Craig Pettinati
May 15 - June 7, 2009
(matinees 5/24, 6/7)
Comic romp of finding the hype of being the hot young thing
is not all it’s cracked up to be. “A delicious soufflé
of a satire … extremely entertaining fable for an age that always
chooses image over substance." —NY Times
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The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie
directed by Pauline Griller-Mitchell
June 26 - July 26, 2009
(matinees 7/12, 7/26)
** No performances July 4th weekend **
Trapped by snow, a detective tries to find a murderer before another
guest is killed. “Written so well that even if you have
seen it before, you will take pleasure in watching the way in which
Christie develops the real and false clues.” —NY Times
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