2027 SEASON
2027 SEASON
By John Cariani
Janurary 13-17
Synopsis: On a clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not what it seems in the remote town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways.
By N. Richard Nash
January 28-31
A young man and woman build a low keyed paradise of happiness within an asylum, only to have it shattered by the intrusion of the outside world. The two characters search, at times agonizingly, to determine the difference between illusion and reality. The effort is lightened by moments of shared love and "pretend" games, like decorating Christmas trees that are not really there. The theme of love, vulnerable to the surveillances of the asylum, and the ministrations of the psychiatrist, a nonspeaking part seems as fragile in the constrained setting as it often is in the outside world.
By Neil Simon
February 24-March 7
This classic comedy opens on a friendly card game in the untidy apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Ungar, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together. The action unfolds with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.
By William Shakespeare
April 15-25
One of Shakespeare's famous comedies, four young lovers flee the strict rules of their kingdom. In the woods, fairy king Oberon and his servant Puck use a magic flower to meddle in romances, causing chaotic mix-ups. At the same time, amateur actors rehearsing a play get tangled in the magic, giving Nick Bottom a donkey's head and fairy queen Titania a false love. Finally, Oberon reverses the spells, the human couples reunite, and order is restored for a grand wedding celebration.
By Nick Payne
May 19-23
One relationship. Infinite possibilities. In how many universes would you love someone? Nick Payne’s Olivier award-winning Constellations is a play about free will and friendship; it’s about quantum multiverse theory, love and honey. Roland is a beekeeper. Marianne is a quantum physicist. What are their odds of falling in love? With infinite moments that can change the trajectory of a life, it’s anyone’s guess how cosmic collision is possible. This play moves from the question of “what if,” to a poignant picture of “what is.”
By Patrice Reynolds
June 16-20
A sequel to our well recieved Senior Living: Love, Sex & Orthopedic Shoes, the gang of seniors take an interesting turn of events and wind up in Las Vegas, performing their shananegans & chasing answers to their questions involving what our senior community goes through.
By D.L. Colburn
August 25-29
This winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which originally starred Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, and later starred Julie Harris and Charles Durning (1997) and Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones (2015), uses a card game as a metaphor for life. Weller Martin is playing solitaire on the porch of a seedy nursing home. Enter Fonsia Dorsey, a prim, self-righteous lady. They discover they both dislike the home and enjoy gin rummy, so they begin to play and to reveal intimate details of their lives. Fonsia wins every time, and their secrets become weapons used against one another. Weller longs for a victory to counter a lifetime of defeats, but it doesn’t happen. He leaves the stage a broken man, and Fonsia realizes her self-righteous rigidity has led to an embittered, lonely, old age.
By August Wilson
September 22-26
Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded from the major leagues in his prime, Troy has grown increasingly bitter, and his anger and frustration take a toll on his wife Rose and his son Cory, who now wants his own chance to play ball professionally. James Earl Jones and Mary Alice co-starred in the original Broadway production of Wilson’s sensational drama, and a 2010 Broadway revival starred Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.
By Ducan McMillan
November 3-7
Emma is in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn’t with Emma, it’s with everything else. She needs to tell the truth, but she’s smart enough to know that there’s no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up?
By Patrice Reynolds
November 27-December 5
An original work by Patrice Reynolds that finds the hilariously human qualities that come about in biblical stories. Told through song, dance & a good time!