2008-2009 Season

Kids Say The Darndest Things!

Children's Play : October 17 & 18 at 7:30 PM & October 19 at 2:30 PM

Concocted from the actual zany and oddly wise things that kids under the age of 12 have said, this rollicking entertainment covers all the bases: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" "How did your mommy and daddy fall in love?" "Do you have any pets…brothers…sisters…secret ambitions?" "What would you say to the president?"

It is filled with the innocent wisdom that comes out of the "mouths of babes" and reminds us to look at the world with a kid's view. It is based on the hilarious best-selling book Kids Say the Darndest Things by Art Linkletter, inspired by the TV show House Party which ran 26 years, hosted by Mr. Linkletter. This number one bestseller sold over 4 million copies, not to mention the numerous sequels.

TICKETS: $8 ADULTS.....$6 CHILDREN

Reservations being accepted after Labor Day.

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Smoke On

The Mountain

Musical: October 31, Nov 1, 7 & 8 at 8 PM and November 9 at 2:30 PM

Tickets $15 Adults, $12 Seniors, $7 Students

Smoke on The Mountain takes place in 1938 at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, North Carolina. The play presents a Saturday Night Gospel Sing featuring the Sanders Family in their first night back on the gospel circuit in five years. The play uses a cast of seven with the audience being the congregation.

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A Ligonier

Christmas

December 6 at 2:30 & 8 PM & December 7 at 2:30 PM

No Auditions Necessary! Come and be part of this wonderful show! Join us as we present your friends and neighbors in a favorite holiday event! With both sacred and secular songs, our Christmas production will delight you and yours in bringing the spirit of the season to your hearts.

Tickets $10 Adults, $5 Children (Under 18)

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The Odd Couple

Female Version

AUDITIONS: DEC 8 & 9 FROM 7 TO 9 PMCOMEDY: January 30 & 31, 2009 at 8 PM.......February 6 & 7 at 8 PM and February 8 at 2:30 PM

Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon's hilarious contemporary comic classic: the female version of The Odd Couple . Instead of the poker party that begins the original version, Ms. Madison has invited the girls over for an evening of Trivial Pursuit. The Pidgeon sisters have been replaced by the hilarious Constanzuela brothers.

Tickets $12 Adults, $10 Seniors, $6 Students

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Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

AUDITIONS: JAN 5 & 6 FROM 5 TO 7 PMChildren's Play: March 6 & 7, 2009 at 7:30 PM and March 8 at 2:30 PM

Who wouldn't want to join Charlie Bucket in his adventurous tour of Willy Wonka's world-famous Chocolate Factory? Now is your chance! You will see Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, Grandpa George, Grandma Georgina, Willy Wonka and Charlie himself come to life! This production promotes a special understanding of other people as you experience a chocolate-candy fantasy. The entire production is smoothly tied together by an energetic and personable Narrator, who effortlessly bridges time and excites the audience with creative anticipation. The delicious fun of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory awaits you!

TICKETS: $8 ADULTS.....$6 CHILDREN

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Witness For The Prosecution

AUDITIONS: FEB 23 & 25 FROM 7 TO 9 PM(Drama) April 24 & 25, 2009 at 8 PM......... May 1 & 2 at 8 PM ...............and May 3 at 2:30 PM

Only Agatha Christie could have conceived such a suspenseful thriller and then capped it with an uncanny triple flip ending. A young married man spends many evenings with a rich old woman. When she is found murdered, the naive young man is the chief suspect. The testimony of his wife is expected to result in an acquittal, but she is a shrew who damages his case and all but hangs him before a vindictive mystery woman appears with letters against the wife. After the man is freed, it is revealed that mystery woman is actually the wife. She discredited and perjured herself because she felt that direct testimony on her husband's behalf would not have been sufficient to free him. When he turns his back on his wife and goes off with another woman, we realize that he was the murderer. He does not get away it, for there is one turn of plot remaining.

"A walloping success."-Herald Tribune

"Packs plenty of surprise in its cargo of suspense."-Daily Mirror

Winner of the New York Critics Circle Award

Tickets $12 Adults, $10 Seniors, $6 Students

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Schoolhouse

Rock, Live!

AUDITIONS: MAY 18 & 19 FROM 5 TO 7 PMChildren's Musical: June 17 & 18 at 7:30 PM and July 19 at 2:30 PM

TICKETS: $8 ADULTS $6 CHILDREN

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Gypsy!

AUDITIONS: MAY 18 & 19 FROM 7 TO 9 PMMUSICAL: August 7, 8, 14 & 15 at 8 PM and August 16 at 2:30 PM

Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. It is usually referred to as simply Gypsy.

Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother." In particular, it follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The character of Louise is based on Lee, and the character of June is based on Lee's sister, the actress June Havoc.

The musical contains many songs that became popular standards, including "Small World," "Everything's Coming up Roses", "You'll Never Get Away from Me," and "Let Me Entertain You." It is frequently considered one of the crowning achievements of the mid-20th century's conventional musical theatre art form, often called the "book musical."

Gypsy has been referred to as the greatest American musical by numerous critics and writers, among them Ben Brantley and Frank Rich.Rich even goes so far as to call it the American musical theatre's answer to King Lear. Theater critic Clive Barnes wrote that "Gypsy is one of the best of musicals...." He described the character of Rose as "one of the few truly complex characters in the American musical...."

Tickets $15 Adults, $12 Seniors, $7 Students