CHILDREN'S SHOWS
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Family Adventure adaptation by Christian Thompson Young Artisan Workshop Show Directed by SaDonna Croff July 17-19, 24-26 This new adaptation of the beloved Lewis Carroll adventure was written by Christian Thompson, an alumnus of Riverwalk Theatre's Young Artisan Workshop. The play will be performed by Workshop members age 10-18. Cast List |
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Musical Family Classic by Charles Dickens Adapted and Directed by Tom Ferris November 27-29 & December 4-6 This new adaptation adds music and humor to Dickens' tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the Spirits of Christmas. Audiences are invited to come early to celebrate and dance at Fezziwig's holiday party and meet the characters before the performances. Cast List |
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Family Adventure Adapted by Vera Morris Based on the Hans Christian Anderson Tale Produced by All-of-us Express Children's Theatre Directed by Bailey Austin Davis April 22-24 & 29-May 1 Thumbelina yearns to travel to the Land of the Little People to live in a world her own size. However, a crafty cat has other ideas and poor Thumbelina is traded off to a family of Toads! Kind animals along the way help Thumbelina find what she always wanted. |
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MAIN STAGE SHOWS - Season Ticket
Musical by David Yazbek
Directed by Mary K Hodges-Nees
Musical Direction by Angie Schwab
September 10-13 & 17-20
Based on the 1988 MGM film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels takes us to the French Riviera for high jinks and hilarity where two con men, a beautiful woman and the local elite collide in this sexy and irreverent farce.
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THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Directed by Janet Colson
October 22-25 & 29-November 1
This script dramatizes the poignant writings of a young Jewish girl while she hides for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation. This production marks the 70th anniversary of Anne Frank's death and the liberation of the concentration camps.
The audience will be invited to participate in a talk back following the October 25th performance with a holocaust survivor who was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with Anne Frank.
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Directed by Janet Colson
October 22-25 & 29-November 1
This script dramatizes the poignant writings of a young Jewish girl while she hides for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation. This production marks the 70th anniversary of Anne Frank's death and the liberation of the concentration camps.
The audience will be invited to participate in a talk back following the October 25th performance with a holocaust survivor who was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with Anne Frank.
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ALL MY SONS
Gripping Drama by Arthur Miller
Directed by Bob Robinson
January 7-10 & 14-17
World War II is over. One son has returned, one has not. His fate and its effect
on his family challenges us to consider the destructive powers of greed and
deceit when a devastating secret is revealed, setting the characters on an
explosive journey toward the truth.
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Gripping Drama by Arthur Miller
Directed by Bob Robinson
January 7-10 & 14-17
World War II is over. One son has returned, one has not. His fate and its effect
on his family challenges us to consider the destructive powers of greed and
deceit when a devastating secret is revealed, setting the characters on an
explosive journey toward the truth.
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Dramedy adapted by Dale Wasserman from Ken Kesey's Novel
Directed by Diane Cooke and Liz Cooke
February 11-14 & 18-21
A charming rogue finagles a short sentence in an airy mental institution to avoid a term in prison. He leads other "quirky" inmates in a revolt for TV privileges and clashes with a formidable head nurse. Consequences follow.
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Thriller by Frederick Knott
Directed by Rita Deibler
March 31-April 3 & 7-10, 2016
This masterfully constructed play moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath-stopping final scene. This tense thriller features a blind woman trapped in her apartment, terrorized by a trio of thugs.
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RENT
Musical by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Kelly Stuible-Clark
Music Direction by Nicole Martin
June 2-5 & 9-12, 2016
This Tony and Pulitzer Award winning rock musical opened 20 years ago and changed the face of Broadway. Experience a year in the lives of a group of NYC friends facing disease, success, troubled relationships heartbreak and selling out - as the new millennium looms.
TICKETS ON SALE MAY 3.
Musical by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Kelly Stuible-Clark
Music Direction by Nicole Martin
June 2-5 & 9-12, 2016
This Tony and Pulitzer Award winning rock musical opened 20 years ago and changed the face of Broadway. Experience a year in the lives of a group of NYC friends facing disease, success, troubled relationships heartbreak and selling out - as the new millennium looms.
TICKETS ON SALE MAY 3.
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Comedy by Roger Rochowiak
Directed by Bob Robinson
Presented at the Renegade Theatre Festival - August 13-15
Laughs abound when two rival sun-tan-product salesmen are forced to share a hotel room only to find out they have to pitch their products at a nudist camp. Add a sexy representative from the camp and one crazy hotel employee. It's pure fun!
Drama/Comedy by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Michael Hays
October 2-4 & 9-11
A son returns home to reveal he has written a play. As the story unfolds, we find that the story and characters of the play he's written are far too close-to-home for the other members of the real-life family.
Drama by Deborah Brevoort
Directed by Amy Rickett
March 4-6 &11-13
Roaming the Scottish hills looking for her son’s remains lost in the Pan Am 103 crash, a New Jersey mother meets the women of Lockerbie, fighting the U.S.government to obtain the clothing of the dead. Determined to convert an act of hatred into an act of love, they want to wash the clothes and return them to the victims’ families.
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Comedy by Christopher Durang
Directed by Michael Schacherbauer
May 13-15 & 20-22
Bruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence’s macho therapist urges her to be more assertive while Bruce’s wacky female therapist wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad... but Bruce’s male lover is not pleased. Offbeat humor in typical Durang fashion.
Directed by Michael Schacherbauer
May 13-15 & 20-22
Bruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence’s macho therapist urges her to be more assertive while Bruce’s wacky female therapist wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad... but Bruce’s male lover is not pleased. Offbeat humor in typical Durang fashion.
