MOVING DRAMA by Bernard Pomerance
Directed by Amy Rickett
March 14-17, 21-24
A horribly deformed man, who has traveled in freak shows, is found abandoned and admitted to a prestigious London hospital. A young doctor, educates him and introduces him to London society, where he changes from an object of pity to an urbane, witty favorite of the aristocracy. Can he become a man like any other?
Directed by Amy Rickett
March 14-17, 21-24
A horribly deformed man, who has traveled in freak shows, is found abandoned and admitted to a prestigious London hospital. A young doctor, educates him and introduces him to London society, where he changes from an object of pity to an urbane, witty favorite of the aristocracy. Can he become a man like any other?
BLACK COMEDY by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Heath Sartorius
March 28-31, April 4-7
A mysterious man has been searching for his left hand for decades. He threatens a couple trying to rip him off, claiming to be in possession of his long-ago severed appendage. An eccentric hotel clerk both helps and hinders the situation.
Directed by Heath Sartorius
March 28-31, April 4-7
A mysterious man has been searching for his left hand for decades. He threatens a couple trying to rip him off, claiming to be in possession of his long-ago severed appendage. An eccentric hotel clerk both helps and hinders the situation.
FAMILY MUSICAL by L. Frank Baum
April 26-28, May 3-5
Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Based on the classic motion picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
Celebrate the 30th anniversaries of both Riverwalk Theatre and All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre with this family favorite! A cast of both adults and children will bring the classic story to life. Transported by cyclone to the Land of Oz, Dorothy encounters both a good witch and a bad witch, and sets off on the yellow brick road in hopes that the Wizard can help her find her way home. Along the way, she collects the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion who join her in pursuit of a brain, a heart, and courage. Bring the whole family to this musical extravaganza which Buy Tickets includes such favorite songs as We’re Off To See the Wizard, Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead, and the immortal classic, Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
April 26-28, May 3-5
Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Based on the classic motion picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
Celebrate the 30th anniversaries of both Riverwalk Theatre and All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre with this family favorite! A cast of both adults and children will bring the classic story to life. Transported by cyclone to the Land of Oz, Dorothy encounters both a good witch and a bad witch, and sets off on the yellow brick road in hopes that the Wizard can help her find her way home. Along the way, she collects the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion who join her in pursuit of a brain, a heart, and courage. Bring the whole family to this musical extravaganza which Buy Tickets includes such favorite songs as We’re Off To See the Wizard, Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead, and the immortal classic, Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
INTRIGUING DEBATE by Mark St. Germain
Directed by Rob Roznowski
May 9-12, 16-19
Legendary psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud invites young, rising Oxford Don C.S. Lewis to his home in London. As England enters WW II, Freud and Lewis clash about love, sex, the existence of God, and the meaning of life, just weeks before Freud took his own. This deeply troubling play explores the minds, hearts and souls of two brilliant men.
Directed by Rob Roznowski
May 9-12, 16-19
Legendary psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud invites young, rising Oxford Don C.S. Lewis to his home in London. As England enters WW II, Freud and Lewis clash about love, sex, the existence of God, and the meaning of life, just weeks before Freud took his own. This deeply troubling play explores the minds, hearts and souls of two brilliant men.
MUSICAL COMEDY by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
Directed by Sarah Hayner, Music direction by Angie Schwab
June 6-9, 13-16
In 1962 Baltimore, chubby teen Tracy Turnblad realizes her dream to dance on the Corny Collins TV dance program -then becomes an overnight celebrity and launches a campaign to integrate the show. A comedy with a conscience, Hairspray sings and dances its way through the injustices of American society with early 60’s style rock ’n’ roll and downtown rhythm and blues.
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
Directed by Sarah Hayner, Music direction by Angie Schwab
June 6-9, 13-16
In 1962 Baltimore, chubby teen Tracy Turnblad realizes her dream to dance on the Corny Collins TV dance program -then becomes an overnight celebrity and launches a campaign to integrate the show. A comedy with a conscience, Hairspray sings and dances its way through the injustices of American society with early 60’s style rock ’n’ roll and downtown rhythm and blues.
FAMILY MUSICAL
Adapted by author Matthew Holmes from the book by Sir Terry Pratchett
Directed by Sadonna Croff with Music Director Katherine Wilson
July 26-29
Maurice is an amazing cat. He can think, he can talk... and he has an amazing scam going with his gang of intelligent rats and one stupid-looking kid. When they arrive in Bad Blintz, all is not as it should be. What are those resident rat-catchers up to?
Adapted by author Matthew Holmes from the book by Sir Terry Pratchett
Directed by Sadonna Croff with Music Director Katherine Wilson
July 26-29
Maurice is an amazing cat. He can think, he can talk... and he has an amazing scam going with his gang of intelligent rats and one stupid-looking kid. When they arrive in Bad Blintz, all is not as it should be. What are those resident rat-catchers up to?
Written by Cary Pepper
Directed by Bob Robinson
August 16-18 - Renegade Theatre Festival
Independent candidate Malcolm Wilkes is trailing the incumbent by only 80%. No one’s ever done this well before. This fact brings a major party’s representative to Malcolm’s sparse headquarters with an offer of “help.” But Malcolm has sworn never to take party support. What does he do now?
Directed by Bob Robinson
August 16-18 - Renegade Theatre Festival
Independent candidate Malcolm Wilkes is trailing the incumbent by only 80%. No one’s ever done this well before. This fact brings a major party’s representative to Malcolm’s sparse headquarters with an offer of “help.” But Malcolm has sworn never to take party support. What does he do now?
MUSICAL DRAMA
Book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, music by Frank Wildhorn,
Directed by Tom Ferris
Music direction by John Dale Smith, Choreography by Fran Ludington
September 6-9, 13-16
The epic struggle between good and evil comes to life in this thriller based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale. Rebuffed by the powers that be, Dr. Jekyll experiments on himself, inadvertently unleashing pure evil - Mr. Hyde. Jekyll is torn between the love of two women as he races to find a cure for the demon he has created.
Book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, music by Frank Wildhorn,
Directed by Tom Ferris
Music direction by John Dale Smith, Choreography by Fran Ludington
September 6-9, 13-16
The epic struggle between good and evil comes to life in this thriller based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale. Rebuffed by the powers that be, Dr. Jekyll experiments on himself, inadvertently unleashing pure evil - Mr. Hyde. Jekyll is torn between the love of two women as he races to find a cure for the demon he has created.
HISTORIC DRAMA by Melanie Marnich
Directed by Susan Chmurynsky
September 27-30, October 4-7
Based on the true story of the young women who painted the dials of watches and clocks and died because of their exposure to radium, this story transcends their struggle to survive. They refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits – or endanger the lives of those who came after them.
Directed by Susan Chmurynsky
September 27-30, October 4-7
Based on the true story of the young women who painted the dials of watches and clocks and died because of their exposure to radium, this story transcends their struggle to survive. They refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits – or endanger the lives of those who came after them.
AFRICAN AMERICAN DRAMA by August Wilson
Directed by Vanessa Cunningham Sanders
October 18-21, 25-28
Set in 1977 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh served by a makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a meaningful addition to the author’s decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the 20th century. Experience this self-contained microcosm, shaped by privation, obstruction and a make-do resourcefulness.
Directed by Vanessa Cunningham Sanders
October 18-21, 25-28
Set in 1977 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh served by a makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a meaningful addition to the author’s decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the 20th century. Experience this self-contained microcosm, shaped by privation, obstruction and a make-do resourcefulness.
COMEDY FARCE by Michael Frayn
Directed by Michael Hays
Nov. 29-Dec. 2, Dec 6-9
This beloved backstage farce is a comedy about putting on a comedy - which devolves into a festival of mishaps as the motley cast of characters attempts to stage the play-within-the-play: Nothing On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and stray sardines all figure in the plot of this classic.
Directed by Michael Hays
Nov. 29-Dec. 2, Dec 6-9
This beloved backstage farce is a comedy about putting on a comedy - which devolves into a festival of mishaps as the motley cast of characters attempts to stage the play-within-the-play: Nothing On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and stray sardines all figure in the plot of this classic.
FAMILY MUSICAL by Richard and Robert Sherman
Adapted by Jeremy Sams and Ray Roderick
Directed by Brian Farnham, Music director Angie Schwab
Jan. 24-27, Jan. 31-Feb 3
Based on the beloved 1968 film version of Ian Fleming’s children’s book, this musical comedy adventure follows the Potts family and their fantasmagorical flying car on a journey of self-discovery and intrigue. In outwitting such characters as the Baron Bomburst and his fiendish Child Catcher, this family learns that “teamwork can make a dream work”!
Adapted by Jeremy Sams and Ray Roderick
Directed by Brian Farnham, Music director Angie Schwab
Jan. 24-27, Jan. 31-Feb 3
Based on the beloved 1968 film version of Ian Fleming’s children’s book, this musical comedy adventure follows the Potts family and their fantasmagorical flying car on a journey of self-discovery and intrigue. In outwitting such characters as the Baron Bomburst and his fiendish Child Catcher, this family learns that “teamwork can make a dream work”!
PLAYS ABOUT CONNECTING by David Riedy, Craig Pospisil,
Anthony Pennino, Renee Flemings and Stephen O’Rourke
Directed by Doak Bloss
February 14-17, 21-24
Characters in each short play are confined inside a subway car, a metaphor for the transience of human connection. Life moves constantly forward, connections are made and broken. Can a permanent connection ever be realized? Alternately hilarious and deeply human, these plays hum with relentless energy.
Anthony Pennino, Renee Flemings and Stephen O’Rourke
Directed by Doak Bloss
February 14-17, 21-24
Characters in each short play are confined inside a subway car, a metaphor for the transience of human connection. Life moves constantly forward, connections are made and broken. Can a permanent connection ever be realized? Alternately hilarious and deeply human, these plays hum with relentless energy.
