2009 Production Dates

SPRING SHOW

CAMP PARADISE
May 1-2,2009

by Rob Frankel

It's called Camp Paradise and no wonder---it's a fine arts, a computer, and a nature camp all rolled into one! Join the artisitc, the scientific, and the plain 'ol back to nature fun-tistic types for a unique summer in the deep woods. Twenty-one different scenes ranging from campfire ghost stories to the first summer love to midnight raids (we're talking way beyond short-sheeting here!). All the feelings that summer camp can generate--from homesickness to hilarity to wild achievement at reaching a goal--can be found at Camp Paradise. Even parents may recognize themsleves in the awkward "Visiting Day" scene. And just like real camp, this play ends with a feeling of camaraderie as the cast sits around a campfire singing a beautiful almost bittersweet guitar song called, "Flying Away".

SUMMER SHOW
PAPA WAS A PREACHER

August 14-15, 2009
Comedy. By John McGreevey. Based on the book by Alyene Porter.

Set in the 1920's
For the minister's family, growing up has tribulations that most children escape. They can't roller skate in public because some of the parishioners object. The boys cannot protect their cotton patch from a gang of "toughs" because their father opposes fighting. The daughters of the richest parishioners try to make the preacher's sons date them (or else!). The troublemaker, Miss Jonas, even objects to Alyene reciting poems by Shakespeare. Weaving through all this is a delightful boy/girl complication in which two brothers want to date the same girl while their sister is being courted by a would-be musician.

FALL SHOW--December 11-12