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2009 Summer Theatre Schedule

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

June 25 *, 26, 27, July 1**, 2, 3

This zany musical follows the mad-cap adventures of chorus girl Lorelei Lee, a role made famous on Broadway by Carol Channing in 1949 and on screen by Marilyn Monroe. Set in the roaring '20s, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes tells the story of a fun-loving and hedonistic gold-digger Lorelei Lee and her sail aboard the Ile de France to Paris with her chum Dorothy Shaw. The score is packed with lively, chipper melodies neatly evoking the fancy-free age of the late twenties with tuneful melodies that include "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", “I'm Just a Little Girl From Little Rock,” “Bye Bye Baby” and of course, "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend."

 

Presented with the generous support of:

 

Leading Ladies

July 9 *, 10, 11, July 15**,16, 17, 18

In this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, Meg, who's engaged to the local minister. Meg knows that there's a wide world out there, but it's not until she meets "Maxine and Stephanie" that she finally gets a taste of it.

Presented with the generous support of:

 

Hair

July 23*, 24, 25, 29**, 30 , 31, August 1

Puts rock music and the culture that went with it on stage. It may be your generation or you may consider it retro…but the energy and impact are timeless. The show has a strong effect on everyone, and acts as a bridge between generations and viewpoints. What looks like incredible chaos is actually organized chaos. Phenomenal musical numbers include “Aquarius,” “Good Morning Starshine,” ’”I Believe in Love,” ”Hair,” “I Got Life,” ”What a Piece of Work Is Man” and “Hippie Life.” This show which opened in 1967 has a vitality, a timelessness and a meaning that outlives the late 1960's and early 1970's in America.

(Adult themes - language, nudity, drug use, violent images)

Presented with the generous support of:

 

Integrative Health Institute

In Memory of Michael Bultinck

 

 

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

August 6 *, 7,   8, 12**, 13, 14, 15

This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as "the relationship." Act I explores the journey from dating and waiting to love and marriage, while Act II reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car and pick-up techniques of the geriatric set. This hilarious revue pays tribute to those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance, to those who have dared to ask, "Say, what are you doing Saturday night?"

 

Presented with the generous support of:

  Wal*Mart Distribution #6043

Wal*Mart Transportation #6843

*Matinees at 2 P.M. as well as evening performances at 8 P.M.

**Matinees only