Main Stage Season
September/October 2009
Directed by Steve Perigard
A hilarious spoof of '60s beach movies. Imagine Gidget with a severe multiple personality disorder. Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities. Among them is a black checkout girl, an elderly radio talk show hostess, a male model named Steve and his accounting firm of Edelman and Edelman. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen named Ann Bowman who has nothing less than world domination on her mind. A fun and twisted comedy.
September 24-26 & October 1-3 at 7:30pm
September 27 & October 4 at 3:00pm
November 2009
Directed by Patti D'Beck
The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930's Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's best. The inimitable Thomas "Fats" Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin' new beat, Swing. Although not quite a biography, "Ain't Misbehavin'" evokes the delightful humor and infectious energy of this American original as a versatile cast struts, strums and sings the songs he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
November 5-7, 12-14 & 19-21 at 7:30pm
November 8, 15 & 22 at 3:00pm
February 2010
Directed by Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Adapted from the novel by John Steinbeck
Co-produced with The Barksdale Theatre, At Willow Lawn / Part of the Acts of Faith Festival
Winner of the Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, the story of the Joad family and their flight from the dust bowl of Oklahoma is familiar to all. Desperately proud, but reduced to poverty by the loss of their farm and the Great Depression, the Joads pile their few possessions on a battered old truck and head west for California, hoping to find work and a better life. The play stays true to Steinbeck's novel and remains a soaring and deeply moving affirmation of the indomitability of the human spirit. "A thrilling theatrical achievement that gets its power from the still sharp relevance of its human message..." - NY Post
Dates to be announced - Barksdale Willow Lawn
April 2010
A gorgeously tuneful and dramatic work this seminal rock opera tells the story of Tommy who is traumatized into catatonia after witnessing the murder of his mother's lover by his father. As the boy grows, he suffers abuse at the hands of his sadistic relatives and neighbors. As an adolescent, he's discovered to have an uncanny knack for playing pinball, and when his mother finally breaks through his catatonia, he becomes an international pinball superstar.
Winner of the 1993 Tony Award for Best Musical.
April 8 -10, 15 - 17 & 22 - 24 at 7:30pm, April 11, 18 & 25 at 3:00pm
High School Matinees: April 14, 20 & 21 at 10:00am
Psycho Beach Party
Written by Charles BuschDirected by Steve Perigard
A hilarious spoof of '60s beach movies. Imagine Gidget with a severe multiple personality disorder. Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities. Among them is a black checkout girl, an elderly radio talk show hostess, a male model named Steve and his accounting firm of Edelman and Edelman. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen named Ann Bowman who has nothing less than world domination on her mind. A fun and twisted comedy.
September 24-26 & October 1-3 at 7:30pm
September 27 & October 4 at 3:00pm
November 2009
Ain't Misbehavin
The Fats Waller Broadway MusicalDirected by Patti D'Beck
The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930's Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's best. The inimitable Thomas "Fats" Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin' new beat, Swing. Although not quite a biography, "Ain't Misbehavin'" evokes the delightful humor and infectious energy of this American original as a versatile cast struts, strums and sings the songs he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
November 5-7, 12-14 & 19-21 at 7:30pm
November 8, 15 & 22 at 3:00pm
February 2010
Grapes of Wrath
Written by Frank GalatiDirected by Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Adapted from the novel by John Steinbeck
Co-produced with The Barksdale Theatre, At Willow Lawn / Part of the Acts of Faith Festival
Winner of the Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, the story of the Joad family and their flight from the dust bowl of Oklahoma is familiar to all. Desperately proud, but reduced to poverty by the loss of their farm and the Great Depression, the Joads pile their few possessions on a battered old truck and head west for California, hoping to find work and a better life. The play stays true to Steinbeck's novel and remains a soaring and deeply moving affirmation of the indomitability of the human spirit. "A thrilling theatrical achievement that gets its power from the still sharp relevance of its human message..." - NY Post
Dates to be announced - Barksdale Willow Lawn
April 2010
The Who's Tommy
Directed by Barry BellA gorgeously tuneful and dramatic work this seminal rock opera tells the story of Tommy who is traumatized into catatonia after witnessing the murder of his mother's lover by his father. As the boy grows, he suffers abuse at the hands of his sadistic relatives and neighbors. As an adolescent, he's discovered to have an uncanny knack for playing pinball, and when his mother finally breaks through his catatonia, he becomes an international pinball superstar.
Winner of the 1993 Tony Award for Best Musical.
April 8 -10, 15 - 17 & 22 - 24 at 7:30pm, April 11, 18 & 25 at 3:00pm
High School Matinees: April 14, 20 & 21 at 10:00am