"My name is Known God and King. I am most in majesty, in whom no beginning may be and no end." – thus declares the Voice of God at the beginning of Godspell, a 1970 musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. Based on a series of parables found in the Gospels of Matthew & […]
Flaming Idiots was a farce by Tom Rooney. It won the New American Comedy Festival award in 1992. Carl and Phil decide that the ladder to success at the post office is missing a few rungs. They know that big money is waiting for people with entrepreneurial spirit and sound business judgement. They have lots […]
Meshuggah-Nuns! found the Little Sisters of Hoboken on an all-expense paid trip on the “Faiths of All Nations” Cruise. When the cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” (with the exception of the guy playing Tevye) gets seasick (and nope, it wasn’t Sister Julia-Child of God this time), the ship’s captain asks the sisters and Tevye […]
This romantic comedy focuses on newlyweds, Corie and Paul, as they begin married life in a tiny 5th floor walkup apartment in a mid-Manhattan brownstone. Paul is a strait-laced attorney, Corie a far more spontaneous free spirit. The young couple must contend with a lack of heat, a skylight that leaks snow, several long flights […]
Greetings! by Tom Dudzick is a 5-character comedy about a young man who brings home his Jewish atheist fiancé to meet his very Catholic parents on Christmas Eve. With the inevitable family explosion comes an out-of-left-field miracle that propels the family into a wild exploration of love, religion, personal truth and the nature of earthly […]
At This Evening's Performance, by Nagel Jackson, was a farce set in a fictional Eastern European country in the days of Communist rule. In a provincial town, a rag-tag theatre company is performing some classic about ancient Romans. One of the actors in the company belongs to an underground resistance group, and he's arranged that […]
I Do! I Do! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on the Jan de Hartog play The Fourposter, the two-character story spans fifty years, from 1895 to 1945, as it focuses on the trials and tribulations, laughter and sorrows, and hopes and disappointments experienced […]
Fifties rock ’n’ roll star Curtis Jackson pays a surprise visit to the small town of Victor where he encounters a host of hilarious characters and madcap happenings: Alex Fenton, the all-state football hero who is kidnapped before the big game; Tillie Thompson, the empty-headed waitress of the local malt shop; Wilbur and Bertha, the […]
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming takes place in the sanctuary of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant North Carolina, located just west of Hickory near the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's a Saturday night, October 6, 1956, two months after VJ Day. The war is over and America’s years of prosperity were just beginning. […]
Radio T.B.S., written by Mark L. Smith, is a show about a group of 10 women and their tumultuous lives in Luna Del Mar Trailer Park, "Manufactured Home Living at its Finest." The story weaves through each woman's personal life and their opinions about the lives of those around them. Two residents, Dixie Mandrell and […]
In Corpse, by Gerald Moon, the audience is led to believe that identical twins are devoted to each other. They share the same personality and passions. They know what each other is thinking. But Evelyn, the permanently-resting actor loathes his twin, the wealthy tycoon Rupert. So he devises a fiendishly devious plot to get his […]
(Originally presented by the Depot Theater Company in 1996) The Nerd by Larry Shue is set in Terre Haute, Indiana in late 1979. This play presents the story of Willum Cubbert, an unassuming young architect, friends Tansy and Axel and unexpected houseguest Rick. During the course of the play, we learn that Rick had saved […]
