Unnecessary Farce

Cast List

September 10th -25th

Two Cops. Three Crooks. Eight Doors. Go.

A new play By Paul Slade Smith

The setting is two adjoining rooms in an economy motel.  It is early morning.  Two inexperienced police officers, Eric Sheridan and Billie Dwyer, have been sent to videotape a meeting between the local Mayor and the town’s accountant, with the aim of uncovering an embezzlement scheme.  But the day is not starting off well.

The Mayor is accompanied by Agent Frank – the head of Town Hall security – an impressively nervous man who warns the officers that anyone who dares to try to find the missing money will incur the wrath of a local mafia called the Scottish Clan.  Agent Frank speaks with particular fear of a man named Todd – “the Highland hit man” – a formidable villain, who always dons a kilt and plays the bagpipes before making a kill.

Will the embezzled money be recovered?  Can Billie be saved before Todd plays the bagpipes?  Will Eric and Karen get to have sex?  And can the cops manage to capture the crooks without resorting to… Unnecessary Farce?

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Chicago

October 15-31

Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse

Music by John Kander

Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins

In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap…until he finds out he’s been duped and turns against Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the “American Dream”: fame, fortune and acquittal. This sharp edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse.

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Oliver

December 3-19th

Music, Lyrics and Book by Lionel Bart

Licensed By Arrangement with Oliver Productions, Ltd.  and Oliver Promotions, Ltd.

The classic Dickens’s tale of Oliver Twist is transformed by Lionel Bart into a wonderful musical full of comedy, drama, history, villains and Oom Pah Pah. The show tells the story of an orphan, Oliver, who ends up on the streets of Victorian London. Oliver! is loosely based on Charles Dickens’ 1838 novel Oliver Twist. The show has created many classic songs, including, Oom Pah Pah, You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two, As Long As He Needs Me, It’s a Fine Life, Food Glorious Good and Reviewing The Situation.

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

January 14-30

Music and Lyrics by David Nehls

Book by Betsy Kelso

There’s a new tenant at Armadillo Acres—and she’s wreaking havoc all over Florida’s most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Phil–loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband—the storms begin to brew.

Holes

March 4th- 19th

By: Louis Sachar

Based on the award-winning children’s novel by Louis Sachar — which was also made into a hit Disney film — Holes tells the story of Stanley, a teenager whose family is cursed with bad luck, and who is assigned to a detention camp for a crime he didn’t commit. There, Stanley spends all day, every day, digging holes — until he starts digging up clues to a bigger mystery.

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April 29th- May 22nd

Book by  John Caird
Music by  Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics by  Stephen Schwartz
Based on a concept by Charles Lisanby

From Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell” and “Pippin”) and John Caird of “Les Miserables” comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith… not to mention centuries of unresolved family business!

Freely based on the story of Genesis, “Children Of Eden” is a frank, heartfelt and often humorous examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. Adam, Eve, Noah and the “Father” who created them deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet but inspiring message: that “the hardest part of love… is letting go.”