23nd Season, 2007 – 2008
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
By Bert V. Royal
Sept. 14 – Oct. 6, 2007
Directed by Chad Henderson
When Charlie Brown’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that’s both haunting and hopeful.
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Bug
By Tracy Letts
Oct. 26 – Nov. 17, 2007
Directed by Christian Thee
The love in Bug should not be tried at home. Bug is an oddball, romantic, drama that descends into comic horror. A patchwork of paranoia, drugs and bugs, of the plausible and the absurd. “Simultaneously ridiculous and emotionally foreign, Bug is funny and thrilling. A gonzo kind of tragedy you can laugh at.” Boston Globe
The Thing About Men
Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music by Jimmy Roberts
Dec. 14 -16, 2007; Jan. 10 – 26, 2008
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
In this hilarious musical comedy Tom is cheating on his wife Lucy (with several women). Lucy is cheating on her husband Tom (with Sebastian). Tom moves out on Lucy and, in disguise, moves in with Sebastian. These are the circumstances that set the mood of hilarious intrigue in this often moving but always light hearted musical about men.
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Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters First 100 Years
By Emily Mann, adapted from the book Having Our Say by Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, based on the lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany
Feb. 15 – March 8, 2008
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Having Our Say opens as 103-year-old Sadie Delany and 101-year-old Bessie Delany welcome us into their Mount Vernon, New York, home. As they prepare a celebratory dinner in remembrance of their father's birthday, they take us on a remarkable journey through the last hundred years of our nation's history, recounting a fascinating series of events and anecdotes drawn from their rich family history and careers as pioneering African-American professionals. Their story is not simply African-American history or women's history. It is our history, told through the eyes of two unforgettable women as they look not only into the past, but also ahead into the twenty-first century.
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Rabbit Hole
By David Lindsay-Abaire
March 28 – April 19, 2008
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.
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Southern Baptist Sissies
By Del Shores
May 9 – 31, 2008
Directed by Chad Henderson
“Daring, heroic, no-holds barred hilarious.” LA Times.
A searing tragic-comedy about the challenges of young men fighting for self esteem and happiness in the Bible Belt.
“Wrenching as it is hilarious.” Dallas Morning News
Reefer Madness, The Musical
Book by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Music by Dan Studney
Lyrics by Kevin Murphy
June 20 – July 26, 2008
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
You won’t be able to resist the spoofy fun of Reefer Madness. Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.
Playwrights’ Festival Winner
Better Angels
By Wayne Peter Liebman
August 15 – 23, 2008
Directed by Larry McMullen
See a side of Abraham Lincoln that you have never seen before.
