This year's Drama Season revolves around the theme “The Power of Storytelling.” The line-up includes:
US Fall Musical: Chicago, High School Edition
by Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse, John Kander, and Maurine Dallas Watkins
Presented with permission from Samuel French, Inc.
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 on 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.
Thursday, November 14, at 5:30 PM
Friday, November 15, at 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 16 at 7:00PM
Auditions: September 4-6
US Winter Play: Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood
by Adam Symkowicz
Presented with permission from Samuel French, Inc.
A gender-bending, patriarchy-smashing, hilarious new take on the classic tale. Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise, and leads a motley group of Merry Men (few of whom are actually men) against the greedy Prince John. As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin? What is the cost of revealing your true self in a time of trouble? Modern concerns and romantic entanglements clash on the battlefield and on the ramparts of Nottingham Castle. A play about selfishness and selflessness and love deferred and the fight. Always the fight. The fight must go on.
Thursday, March 5, at 5:30 PM
Friday, March 6, at 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 7, at 2:00 PM
Auditions: January 7-8
MS Musical: The Phantom Tollbooth, Jr.
by Arnold Black, Norton Juster, and Sheldon Harnick
Presented with permission from Music Theatre International
Based on the venerated children's book by Norton Juster, a young boy's magical journey proves that life is the greatest adventure of all. Even surrounded by dozens of toys, Milo is bored. Nothing interests him at all... until he takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth. Transported to the Land of Wisdom, Milo is thrust into adventure when Princesses Rhyme and Reason need rescuing in order to bring peace between two kings.
Friday-Saturday, May 15-16, at 7:00 PM
Sunday, May 17, at 2:00 PM
Auditions: March 10-12