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Presenting Our 2008-2009 Season
Inherit the Wind
by Jerome Lawrence
& Robert E. Lee
Rabbit Hole
By David Lindsay-Abaire
2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Brooklyn Boy
by Donald Margulies
AIDA
by
Elton John & Tim Rice
Bat Boy
Story and Book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe
This 2005 comedy-drama, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner With Friends, follows a suddenly celebrated writer whose best-selling novel is being primed for Hollywood at the same time his life begins to unravel.
A funny and emotionally rich look at family, friends and fame, and what it means to find your way home again.
Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA is a contemporary musical take on the grand classic tale of the love between a soldier and an enslaved princess – a love that condemns them to death, but ultimately transcends the vast cultural differences between the two warring nations, heralding an unprecedented time of peace and prosperity. With a pop-rock score that features stirring ballads and rousing choral numbers, Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA is a modern crowd pleaser that embraces multi-cultural casting and exuberant dancing, staging and singing.
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. This beautifully written emotional examination of grief, generously laced with wit and compassion, 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.
Based on a story in The Weekly World News, this musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia sends up not only tabloid news but the musical theater itself. This sci-fi farce was a 2001 off-Broadway hit, winning the Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards with its mix of clever lyrics, musical styles, and satire.
A classic American drama inspired by the infamous 1925 Scopes ”Monkey Trial” involving a Tennessee science teacher charged with breaking state law by teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. In a small Southern town, two great minds of the day join in courtroom battle over religious and intellectual freedom of expression, central issues that continue to resonate today.
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