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	Feb 19 - Mar 20



Mar 5 - April 3	Apr 23 - May 22	Jun 4 - 26



Jul 9 - Aug 7	Jul 30 - Aug 28	Sep 10 - Oct 2



Oct 15 - Nov 13	Nov 26 - Dec 18	Nov 26 - Dec 18

February 19 - March 20

on the

Rendezvous Stage

(In the Round)

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

The Graduate
A Play Adapted by Terry Johnson

Based on the Novel by Charles Webb

And the motion picture screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" The infamous phrase from the great American classic film. Based on the movie adapted by Terry Johnson adapted from the novel by Charles Webb. It's the summer of 1965, golden boy and very recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home to the lap of California luxury with a serious case of the now-what-do-I-do-with-my-life blues. Benjamin needs to "find himself" -- but finds himself becoming, instead, a bedtime boy-toy for the ruthless Mrs. Robinson. It's an affair that gives riotous and racy new meaning to May-December romance -- until Benjamin meets Elaine. Smart, pretty, 20 year-old Elaine, Ben's soul-mate, Ben's Juliet, Ben's dream come true -- and Mrs. Robinson's daughter.

For Mature Audiences Only

March 5 - April 3

on the

Cabaret Stage

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

Noises Off

By Michael Frayn

Called the funniest farce ever written, NOISES OFF returned to Broadway with Patti LuPone and Peter Gallagher and a manic menagerie that sent reviewers searching for new accolades as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called NOTHING'S ON.

The show delights in exposing the onstage, offstage and backstage tomfoolery of a traveling troupe of hapless British actors. During their ill-fated touring production of the fictitious farce Nothing On, these antic actors try (and spectacularly fail) to cope with slamming doors, fooling around, backstage drinking, and, of course, plates upon plates of sardines. Everything that can go wrong does, as actors desperately fumble to hang on to their lines, their performances and the furniture. Critically hailed as "the funniest farce ever, "NOISES OFF is an unrivalled delight for anyone who thinks that falling down is funny, that underwear is outerwear & that theater is a metaphor for life itself. “The funniest farce ever written.” - New York Post

The 1992 movie had a star studded cast and starred Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Michael Caine & Christopher Reeves.

Rated PG-13 for some adult content

Youth Show

April 17 - May 1

on the

Rendezvous Stage

(Theatre in the Round)

To Be Announced shortly

April 23 - May 22

on the

Cabaret Stage

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

The Nerd

By Larry Shue

One of the funniest plays ever written, this extraordinarily inventive, side-splitting comedy was first presented by the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, then produced in Great Britain, then went on to Broadway. The action centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by a man he's never met but who saved his life in Vietnam—the visitor turning out to be an incredibly inept, hopelessly stupid "nerd" who outstays his welcome with a vengeance.

Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, "you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you"—so Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless "nerd"—a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence—a dire development which, happily, is staved off by the surprising "twist" ending of the play.

June 4 - June 26

on the

Rendezvous Stage

(Theatre in the Round)

The 25th Annual

Putnam County Spelling Bee

Music and Lyrics by William Finn

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The competition is intense. The words are hilarious. Let the spelling begin! The show centers around a fictional spelling bee in Putnam County, New York. The six kids face off in the battle of their lives. They compete against each other as well as members of the audience. Three adults help adjudicate the proceedings: a nostalgic former spelling bee winner, a mildly insane Vice Principal and the Official Comfort Counselor completing his community service to the state of New York. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

July 9 - August 7

on the

Rendezvous Stage

(Theatre in the Round)

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

Relatively Speaking

By Alan Ayckbourne

Greg and Ginny find themselves most compatible but she is determined to be off today, against his wishes. She insists she is going to see her parents. Well, Greg just bets he beats her to that address, and he does so. The "parents" do not at first understand him correctly; for Ginny's parents are really in Australia, and she has come not to visit parents but to tell her former employer and lover that all is over between them: she is going to marry Greg. The "father" finds himself trapped between the two women, and has to play the role of father. But he does not give up easily. He makes a deal with Greg to take his daughter on a tour of the continent as a wedding present. It is at this point that "mother" is given the old pair of slippers left under Ginny's bed by her "father," and begins to put two and two together. After the lovers leave and the "parents" are again alone, "father" discovers the slippers, staunchly declares they are not his, and begins to inquire what his wife is doing with the slippers of another man. But this is one secret "mother" will not divulge. A British hit, with reviews describing it as "deliciously heady," "a near miracle," and provoking "the proverbial gales of laughter."

July 30 - August 28

on the

Cabaret Stage

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

Love, Sex and the IRS

By William Van Zandt & Jane Milmore

Try to cheat the IRS and look what happens! Here is a wild farce with twists of fate, sight gags, mistaken identities and hilarious comic lines. Jon Trachtman and Leslie Arthur are out of work musicians who room together in New York City. To save money, Jon has been filing tax returns listing the pair as a married couple. The day of reckoning comes when the Internal Revenue Service informs the "couple" they're going to be investigated by a Mr. Spinner. Leslie masquerades as a housewife, aided by Jon's fiancée, Kate. Complicating matters further Leslie and Kate are having an affair behind Jon's back, Jon's mother drops in unexpectedly to meet her son's fiancée, and Leslie's ex girlfriend shows up demanding to know why Leslie has changed and won't see her anymore. This show is sure to make you laugh!

Sep 10 - Oct 2

on the

Rendezvous Stage

(Theatre in the Round)

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

Into The Woods

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by James Lapine

An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A Witch...who raps? They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone's wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of "The Princess Bride" becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.

Youth Show

October 9 - 23

on the

Cabaret Stage

To Be Announced shortly

Oct 15 - Nov 13

on the

Rendezvous Stage

(In the Round)

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

Amadeus

By Peter Shaffer

Are we going to appall you with something confidential and disgusting, because that is what you like? Unconfessed crimes and buried wickedness. If that is what brings you to us, the prospect of hearing horrors, you shall not go unrewarded. What a story. What a scandal. What a comedy. What a tragedy. He is divinely inspired. He is arrogant, vulgar, and obscene. He creates music for the gods. He is passionate. He burns with fire. He is an angel. He is a devil. Amadeus. The man. The music. The magic. The madness. The murder. The mystery. It’s all true. Winner of a Tony Award for Best Play, the Academy Award for Best Film, and triumphant in recent revivals in the West End and on Broadway, this provocative work weaves a confrontation between mediocrity and genius into a tale of breathtaking dramatic power. In the court of the Austrian Emperor Josef, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realize his sole ambition to be a great composer. Mozart is a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who has that which is beyond Salieri's envious grasp: Genius.

For Mature Audiences Only

Nov 26 - Dec 18

on the

Rendezvous Stage

(In the Round)

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

Christmas Belles

By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator.

It's Christmas-time in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and the Futrelle Sisters—Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye—are not exactly in a festive mood. A cranky Frankie is weeks overdue with her second set of twins. Twink, recently jilted and bitter about it, is in jail for inadvertently burning down half the town. And hot-flash-suffering Honey Raye is desperately trying to keep the Tabernacle of the Lamb’s Christmas Program from spiraling into chaos. But things are not looking too promising: Miss Geneva, the ousted director of the previous twenty-seven productions, is ruthless in her attempts to take over the show. The celebrity guest Santa Claus — played by Frankie’s long-suffering husband, Dub — is passing a kidney stone. One of the shepherds refuses to watch over his flock by night without pulling his little red wagon behind him. And the entire cast is dropping like flies due to food poisoning from the Band Boosters’ Pancake Supper. And when Frankie lets slip a family secret that has been carefully guarded for decades, all hope for a successful Christmas pro-gram seems lost, even with an Elvis impersonator at the manger. But in true Futrelle fashion, the feuding sisters find a way to pull together in order to present a Christmas program the citizens of Fayro will never forget. Their hilarious holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world!

Nov 26 - Dec 18

on the

Cabaret Stage

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sundays at 3 PM

A Christmas Carol

One Man Show

For six years The Rosewater Theatre has brought this classic Charles Dickens' tale to the stage. This year we present this holiday ghost story with an amazing twist — one actor plays all the roles in this powerful tale of hope & compassion! From Scrooge to Tiny Tim, in this magical and imaginative re-telling of the holiday classic! Complete with numerous costume changes, special effects and traditional Celtic Christmas tunes. Great fun for the whole family!

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