2012-2013 Season

END DAYS

By Deborah Zoe Laufer

End Days received the 2008 American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg
citation. Sixteen year old Rachel Stein is having a bad year. Her father hasn't
changed out of his pajamas since 9/11. Her mother has begun a close, personal
relationship with Jesus. Her new neighbor, a sixteen-year-old Elvis impersonator,
has fallen for her hard. And the Apocalypse is coming Wednesday. Her only
hope is that Stephen Hawking will save them all.
Sept. 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, 2012 at 8pm - Sept. 23 at 3 pm

A PIECE OF MY HEART

By Shirley Lauro

This is a powerful, true drama of six women who went to Vietnam: five nurses
and a country western singer booked by an unscrupulous agent to entertain the
troops. The play portrays each young woman before, during, and after her tour
in the war-torn nation and ends as each leaves a personal token at the memorial
wall in Washington.
Jan. 18-19, 25-26, Feb. 1-2, 2013 at 8 pm - Jan 27 at 3 pm

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN,
CHARLIE BROWN

Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner

A program note says that the time of the action is "an average day in the life
of Charlie Brown." It really is just that, a day made up of little moments picked
from all the days of Charlie Brown, from Valentine's Day to the baseball season,
from wild optimism to utter despair, all mixed in with the lives of his friends (both
human and non-human) and strung together on the string of a single day, from
bright uncertain morning to hopeful starlit evening.
Mar. 15-16, 22-23, 29-30, 2013 at 8 pm - Mar 17 at 3 pm

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST

By William Shakespeare

Ferdinand, King of Navarre, opens the play by declaring that his court will
be devoted to ascetic study for three years—and, to keep the distractions to
a minimum, no women will be allowed within a mile of the court. Berowne,
Longaville, and Dumaine agree to devote themselves with the King (although
Berowne expresses reservations about the venture and its chances for success).
Berowne also points out that the king has forgotten an embassy that very day
with the Princess of France.
April 26-27, May 3-4, 10-11, 2013 at 8 pm - May 5 at 3 pm

LEAVING IOWA

By Spike Manton and Tim Clue

Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, returns home and decides to finally
take his father's ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when
Don discovers Grandma's house is now a grocery store, he begins
traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father.
This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don's
memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. Don's
existential journey leads him to reconcile his past and present at the center
of the United States. Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever
found himself or herself driving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories
of his or her youth.
June 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, 2013 at 8 pm June 23 at 3 pm