PICASSO AT THE LAPINE AGILE (by Steve Martin) Nov 7th -22nd
Steve Martin’s long-running off-Broadway comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian café in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects, as well as other fanciful topics, with infectious dizziness. Bystanders, including Picasso’s agent, the bartender and his mistress, Picasso’s date, an elderly philosopher, and Charles Dabernow Schmendiman, and idiot inventor, introduced additional flourishes of humor. The final charismatic dark-haired singer, time-warped in from a later era.
THE SPITFIRE GRILL (Based on a film by Lee Donald Zlotoff) Jan 9th-24th
A troubled young parolee yearning for a fresh start follows her dreams to Wisconsin, based on a page from an old travel book, only to find a small town with a gritty heart aching with longing and regret. Unexpectedly discovering the healing power of community while working at the Spitfire Grill, Percy reawakens the entire town’s capacity for rebirth, forgiveness and hope. Set to a melodic folk-inspired score, THE SPITFIRE GRILL is a joyous celebration of human kindness.
A SHAYNA MAIDEL (by Barbara Lebow ) Mar 6th -21st
In the stylish Manhattan apartment of Rose Weiss, it is 1948. Born in Poland, Rose, now in her 20s, came to the US with her father Mordechai at the age of four (4), and is now completely “Americanized.” The plan had been for Rose’s mother and sister to join them, but the sister became ill, and mother stayed on to care for her. Soon, the rise of the Nazis cut off their escape. Their ordeal in the concentration camp, where only the sister survived, has brought guilt to the aging Mordechai along with mixed feelings as he awaits the arrival of his elder daughter Lusia who has at last, found her way to America. With her halting English and old world ways, Lusia is a striking contrast to Rose, who is uneasy about her sister’s presence and fearful it will threaten her own independence. Concerned that she may never be reunited with her young husband, Lusia embraces a seers of memories and fantasies which make real the joys and horrors of her life before the war. When Mordechai gives Rose a letter for her mother- left many years earlier with a non-Jewish Polish friend-a “proof” of family is somehow restored, with renewed hope of a better future that may arise from the bitter ashes of a troubled past.
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields) May 1st- 16th
Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, THE MURDER AT HAVERSHAM MANOR, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920's whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show- an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all consequences!!! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Oliver Award-winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laugher!!!
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