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Musicals
(not eligible for AFL awards)
The
Boyfriend
Theatre Group: · Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville Summer Showbiz
2008
Production Dates: June 19 through 29, with performances
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM,
and on Sundays at 2 PM
Location: Dunham Hall on the SIUE campus in Edwardsville,
Illinois
For more information call 618-650-2774 or visit
siue.edu/theatre
This is song-and-dance show about a finishing school
on the French Riviera in the Roaring Twenties.
Once
Upon A Mattress
Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall
Barer.
Music by Mary Rodgers.
Lyrics by Marshall Barer.
Directed and choreographed by Lynne Snyder, musical
direction by Gene Ditch
Theatre Group: Center Stage Theatre at St. Charles
Community College
Production Dates: July 29 - Aug2 at 7:30pm &
Aug 3 at 2pm
Location: St. Charles Community
College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, Cottleville,
MO 63376-2865
Tickets: 636-922-8050
Synopsis: A hilarious musical adaptation of the
familiar fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea, in
which Prince Dauntless is patiently waiting for
his true princess to appear, in spite of his overbearing
mother’s persistence to keep him single. Raucous
and romantic song and dance numbers are the highlight
of this rollicking spin on royal courtship and comeuppance.
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Meet
Me in St. Louis
Directed by Chris Reifsteck
Theatre Group: Archangel Players
Production Dates: July 18 - 19 at 7:30pm &
July 20 at 2pm
Tickets: Reserved seating is $10 for all ages.
General Admission seating is $7
for adults and $5 for children. Please call
our ticket / information
line at 314-832-2242 to order tickets.
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Auntie
Mame
A comedy by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Diana Enloe
Theatre Group: Alton Little Theater
Production Dates: May 9 - 18
Location: The Alton Little Theater Showplace.
Tickets: Please call 618-462-6562
Synopsis:
When Mame Dennis, a high-living Manhattan
bohemian, is appointed guardian of her orphaned
nephew Patrick, their lives are changed forever.
Always armed with a colorful dress and an acerbic
quip,
Auntie Mame teaches Patrick about life with
the same zest and enthusiasm with which she
tackles everything.
"Life is a banquet,
and most poor suckers are starving to death,"
says Theater’s most beloved aunt, whose
style
and will to survive has inspired generations.
Cast Includes: Lee Cox,
Gail Drillinger, Margie Barban, Debbie Maneke,
Donna Minard, Kate Minard,
Kim Haug, Shannon Stanton, Pat Hunsaker, Virginia
Stooker, Julius Militante, Brennan Haug, Mike
Crause,
Joe Laffler, Michael Cox, David Boase, Jaymie
Smith, Richard Hunsaker, Kerry Miller, Oliver
Bacus and
Rob Dettmers
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Move
Over Mrs. Markham
A Comedy by Ray Cooney and John Chapman
Directed by Liana Kopchak
Theatre Group: Alpha Players of Florissant
Production Dates: May 16-17, 23-25
Location: Florissant Civic Center Theatre,
Parker Road and Waterford Drive
Tickets: Please order single tickets through
the Florissant Civic Center Box Office
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Synopsis: To
Sylvie it's the "goose" that she learned
from Alistair, but to Philip, Joanna Markham's
husband, it's
a variety of geese, and fifteen years of marriage
is just about undone along with everything else
in this wild zany
free for all. Everything from Philip's business
deals with Bow Wow Books and Alistair's near
escape from Joanna's chiding seduction to the
naked G.P.O. girl and the specter of scandal
is hilarious. A lot of bedhopping occurs as
Sylvie winds up taking Alistair on "walkies"
and the amazing Mrs. Markham gets her man her
husband! It all
takes place in an elegant top floor London flat
in London.
Cast Includes:
Tonya L. Nix, Barry Thornell, Matt Anderson,
James Enstel, Jessica Vishy,
Carol Hodson, Kate Jensen, Randall Kopchak,
Ria Duplantier
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Sleeping
Beauty & the Beast
By Wade Bradford
Theatre Group: Afton Center Stage
Production Dates: May 23 at 7pm, May 24
at 2pm & 7pm
Location: Judith E. Rethwisch Auditorium,
Affton High School, 8309 Mackenzie Road
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Synopsis:
Looking for laughs and adventure in a
far away kingdom? Then look no further
than the hysterically astounding play
Sleeping Beauty & the Beast. Both
timely and timeless, this comedy follows
the quest of the
bumbling good-hearted Prince Charmless
as he attempts to save Princess Rose from
the wicked Faerie and
her sleep-induced curse. Along the way,
Prince Charmless befriends an adventurous
Puss “N” boots, a snarling
Snow White, the helpful Headless Horseman
and a lonely Beast. In the tradition of
Into the Woods and Shrek,
Sleeping Beauty & the Beast turns
fairy tales upside down and the result
is a lively, flat-out funny show
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Don't
Drink the Water
By Woody Allen
Directed by Kelly Shaw
Theatre Group: Monroe Actors Stage Company
Production Dates: June 13-15, 20-22
Location: Historic Capital Theatre, 202
S Main Street, Waterloo, IL 62298
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Tickets: (618)
939-7469 - tickets@masctheatre.org
Synopsis:
A cascade of comedy and a solid hit on Broadway,
this affair takes place inside an
American embassy behind the Iron Curtain. An
American tourist, a caterer by trade, and his
wife
and daughter rush into the embassy two steps
ahead of the police who suspect them of spying
and picture taking. It's not much of a
refuge for the ambassador is absent and his
son, now in charge,
has been expelled from a dozen countries and
the continent of Africa. Nevertheless,
they carefully
and frantically plot their escape, and the ambassador's
son and the caterer's daughter even have time
to fall in love
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June
Groom
By Rick Abbot
Directed by Ray Shea
Theatre Group: Theatre Guild of Webster
groves
Production Dates: June 20-21, 27-29
Location: TGWG, 517 Theatre Lane, Webster
Groves, 63119
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Synopsis:
It’s the 1960s. Dinah and Jordan
are newlyweds with a problem. Because
of an old promise,
they haven't consummated their marriage
yet. And they might never, with the arrival
of a nosy neighbor
and his wife, then Jordan’s aunt
and uncle, and then Dinah’s mother
and aunt. Fortunately, it’s a very
friendly apartment building. Mistaken
identities, notes on the fridge, a fake
wedding, and prussic acid all
combine for a hilarious evening in the
theatre.
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The
Miracle Worker
By William Gibson
Directed by Jim Hurley
Theatre Group: Clayton Community Theatre
Production Dates: July 18-August 3, 2008,
with Friday and Saturday evening
and Sunday matinee performances
Location: Washington University South
Campus Theater (old CBC High School)
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Tickets: “Walk
up” prices are $15 per ticket for adults,
$12 for seniors/students. Tickets may be reserved
through tickets@placeseveryone.org or 314/721-9CCT
starting three weeks prior to opening night
of each run.
Ticket reservations will be kept on a list at
the box office. CCT reserves the right to release
for general sale ticket reservations not claimed
15 minutes prior to curtain.
Synopsis:
The Miracle Worker opens with a doctor
assuring Captain Keller and his wife Kate that
their infant daughter, Helen, will recover from
a serious fever. Soon after the doctor leaves,
however,
Kate realizes that Helen is deaf and blind.
In the next scene, Helen is about six years
old. She is a wild,
undisciplined child. Though they try, her parents
are unable to help or control her. In desperation
they hire a young woman, Annie Sullivan. From
the moment Annie arrives, it is clear that she
and Helen will be gripped in a |
great struggle. But Helen is not the only problem
for Annie. Annie must also convince the Kellers,
especially
the Captain, that she, Annie, needs complete
control of Helen if she is to reach the child.
Annie is certain
that language is the key to gaining access to
Helen's mind, and the play tells the inspiring
story of her
successful efforts.
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All
I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
By Robert Fulghum Adapted by Ernest Zulia
Directed by Candice Stine
Theatre Group: ACT II Community Theatre
Production Dates: August 1-3, 8-10
Location: St. Peters Community and Arts
Center, St. Peters, MO 63376
Tickets:1-800-838-3006
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Synopsis: Based on Robert Fulghum's
best-selling books, All I Really Need to Know
I Learned in
Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming
look at what is profound in everyday life. It's
an evening
of theatrical storytelling in revue format,
with monologues, dialogues, and multiple voice
narration.
These stories celebrate our very existence,
from the whimsy of childhood to the wisdom of
old age.
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Cliffhanger
By James Yaffe
Directed by Candice Stine
Theatre Group: ACT II Community Theatre
Production Dates: Novemnber 7-9, 14-16
Location: St. Peters Community and Arts
Center, St. Peters, MO 63376
Tickets:1-800-838-3006
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Synopsis: Henry
Lowenthal, after a long tenure as professor
of philosophy, is looking forward to being
appointed to an endowed chair so he and his
wife can enjoy their golden years. Their plans
are given a jolt
which causes the usually gentle professor to
seize a bust of Socrates and strike his tormentor
a fatal blow.
A series of suspenseful, unexpected and frequently
funny complications arise, leading to a denouement
that will catch everyone by surprise.
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The
Exact Center of the Universe
Theatre Group: Alton Little Theater
Production Dates: September 12-21 (no
show on Monday)
Location: Alton Little Theater Showplace,
2450 North Henry St., Alton, IL 62002
Tickets: (618) 462-6562
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Synopsis: Vada
Love Powell, the play's interfering, bigoted,
yet oddly lovable heroine, is "a Southern
matriarch fit to ride alongside Alfred Uhry's
Miss Daisy," says the NY Post. The New
York Times says,
"The Exact Center
of the Universe is a charming, insightful reflection
on age, change, situational morality,
the limitations of love and the difficulty of
feeling at home in the world...wise and funny...a
sweet-sour shot
of Southern Comfort...nattily well-made."
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