The tale of vaudeville's decline and a domineering stage mother's inadvertent creation of a burlesque stripper (suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee), Gypsy includes such standards as "Let Me Entertain You",  "Everything's Coming Up Roses"  and "You Gotta Have A Gimmick."   Often called "the best book in musicals", this "musical fable" includes laughter, romance, and the emotional conflict between a woman and her daughters.

Director:  Keith Cockrell

October 21, 22, 28, 29*, 29, November 3, 4, 5, 2011

All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).  Join madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.

Director:  Peyton Jones

Vastly entertaining and remarkably fresh, this life-affirming version of "A Christmas Carol," along with many of its songs, will stay with viewers long after the final credits have rolled. For me, "Scrooge" has become a treasured Christmas tradition alongside so many other beloved yuletime favorites.

Director:  Donny Avery

February 10, 11, 17, 18*, 18, 23, 24, 25, 2012

Almost, Maine explores the mysteries of the human heart in this delightful comedy. On a Friday night in the middle of winter, residents of a small, mythical town in far northern Maine are falling in and out of love at an alarming rate. Knees are getting bruised; hearts are getting broken...but the bruises heal and hearts mend - almost - in what has been described as a "charming midwinter night's dream." Almost, Maine will leave you spent from laughter and thoroughly warmed from the inside out.

Director:  Bryan Brassard

McFaddin Ward Theatre

Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show." Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program's reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair?

Director:  Gina Hinson

April 13, 14, 20, 21*, 21, 26, 27, 28, 2012

As he did with his classic drama Death of a Salesman, playwright Arthur Miller shows us that an ordinary man's life can be the stuff of great tragedy in A View From the Bridge. The drama is about Eddie, a working class Brooklyn man who has built a nice life for himself and his family. He is a hard-working man of integrity whose loyalty to family compels him to take in both some immigrant cousins and his niece. However, it is that act of generosity that eventually leads to Eddie's undoing.

Director:  Allan Anderud

McFaddin Ward Theatre

Wacky, irreverent and as entertaining today as it was when it first opened in 1879, “The Pirates Of Penzance” spins a hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major-General, all morally bound to the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty. A classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera!