Upcoming Shows: 2007-2008 Season

IMPORTANT NOTE: THE EVENING PERFORMANCE TIME FOR ALL 2007-2008 SHOWS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 7:30 PM.

Fall Show - concluded

Director: Ajai Tripathi

Auditions August 27, 28, 29 Performance October 26, 27, 28, November 1, 2, 3, 4

Although many nineteenth century philosophers developed the concepts of existentialism, it was the French writer Jean Paul Sartre who popularized it. His one act play, first produced in Paris in May, 1944, is the clearest example and metaphor for this philosophy. There are only four characters, and the entire play takes place in a drawing room. However, the piece contains essential gems of existentialist thought such as “Hell is other people.” As you watch the play, put yourself in that drawing room with the two people you hate most in the world.

Holiday Season Show - concluded

► ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Director: Mary Jeanne Reynales

Auditions October 15, 16, 17 Performance December 28, 29, 30, 31, January 3, 4, 5, 6

In December, round up family and friends for a visit with Anne Shirley, the indomitable heroine of L.M. Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables, adapted for the stage by Alice Chadwicke. All the magic and charm of Green Gables comes to life in this family favorite! When Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew decided to keep the independent, red-headed orphan girl sent to help out around their farm—instead of the boy they had expected—they never imagined that she would change their lives and touch the hearts of all who came to know and love her. First published in 1908, Lucy Maude Montgomery’s enduring Anne of Green Gables is one of the best-selling English-Canadian novels ever, and has been adapted numerous times into plays, musicals, and TV series.

** Special Benefit Performance for Community Outreach $30 tickets include a reserved seat, a Pre-show Savory and Sweet Reception @ 6:30 PM, Door Prizes and a Bonus event featuring COI’s “Success Stories.”

Late Winter Show - concluded

► HARVEY

Director: Richard Wagner

Auditions December 17, 18, 19 Performance February 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24

Reality is in the mind of the beholder. Believing is seeing. Elwood P. Dowd’s best friend and constant companion is a 6ft 1½-inch invisible rabbit named Harvey. Many people, upon being introduced to Harvey, think that Elwood is a crack-pot who drinks too much. However, after a certain amount of mistaken identity mayhem—and after Elwood charms everyone into submission—all come to the conclusion that there are a lot worse things in this world than a little self-prescribed reality.

Spring Musical - concluded

► REEFER MADNESS

Director: Miranda Prince

Auditions February 18, 19, 20 Performance May 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, June 1

Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana. Not for the easily offended (but lots of grownup fun for everyone else), REEFER MADNESS is a highly stylized and satirical political commentary.

Summer Show - Concluded

► KNOCK EM DEAD

Director: Rebecca Douglas

Auditions June 2, 3, 4 Performance August 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17

All hell breaks loose and the laughs fly when five outrageous contestants show up at Vinnie’s Belly Laugh Club for the final talent competition. A ventriloquist with moving lips, a foul mouthed stand up comedian, a baton twirling bimbo, the flamboyant owner of a lip synching poodle, a chanteuse with a questionable accent and a hypnotist with a twitch. All fight to win the grand prize. When Vinnie turns up dead, they’re all suspects and the audience has the time of its life grilling them and fingering the murderer.