2019 Season
February
"The Star Spangled Girl"
Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Services, Inc. NY, NY
Author: Neil Simon
Director: Sam Blevins
Performances Dates:
Friday and Saturday: February 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd at 7:30
Thursday : February 21st at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday: February 17th and 24th at 4pm
Andy and Norman are two earnest young men using their apartment as a publishing office for a "protest" magazine in San Francisco. Sophie, an Olympic swimmer and all-American girl, moves into another apartment on the same floor. Sophie makes her first appearance paying a good-neighbor visit to the combination home and office of the two publishers. Her friendliness and charm leave Norman hopelessly smitten. Thereafter love, with him, is a determined madness, with the humor of it heightened by her frantic rejection of him. Meanwhile, his partner is fielding telephone calls from the irate printer who wants to collect the money due him, and distracting the landlady from thoughts of back rent with motorcycle rides and surfing expeditions. And while she is convinced that they are editing a dangerously subversive magazine, our heroine soon finds that her real source of annoyance is that the wrong man is pressing his attentions on her. Happily this situation is reversed in time, as love and politics blend delightfully in a bubbling series of funny happenings, set forth with the masterly skill and inventiveness that are the hallmarks of Neil Simon.
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April
This Show Has Been Cancelled
"The Shadow Box"
Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., New York, NY
Author: Michael Cristofer
Director: Megan Goodrich & Kelly Carlin
Performances Dates:
Friday and Saturday, April 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th at 7:30pm
Thursday, April 11th at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 7th and 14th at 4pm
“The Shadow Box” takes place over a twenty-four period in three separate cottages on the grounds of a large hospital, in the United States. Within the three cottages are three patients: Joe, Brian and Felicity, who are to live with their respective families as they have reached the end of their treatment. Winner of both the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. Filled with raw emotion and light comedic scenes “The Shadow Box” is a beautiful reflection of life and the fate that we all face.
*Please note that this show contains some mature content and language.
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May/June
"Wild Dust"
Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., New York, NY
Author: Flip Kobler, Cindy Marcus and Dennis Poore
Director: Dr. Pat Moore and Kelley Carlin
Production Sponsor: Dr. Patricia Moore DPM
Performances Dates:
Friday and Saturday, May 31st, June 1st, 7th and 8th at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 2nd and 9th at 4pm
It's 1887 and a dust storm is about to hit the town of Willow Creek. The west was still wild, but the wind was wilder. The worst dust storm in a decade was about to hit the town, and all the men had gone to drive the horses and cattle to safer shelter to ride out the storm. That left the women of town to fend for themselves in the only building strong enough to withstand the pounding sand - the town brothel.
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July/August
"Wizard of Oz"
Author: By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stothart
Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard
Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by
Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
THE WIZARD OF OZ is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK www.tamswitmark.com
Production Sponsor: Chuck and Karin Falkenstein, Buchanan Floral Co. & Greenhouses, LLC
Director: Kelly Carlin
Auditions:
Saturday, May 25th 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 1 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 4th, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Performances Dates:
Friday and Saturday, July 26th, August 2nd and 3rd at 7:30pm
Wednesday, July 31st at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 28th and August 4th at 4pm
Extended for August 8th only at 7:30 p.m.
Young Dorothy Gale is swept away by a tornado from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. There, she encounters a host of whimsical characters: good witches, bad witches, animals that talk, scarecrows that walk, and things magical to behold. To find her way home, she must journey along the Yellow Brick Road to see the mysterious and all-powerful Wizard in Emerald City. Along the way, she makes new friends, but must also brave many dangers, including the Wicked Witch of the West, who will stop at nothing to get her hands on Dorothy’s magical ruby slippers. To make it home safely, Dorothy must learn an important lesson: there’s no place like home.
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September
"Old Rugged Cross"
“Produced by special arrangement with Top Hat Productions, Marshall, MI”
Author: Dennis W McKeen
Directors: Alice Kring & Judy Ernest
Production Sponsor: Redbud Insurance Services, LLC
Performances Dates:
Friday and Saturday, September 13th, 14th, 20th, and 21st at 7:30PM
Sunday, September 15th and 22nd at 4PM
Pastor Jen “tries” to keep control over his church and the beautiful park next door. But, as he is trying to make repairs on the church, visitors join him looking for guidance. The park draws people of every walk of life; a pig farmer, a confused woman, a frustrated bride to be, and more. Each person brings his or her challenge or story to the park. As the stories start to intertwine, hold on as Pastor Jen tries to hold on to help everyone. We all know who has control in those out of control moments.
Songs included are: Amazing Grace, Oh Happy Day, Old time religion and many more.
The fun happens as all the people realize the true meaning of the park.
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October/November
"The Bad Seed"
Presented by Special Arrangements with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., NY, NY
Author: Maxwell Anderson, from William March’s Novel
Director: Dawn Hagerty
Audition Dates: Monday, July 29th 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday, July 30th at the Redbud City Center, 131 S Oak Street, Buchanan, MI right next to the Tin Shop Theatre.
Saturday, August 3rd,11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Tin Shop Theatre
Performances Dates:
Friday and Saturday, October 25th, 26th and November 1st and 2nd at 7:30PM
Sunday, October 27th and November 3rd at 4PM
The life of Christine Penmark, who seemingly has it all, a loving husband, a beautiful home and the perfect daughter, Rhoda, is turned upside down when little Claude Daigle drowns under suspicious circumstances at the Fern School Picnic. Soon the whole town starts to speculate about what really happened... was it truly an accident? Was it a schoolmate? Who knows more than they are telling? Christine's secret past is revealed & the fear of, and for, Rhoda grows to a chilling finale in this psychological thriller!