2009-2010 Season Schedule

Fall:  Arsenic and Old Lace

Holiday:  Merry Christmas George Bailey

Winter:  Boys Next Door

Spring:  Something's Afoot

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

Comedy

The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a theatre-hating drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, New York, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and "just a pinch" of cyanide; a brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serve as graves for the aunts' victims); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein.


Directed By:  Rick Wright


Cast

 Abby Brewster...............................Susie Richter

The Rev. Dr. Harper....................Jay Blackburn

Teddy Brewster.............................Kevin Murray

Officer Brophy...............................Dan Morrison

Officer Klein........................................Steve Cox

Martha Brewster...............................Dani Lane

Elaine Harper...........................Elizabeth Grote

Mortimer Brewster.................Curt Passafume

Mr. Gibbs..................................Chuck Ponsier

Jonathon Brewster.....................Robert Richter

Dr. Einstein.............................Doug Campbell

Officer O'Hara...........................George Hayes

Lieutenant Rooney.......................Jode Saylor

Mr. Witherspoon...........................Ian Pappas 

Performances

October 23, 24, 25

October 30, 31 and Nov 1

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

GEORGE BAILEY

Live Radio Production


Directed By:  Susie Richter


Cast

Auditions

Monday, October 26  6pm – 9pm

Tuesday, October 27  6pm-9pm

Audition Form

Performances

December 4, 5, 6

December 11, 12, 13

Reserve Tickets




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BOYS NEXT DOOR

Comedy

This very funny yet very touching play focuses on the lives of four men with developmental disabilities who live in a communal residence under the watchful eye of a sincere, but increasingly despairing, social worker. Filled with humor, the play is also marked by the compassion and understanding with which it peers into the half-lit world of its handicapped protagonists.

"THE BOYS NEXT DOOR is one of the most unusual…and one of the most rewarding plays in town." —BackStage. "Griffin's play hits squarely on the truth of life with its constant interplays and shadings of triumphs and tears." —NY Daily News. "THE BOYS NEXT DOOR moves the audience to an awareness of how many things in everyday life we take for granted…" —NY Times.

Directed By:  Doug Campbell


Cast

Kevin Murray as Arnold Wiggins

Moe Krentz as Lucien P. Smith

Mike McCalment as Norman Bulansky

Jeff Hill as Barry Klemper

Richard Snyder as Jack

Ava Brewer as Sheila

Rich Vallicelli as Mr. Klemper

Susie Richter as Mrs. Femus

Nancy Fetterer as Mrs. Warren

Miggs Murray as Clara

Charles Ponsier as Mr. Hedges

Jode Saylor as Mr. Corbin

George Hayes as Senator Clarke

Auditions

Monday, January 4  7pm – 9pm

Tuesday, January 5  7pm – 9pm

Audition Form

Performances

February 19, 20, 21

February 26, 27, 28

Something’s Afoot

Book, music and lyrics by

JAMES MCDONALD, DAVID VOS

and ROBERT GERLACH

Additional music by Ed Linderman

Musical Murder Mystery

A zany, entertaining show that takes a satirical poke at Agatha Christie mysteries and musical styles of past years. Ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house during a raging thunderstorm. One by one they're picked off by cleverly fiendish devices. As the bodies pile up in the library, the survivors frantically race to uncover the identity and motivation of the cunning culprit.

Directed By:  Mike McCalment and Ray Walters


Cast

Lettie (The Saucy Maid)...............................................................Julie Schuler

Flint (The Caretaker)...........................................................Larry Piotrowski

Clive (The Butler)........................................................................Rich Vallicelli

Hope Langdon (The Ingenue)................................................Ann Thompson

Dr. Grayburn (The Family Doctor).............................................Bob Richter

Nigel Rancour (The Dissolute Nephew).......................................Scott Lenig

Lady Grace Manley-Prowe (The Grande-Dame)..................Laura Krentz

Col. Gillweather (The Old Army Man)......................................Mark Krentz

Miss Tweed (The Tweedy, Elderly Amateur Detective)..........Ava Brewer

Geoffrey (The Juvenile).......................................................Mike McCalment

Auditions

Reserve Tickets

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La Porte Little Theatre
218 A Street
PO Box 1573
La Porte, IN  46352-1573
(219) 362-5113