Main Stage 2008/2009 - Our 81st Season!
Come join us for our 81st season of presenting great community theatre in Concord!
The Secret Garden - Nov 20, 21, 22 @ 8 pm - Nov 23 @ 2 pm - 2008
Directed by Betsey S. Cox-Buteau
Music Direction by Joel Mercier
Produced by Bob Pearson
Based upon the Victorian novel of the same name by Frances Hodges Burnett, "The Secret Garden" pulls us back in time to 1906, to Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire, England where a grieving, hunchbacked widower, Archibald Craven, his ailing 10-year-old son, Colin, and his physician brother, Neville, live.
Into their lives, from India, comes Mr. Craven's recently orphaned niece, a sour-faced 10-year-old little girl named Mary Lennox. Each of these characters struggles with his/her own ghosts from the past who haunt their waking and dreaming. When Mary asks her Uncle Archie, "Does everyone who dies become a ghost?" He answers, "They're only a ghost if someone alive is still holding onto them."
So, as Mary learns to find happiness at Misselthwaite through the healing companionship of her chambermaid, Martha, and Martha's brother, Dickon, she recognizes the ghostly unhappiness in the household and through her gentle tending, brings the story to its uplifting ending.
The beautiful music of Lucy Simon, including such songs as "Winter's on the Wing" and "Lily's Eyes", lifts the emotional experience of this enduring story to new heights for both children and adults.
Charley's Aunt - Feb 12, 13, 14 @ 8 pm - Feb 15 @ 2 pm - 2009
Directed by Nancy Barry
Produced by Dottie Fair
A world-famous farce of hysterical proportions, Charley's Aunt tells the story of two Oxford undergrads, Charley Wykeham and Jack Chesney, both ready and eager to entertain two young ladies in their chambers - with the assistance of a proper chaperon, of course.
When Charley's Aunt Lucia d'Alvadorez is expected on a visit from Brazil ("where the nuts come from"), Charley and Jack plan their romantic opportunity, expecting Aunt Lucia to be standing by. The boys panic when Charley's Aunt is unexpectedly detained on business and they persuade their friend, Lord Fancourt Babberly, to masquerade as "Aunt Lucia."
On the fateful day, Lord Fancourt, dressed as Charley's Aunt, drives Charley and Jack to distraction when he makes outrageous passes at the young ladies -- and, of course, the real Aunt Lucia arrives to complicate matters, with her adopted neice in tow. A quadrangle of hilarity ensues when Jack's father falls for the fake "Aunt Lucia." Yet love triumphs as all the twists and turns somehow lead to the happiest of endings.
Brandon Thomas' classic farce ran for four years in London and another four on Broadway, before being adapted into four feature films and the musical "Where's Charley"!
The Full Monty - April 30, May 1, 2 @ 8 pm - May 3 @ 2 pm - 2009
Directed by Wayland Bunnell
Music Direction by Joel Mercier
Choreography by Sue Sartorelli
Set Design by Jim Webber
Costumes by Gay Bean and Kim Miracle
Lights by Wally Pineault
It’s 1997 in
When Jerry Lukowski learns his ex-wife is
suing for sole custody of their son for lack of support and that she and her
friends are paying $50 a pop to watch The Chippendales perform at a local club,
he gets the hair-brained scheme to gather together some of his buddies to do the
same, make a bundle and give the women what they really want to see: real men and The Full Monty. What the men learn about themselves, their
partners and each other through their effort to strip is the heart of this
funny, moving and energizing musical.
Recommended for mature audiences.
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