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The Court House Players
2010 Season Plus One!
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Spring Dinner Theatre
The Foreigner
A comedy by Larry Shue
April 15-18, 2010
Church of St. Therese,
Gloucester
The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by 'Froggy' LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time, 'Froggy' has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So 'Froggy,' before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should-the evil plans of a sinister, two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that the minister's pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn't understand a word being said. That he does, fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the 'bad guys,' and the 'good guys' emerge triumphant. Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production. An inspired comic romp, equal in inventive hilarity to the author's classic comedy The Nerd, the present play enjoyed a sold-out premiere in Milwaukee before moving on to a long run Off-Broadway.
Directed by Karyn Haywood
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Summer Dinner Theatre
Lafferty's Wake
A comedy by Susan Turlish
June 10-13, 2010
Church of St. Therese,
Gloucester
Our darlin' wild rover, Charlie Lafferty is being waked in grand style in his home away from home, the local pub. The audience joins Charlie's widow, his sweet daughter and bumbling son in law, the parish priest and the savvy innkeeper as they celebrate the life and times of ramblin', gamblin' Lafferty. Two hours of sheer fun replete with jokes, jigs, stories and songs including such old favorites as 'Molly Malone,' 'Whiskey in the Jar' and 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling' guarantee a festive, audience-pleasing frolic.
"A real charmer! It'll steal your heart away." - Courier Post
"Full of Irish flavor."
- Philadelphia Inquirer
"You don't have to be Irish to love it." - Northeast Times
Directed by Kitty Witty
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November Musical
Rodgers & Hammerstein's
Cinderella
November 11-14, 2010
Mathews High School,
Mathews
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium. Its recreation in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren was no less successful in transporting a new generation to the miraculous kingdom of dreams-come-true, and so was a second remake in 1997, which starred Brandy as Cinderella and Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother. As adapted for the stage, with great warmth and more than a touch of hilarity, the hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the slipper fits.
Directed by Karyn Haywood
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Plus One:
Readers Theater
Camping with Henry and Tom
A comedic drama
by Mark St. Germain
Dates and location to be announced
In 1921, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and President Warren G. Harding took a camping trip together into the Maryland woods to escape civilization; what they couldn't escape was each other. Inspired by an actual event, Camping with Henry and Tom is an exploration of friendship, politics and leadership; a comedic and dramatic clash of two great minds and one great heart of the twentieth century.
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"Wonderfully entertaining.... Full of thought and feeling.... A treasure chest that leaves the audience aglow with pleasure." -N.Y. Post.
"Witty, elegant, and enormously entertaining.... Unusually literate, funny and captivating." -N.Y. Daily News.
"Delightful, rollicking, quintessentially American fiction [that] turns us for a couple of hours into the happiest of campers." -N.Y. Magazine.
Winner of three 1995 Off Broadway Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding Play of the season.
Directed by Anita Minuth
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The Court House Players make every effort to present their season as advertised, but availability of production rights, cast and other volunteer workers may occasionally require rescheduling of or substitution for announced shows. |
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