2016 / 2017 Season

MOON OVER BUFFALO by Ken Ludwig  -- CLOSED

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT  by Frederick Stroppel -- CLOSED
October 7 - 30, 2016 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm
** Special Thursday Show October 27th @ 8 PM **

Directed by Eric Lewis
In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950's. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with 5 actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re actually performing, caused by Charlotte’s deaf old stage-manager mother who hates every bone in George’s body.

Produced with permission by Samuel French, Inc
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 
December 2 - 18, 2016  |  Thurs/Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm
(Please note there will be Thursday shows on 12/8 & 12/15 @ 8 PM)

​Directed by Keith Dahlgren
Julia Dowling has an unexpected visitor who intends to escort her off to the afterlife.  Infusing comedy into the classic Death Takes a Holiday, The Christmas Spirit is set in contemporary Long Island.  Julia persuades Death to give her one more day to enjoy Christmas and invites him to be her guest at a festive party.  The next day the house fills with bickering relatives, friends, the local priest - and Death, masquerading as a human, singing carols and drinking egg nog. Moments of high farce, drama and even romance arise as bright holiday fantasies collide with a not-so-merry reality.  Winner of the 2002 Florida Repertory Theatre Congress of Jewelers Play Series.


Produced with permission by Samuel French, Inc
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly

LAST ROMANCE by Joe DePietro -- CLOSED

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES by Joanna Murrey-Smith
February 10 - March 5, 2017 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by Eric Lewis
On an ordinary day in a routine life, Ralph, a widower decides to take a different path on his daily walk—one that leads him to an unexpected second chance at love. Relying on a renewed boyish charm, Ralph attempts to woo the elegant, but distant, Carol. Defying Carol's reticence—and his lonely sister's jealousy—Ralph embarks on the trip of a lifetime, and regains a happiness that seemed all but lost. THE LAST ROMANCE is a heart-warming comedy about the transformative power of love. By the author of last season’s hit, Over the River and Through the Woods.


Produced with permission by Dramatists Play Services
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly



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CROSSING DELANCEY by Susan Sandler

June 2 - 25, 2017 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by Eric Lewis
Isabel is a modern young woman who lives alone and works in a book shop. When she is not pining after a handsome author, she is visiting her grandmother in Manhattan's Lower East Side. This irascible granny and her friend the matchmaker have found a "good catch" for Isabel, whose initial reluctance gives way to a blossoming romance.

"An amusing romance that tells it’s unpretentious story believably, rarely trying to make it’s  gag lines, of which there are many, upstage its narration or outshine its heart." - The New York Times

Produced with permission by Samuel French, Inc
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 
April 7 - 30, 2017 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by Eric Lewis
Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970s Women's Liberation movement and wrote her groundbreaking work and numerous best-sellers followed. Now she has writer's block. Molly, an unannounced visitor and committed fan of Margot and her work, offers a potential solution - until Molly produces a gun and calmly informs Margot that she intends to kill her because she blames her for ruining her life.

Joanna Murray-Smith's deliciously wicked comedy deftly walks the tightrope between satire and farce proving the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.

Produced with permission by Currency Press
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly

FOR BETTER by Eric Coble

July 21 - 30, 2017 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by TBD
Now, in this plugged-in world of email, text-messaging and camera phones Do a bride and groom really need to be in the same country to go on a honeymoon?" Karen and Max are getting married, if their jobs will ever let them be in the same city at the same time. A romantic comedy for the digital age, FOR BETTER is a hilarious farce that pokes fun at our over dependence on the gadgets in our lives.
 
“Coble’s work is a tour de force with physical and verbal comedy to spare.” - The New Yorker

Produced with permission by Samuel French, Inc
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 
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 Lucilligan 
​an Original Phoenix Theatre Collaboration

August 18 - 27, 2017 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by TBD
Summer Sitcom Mashup: What’s better than television comedy and summer reruns? How about two classic sitcoms colliding in one hysterical stage play? Welcome to the first annual sitcom mashup. This season’s highly anticipated summer sitcom series pairs our popular, long-running Gilligan’s Island show with the 1950’s comedy classic, I Love Lucy. When Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel find themselves stranded on Gilligan’s Island, frustrations rise, tempers flair, and hilarity ensues. Don’t miss this crazy collection of sitcom favorites as they sing, dance and kidnap their way into your heart.

Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 
by Christoper Durang

October 6 - 29, 2017 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by TBD
Christopher Durang’s Tony Award winning comedy revolves around the dysfunctional sibling trio, Vanya, Sonia and Masha, named by their parents who were committed community theatre players and Chekhovian devotees. Vanya and Sonia live in their dead parents’ house in Bucks County, PA along with their soothsaying housekeeper, Cassandra, known for her dire and erroneous prophecies. When movie star sister, Masha, returns home bringing with her a flurry of drama, an endless litany of insecurity, and a much younger, gorgeous, dimwitted lover named Spike, Sonia’s resentments reach a boiling point. Masha then announces plans to sell the family house and, clad as a glamorous Snow White, insists Sonia and Vanya join her as Doc and Dopey to attend a wealthy socialite costume soirée in the neighborhood. When Sonia revolts and shows up instead as the bewitching Maggie Smith from California Suite, tensions bubble over and the fun and frenzy snowballs.  “Deliriously funny!” The New York Times
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Produced with permission by Dramatist Play Service
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 

 Twist of the Magi  
by Debra Rich Gettleman

December 1 - 23, 2017 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by TBD
Twist of the Magi starts with O’Henry’s classic short story, Gift of the Magi. Then it sets it in an authentic 1940s radio station as a live, on-air broadcast, adds a slew of disgruntled actors, their reticent stage manager, a frantic sound effects technician, a whacky female musical trio, a delinquent (and inebriated) Shakespearean prima donna, a jealous Italian femme fatale and a host of other broadcasting eccentrics. This classic tale of holiday love and generosity unfolds through a series of comic twists and turns as O’Henry’s heroine, Della, trades her beautiful hair to buy a Christmas gift for her devoted young husband. Tortured by seller’s remorse, Della befriends an unlikely Yiddish Yenta, and the two women embark on a series of zany adventures to attempt to recover the lost locks.
“If you’ve grown tired of dancing sugarplums and shoeless match girls, this entertaining bit of holiday fare for the whole family is cathartic, goofy fun in a season that sometimes chokes on its own sentiment.” The Arizona Republic

Produced with permission by GettRich Enterprises
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 

 More Fun Than Bowling  
by Steven Dietz

February 2 - 25, 2018  |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by TBD
Jake owns the bowling alley in a small Midwestern town. He is sitting on a hilltop where he often comes to ruminate. This is the spot where two of his three wives are buried. Lois was zapped by lightning while carrying a bowling trophy in a thunderstorm, and Loretta was tragically killed by a ball return machine. In his younger days, Jake was a promising concert musician. But a foul tip baseball broke his fingers which subsequently healed into a perfect bowler's grip. Jake replays the key frames of his life, and, from time to time, is visited by his daughter Molly who has become adept at talking women into marrying her father for love and free lane time. But who is that nattily dressed man with dark glasses and a revolver lurking nearby?
"A very funny and eccentrically philosophical comedy. Mr. Dietz is a writer with a distinct comic voice. He shows us that life and certainly death is a lot like bowling.” The Washington Times

Produced with permission by Samuel French, Inc.
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 

 God of Carnage  
​by Yasmina Reza

April 6 - 29, 2018 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by TBD
The quintessential, Tony Award-winning comedy of grown ups behaving badly. God of Carnage begins as two highly strung couples, Alan and Annette Raleigh and Michael and Veronica Novak, meet for a civil discussion about a playground fight between their sons. The conversation quickly morphs into a laugh-out-loud, train wreck of an afternoon among savages, called "ninety minutes of sustained mayhem" by The New Yorker. The New York Times hailed God of Carnage as a "four-way prize fight" and the Chicago Tribune praised Reza’s play, calling it a "savvy and deliciously caustic new comedy." This must-see received the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, as well as the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards for Best Play.

Produced with permission by Dramatist Play Service
Please note this play is written for adults and contains strong language

 The Foreigner 
by Larry Shue

May 25 - June 17, 2018 |  Fri/Sat @ 8 pm & Sun @ 2 pm

Directed by TBD
Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production, the play takes place in 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.
"I laughed start to finish at one comic surprise after another." --The New Yorker.

Produced with permission by Dramatist Play Service
Please note this play is written for adults but is family friendly 
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