SPRINGFIELD
THEATRE CENTRE
ANNOUNCES
61ST
SEASON
As
the curtain falls on its 60th
anniversary season, the Springfield
Theatre Centre is unveiling its
lineup for the 2008-09 performance
season.
We are pleased to present an eclectic
mix of comedy, drama, musicals,
family fare, and a special production
that will tie in to the Abraham
Lincoln Bicentennial celebration,” said
executive director Bill Bauser,
Jr.
The
new season was announced at the
start of the final performance
of “Children
of Eden,” the
last show of STC’s
successful 60th year. The
lineup is as follows:
October
10-12 and 17-19, 2008
Directed
by Edward H. & Leigh
Ann Smith
Auditions will be held for Springfield Theatre Centre's production of Throughly Modern Millie, Saturday, August 23, 2008. See the auditions page for more information.
This
Tony-Award winning musical,
based on the 1967 film of
the same name, tells the
story of Millie Dillmount,
a small-town girl of the
1920s who arrives in New York
with dreams of becoming a
flapper and marrying for money,
but who runs into plenty of
trouble along the way.
Steel Magnolias
November
14-16 & 21-23 2008
Directed
by Fred Wassell
This
off-Broadway hit was later
translated into a smash film. It
centers on the trials and
tribulations of a group of
women in a small town in Louisiana. Featuring
an all-female cast, the play
depicts life, love and death
with equal parts laughter
and tears.
White Rabbit Series - Willy
Wonka, Jr.
December
5-7 & 12-14,
2008
Directed
by Cari Keysear
The
beloved musical is staged in
a kid-centric version that loses
none of the charm of the original. Kids
and parents alike will revel
in this fast-paced, funny
production that features beloved
songs like “The
Candy Man” and “Oompa-Loompa-Doompadee-Do.”
Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat
January
9-11 & 16-18,
2009
Directed by Bill Bauser,
Jr.
Based
on the Biblical story of Joseph
and his coat of many colors,
this Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim
Rice collaboration
is one of the most popular
stage musicals of all-time,
with a wide array of musical
styles from country to reggae
to “the
King.”
Our American Cousin
February
6-8 & 13-15,
2009
Directed
by Pam Brown
Coinciding
with the
Lincoln Bicentennial
observance, this
hilarious and
haunting
production is
an authentic
staging
of the
hit 19th
Century
comedy about
a staid
British family
whose
lives are
turned upside
down
by the
arrival of
a boorish
American relative. The
play assumed its place in
American history when it was
performed at Ford’s
Theater in Washington, D.C.
in April of 1865, with President
Lincoln in the audience. This
STC production will recreate
that pivotal union of theatre
and
history.
The
Odd Couple, Female Version
March
13-15 & 20-22,
2009
Directed
by Kelly
Bassett
The
Neil Simon classic not only
stands the test of time, it
withstands the battle of the
sexes. The
mismatched lead duo – Florence
Unger and Olive Madison – try
to cope with their unorthodox
living arrangement, “without
driving
each other crazy.”
White
Rabbit Series - Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs
April
17-19 & 24-26,
2009
Directed
by Craig Williams
Generations
have thrilled to this timeless
fairy tale, and a new generation
of children will get the
thrill of performing it on
stage in this all-ages production.
Dessa
Rose
May
15-17 & 22-24,
2009
Directed by Laurie O'Brien
To
be performed for the first
time on the STC stage, this
off-Broadway musical is based
upon the historical novel
of the same name. Set
in 1847, it tells the story
of the unlikely friendship
between a pregnant runaway
slave and a white woman abandoned
by her husband on an isolated
Alabama farm. Their
story is moving, tragic and
inspiring.
The
Springfield Theatre Centre
is a non-profit community theater
organization, which operates
out
of the Hoogland Center for
the
Arts in downtown Springfield. Information
on tickets and auditions for
the
2008-09 season will be posted
at
the STC website, www.springfieldtheater.com.