Winter at the Playhouse



Stage Struck
By Simon Gray
Directed by Anne Keefe
Part of the Script in Hand Playreading Series
Monday, March 12: 7pm
Tickets: $15.00

“A witty and ingenious thriller” - Daily Mirror

This inventive comedy/thriller opens in the living room of Robert Simon. Formerly a first rate stage manager in a regional repertory theater in the English provinces, he now keeps house for his West End actress-wife while amusing himself with various sexual adventures. He is a thoroughly happy man until the clumsy intervention of a psychiatrist destroys his happiness and his marriage. He plans revenge on his wife and the psychiatrist – a revenge which allows him to rediscover all his old talents. And the fun stops at murder.

Script in Hand Playreading Series Sponsors: Michele & Marc Flaster.
Script in Hand Playreading Series Partners: Ann Sheffer & Bill Scheffler.
The Series is also funded in part by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.




The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and the Hare
Sunday March 18: 1pm & 4pm
Produced by CORBiAN/Lightwire Theater
Recommended for age 6 and up
Tickets: $18.00

The Ugly Duckling
Of the five eggs in Mother Duck's nest, one is the largest and last to hatch. Bigger and paler than the others, this last hatchling is treated as an outsider by Mother Duck and her ducklings. He may be the best swimmer of the brood, but this alone is not enough to ensure his acceptance. Knowing only rejection, this Ugly Duckling goes out into the wild alone. Reflecting upon his plight under the glow of a remote willow tree, he sees a wily cat creeping in the direction of Mother Duck's nest. The Ugly Duckling follows and watches as one lagging duckling is captured and taken back to the cat's lair. In true heroic fashion, this Ugly Duckling succeeds in vanquishing the cat and rescuing the captured duckling. Celebrated by Mother Duck and her ducklings for his uniqueness, all realize that he may have been an ugly duckling, but he has grown into a beautiful and powerful swan.

The Tortoise and the Hare
Ridiculed by the Hare, the Tortoise challenges him to a race. They set off and the Hare takes a commanding lead right away. Thinking he will win easily, the Hare allows himself to be distracted with many modern day activities; texting, video games and the paparazzi, of course. The Tortoise continues to trudge along at his methodical pace and, despite the fact that the Hare is a swifter creature, wins the race due to his discipline and fortitude.

Family  Festivities Sponsors: Meredith & David Bukzin
Family Festivities Corporate Sponsors: First Niagra and Peirson & Smith




Nearly Lear
Sunday April 1: 1pm & 4pm
By Susanna Hamnett
Recommended for age 9 and up
Tickets: $18.00

Nearly Lear uses exuberant storytelling, music and film to retell Shakespeare’s story of King Lear as seen through the eyes of the King’s endearing goofball clown, Norris, who, in good Shakespearean tradition, is actually Noreen disguised as a boy. Mischievous, funny and tender, the production is a vaudevillian take on a classic play that will entrance both lovers of Shakespeare as well as newcomers to the Bard.

Family Festivities Sponsors: Meredith & David Bukzin
Family Festivities Corporate Sponsors: First Niagra and Peirson & Smith




Previous 2012 Winter at the Playhouse events

 
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Produced by the Griffin Theatre Company
Based on the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

Poor Jack. He's got to use his wits to save himself from the terrible Giant, but a host of familiar fairytale characters keep messing up his plans-and then there's that annoying Stinky Cheese Man! /The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales/ deconstructs the tradition of the fairy tale. Characters slide in and out of tales; Cinderella rebuffs Rumpelstiltskin, and Goldilocks meets the Three Elephants. Nothing is quite the same as you remember it.

Family  Festivities Board of Trustees Sponsors: Meredith & David Bukzin
Family Festivities Corporate Sponsors: First Niagra and Peirson & Smith


Pinkalicious THE MUSICAL
Produced by the Vital Theatre, NYC

Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe - a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can figure out a way to get out of this predicament.

Family Festivities Sponsors: Meredith & David Bukzin
Family Festivities Corporate Sponsors: First Niagra and Peirson & Smith

Morning's at Seven
By Paul Osborn
Directed by Anne Keefe
Part of the Script in Hand Playreading Series
Monday, February 13: 7pm
Tickets: $15.00

“...a heart-warming, funny, and emotionally satisfying play...” – Talkin’ Broadway

When it comes to family, how close is too close? The four Gibbs sisters all live in the same town, three of them living next door to each other, and know intimately the lives of the others. But each maintains her own secrets, hidden to preserve the tranquility of their family. When Ida’s son Homer brings home his spinster fiancé, a stranger to the family even after a 7-year engagement, the secrets began to spill. Arguments, make-ups, “mysterious spells” occur, all adding up to an evening of humorously mixed up family life that reminds us that family really is everything.


Script in Hand Playreading Series Sponsors: Michele & Marc Flaster.
Script in Hand Playreading Series Partners: Ann Sheffer & Bill Scheffler.
The Series is also funded in part by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.