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September 15 thru October 7, 2018

A Comedic Anthology​ by ROBERT ANDERSON

Directed by CHERYL MCGUIRE

"Shock of Recognition”

​Abe Daniels, Kevin Hayles and James Darin Rich

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” James Darin Rich and Marty Neider

"I’m Herbert” Joy Groves and Les Taylor

THE SHOCK OF RECOGNITION: a serious young dramatist stands his ground against a strong but queasy producer, who doesn’t like the opening moment of the play--a scene of brief nudity. (There is no actual nudity on stage.) An unsuspecting actor arrives to drop off photos and experiences a windfall when he’s brought into the conversation and becomes determined to win the part! 

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: Parents discuss the responsibility of sex education of their almost-grown children, a girl and a boy. The mother is worried and urgent but passes the buck to the worn-out father, who maintains a laissez faire approach. Things become more serious when the father learns in a letter that his son is cutting adrift from the parental harbor. 

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I'M HERBERT: an old married couple enjoys a beautiful morning on their front porch, rocking and talking, until they become confused as to whom they are talking and about what, their aging memories unmoored from reality.  ​

February 9 - March 3, 2019​

​A Play by DAVID MAMET

Directed by ABE DANIELS

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Kurt Schauppner

Aidan Bosworth

Sean-Patrick Bresach

​In a Chicago junk shop, three small-time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection, the showpiece of which is a valuable “Buffalo nickel.” These high-minded grifters fancy themselves businessmen pursuing legitimate free enterprise. But the reality of the three – Donny, the oafish junk shop owner; Bobby, a young junkie Donny has taken under his wing; and “Teach,” a violently paranoid braggart – is that they are merely pawns caught up in their own game of last-chance, dead-end, empty pipe dreams.

April 12 - May 5, 2019

​A Play by LAWRENCE THELEN

Directed by REBECCA HAVELY

Vicki Montgomery

Joy Groves

​Dory and her mother Margaret live together in a mobile home in Abilene, Texas.  On this particular morning, Mama has awoken early with the over-whelming need to bake an apple pie.  When Dory is awoken by the noise, she joins her mother, and together they assemble the pie and chat, laugh and love.