Something's Afoot
‘Something’s Afoot’ is a musical spoof that takes a satirical jab at the Agatha Christie ‘who dunit?’ murder mysteries. Ten people are stranded in an isolated English country estate during a raging thunderstorm. One by one they are killed in mysterious (and hilarious) ways as they try to discover the murderer's identity. The situation is complicated by rising floodwaters, power failures and suspicious behaviors carefully noted by Miss Tweed, an elderly amateur detective.
"The audience adored the show." --N.Y. Times
"Engaging, funny, refreshing, and original." --N.Y. Post
"Both a spoof and a tribute to Agatha Christie...played with fine-tuned, flamboyantly melodramatic affectations." -- L.A. Times
Written by: David Vos, James McDonald, Robert Gerlach
Music & Lyrics by: David Vos, James McDonald, Robert Gerlach
Additional Music by: Ed Linderman
Directed by: Mitchell Antesky
Musical direction by: Joseph Kaiser
Production dates: October 3-5, 10-12, 2008 
Cast: 6 males, 4 females
Audition dates: August 3 & 4 2008
It's a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.
"One of the best holiday shows around. This is a fresh and inventive way of reconnecting with a classic story of love and redemption."
--Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times
Adapted by: Joe Landry
Directed by: to be announced
Production Dates: December 5-7, 12-14, 2008
Cast: 3 males, 2 females
Audition dates: October 5 & 6, 2008
Funny Valentines
Children's book author Andy Robbins has been an unhappy bachelor since his divorce eight months before from his former collaborator, Ellen. On one incredible day, Ellen re enters his life eight months pregnant; his agent arrives with a TV contract that needs both Andy's and Ellen's approval, a beautiful lawyer appears to wrap up the TV deal and seduce Andy, and Ellen's mother makes an unexpected appearance. Completely rattled, Andy lies and introduces the lawyer as his agent's fiancee while he tries to get Ellen to sign a contract she opposes. By the final curtain, Andy has grown up just enough to straighten out the mess and win back his wife.
"All sorts of funny things go in this farcical play and it is stuffed full of fun."
--Detroit Free Press.
Written by: Dennis R. Andersen
Directed by: Claire Zimmerman
January 30-February 1, 2009
Cast: 2 males, 3 females
Audition dates: November 23 & 24, 2008,
Leading Ladies
Two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, Meg, who's engaged to the local minister. Meg knows that there's a wide world out there, but it's not until she meets "Maxine and Stephanie" that she finally gets a taste of it.
"Ludwig's newest farce is so funny, it will make sophisticated and reasonable men and women of the 21st century cackle till their faces hurt." -- Houston Press
"Leading Ladies is consistently funny-indeed, increasingly hilarious as it progresses." -- Houston Chronicle
"Look for Leading Ladies to become a staple of summer stock and community theatres. And, mind you, I mean that as a compliment." -- Variety
"Ken Ludwig gives the audience something powerful and potent: laughter and a guiltless evening of Theatre-going." -- Village News
"Leading Ladies is a highly combustible and continuously hilarious new comedy by Ken Ludwig, Broadway's reigning gagmeister." -- Cleveland Plane Dealer
Written by: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Virginia Wise
March 7-9, 14-16, 2009
Cast: 5 males, 3 females
Audition dates: January 18 & 19, 2009,
Cinderella
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.
Book and lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by: Richard Rogers
Directed by: Timothy Bolton
May 8-10, 15-17, 2009
Audition dates: February 15 & 16, 2009
