Season 4 – 2015

ABOUT VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE

Opened: January 9, 2015
Closed: January 17, 2015
Location: East Bank Theater

WINNER of the 2013 TONY® AWARD for BEST PLAY
Master of comedy Christopher Durang’s witty mash-up of Chekhov characters and smartphones is a delightful new farce for our hyper-connected era. Will Vanya and Sonia ever find happiness? Will Masha sell the Bucks County farmhouse out from under them? And will Spike ever put his pants on? In VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, Durang, takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up. The utterly hilarious and occasionally touching result is his latest play set in present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Written | CHRISTOPHER DURANG

Direction | LUKE SEXTON
Scenic Design |SETH TAYLOR
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Costume Design | KATY ALLRED

ABOUT BONNIE & CLYDE

Opened: March 12, 2015
Closed: March 21, 2015
Location: Emmett Hook Center

At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, their electrifying story of love, adventure and crime captured the excited attention of an entire country. Now, the most notorious couple of the twentieth century takes on a whole new adventure: the stage.

Music | FRANK WILDHORN
Lyrics | DON BLACK
Book | IVAN MENCHELL

Direction & Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Musical Direction | BRYAN GRISHAM
Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR
Costume & Prop Design | TOBIN OST
Projection Design | AARON RHYNE
Sound Design | WESLEY DAVIS
This production utilized scenery/props, costumes, and projections originally created for the Broadway production, directed by Jeff Calhoun and used by permission.

ABOUT CABARET
Opened: May 14, 2015
Closed: May 23, 2015
Location: Marjorie Lyons Playhouse

WINNER of 12 TONY® AWARDS, including  BEST MUSICAL (’67), BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL (’98) and BEST SCORE.
Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to tantalize the crowd—and to leave their troubles outside. But as life in pre-WWII Germany grows more and more uncertain, will the decadent allure of Berlin nightlife be enough to get them through their dangerous times? Come hear some of the most memorable songs in theatre history, including “Cabaret,” “Willkommen” and “Maybe This Time.” Right this way, your table’s waiting at CABARET, John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff’s Tony-winning musical that the New York Post calls “one for the ages.”

Music | JOHN KANDER
Lyrics | FRED EBB
Book | JOE MASTEROFF
Based on the play by JOHN VAN DRUTEN and stories by CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD

Direction & Choreography | JARED WATSON
Musical Direction & Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR
Costume Design | JEFFREY MEEK
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Sound Design | BRYAN GRISHAM

ABOUT JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Opened: July 30, 2015
Closed: August 8, 2015
Location: Emmett Hook Center

A global phenomenon that has wowed audiences for over 40 years, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is a timeless work set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally-known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus through an extraordinary, groundbreaking score. As compelling today as it was at its inception, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has some of musical theater’s most legendary songs from “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Everything’s Alright,” and “Gethsemane” through to, of course, “Superstar.”

Music | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Lyrics | TIM RICE

Direction | JARED WATSON
Choreography | TAMARA MAYER
Musical Direction | MISSY WISE
Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR
Costume Design | KARA LOWRIE
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Sound Design | BRYAN GRISHAM
Projection Design | KATY ALLRED

ABOUT MOTHERS & SONS

Opened: October 2, 2015
Closed: October 10, 2015
Location: East Bank Theater

MOTHERS AND SONS is a timely and provocative new play that explores our evolving understanding of family in today’s world. At turns funny and powerful, MOTHERS AND SONS portrays a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son. Challenged to face how society has changed around her, generations collide as she revisits the past and begins to see the life her son might have led.

Written | TERRENCE McNALLY
Direction & Costume Design | JARED WATSON
Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR

ABOUT A CHRISTMAS STORY ’15

Opened: November 26, 2015
Closed: December 5, 2015
Location: Emmett Hook Center

2013 Tony® Award Nominee BEST MUSICAL, BEST BOOK, BEST SCORE
Based on the classic 1983 holiday movie, A CHRISTMAS STORY THE MUSICAL follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker, a daydreamer from Indiana who spends his days counting down to the most exciting day in any kid’s life: Christmas. All he wants is an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle, but as his parents and teachers warn him, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” A CHRISTMAS STORY THE MUSICAL chart’s Ralphie’s desperate quest to ensure that his perfect gift ends up under the tree on Christmas morning, and includes all of the movie’s best-loved moments, such as the Old Man’s leg-shaped lamp, the tongue-on-a-flagpole scene, the bunny suit, the Santa slide and all of Ralphie’s extravagant daydreams. The show is a big Broadway musical, complete with dazzling dance numbers, gorgeous sets and an incredibly talented cast of youngsters who play Ralphie and his classmates.

Music & Lyrics | BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL
Book | JOSEPH ROBINETTE
Based on the motion picture “A Christmas Story” ©1983 Turner Entertainment Co.
Distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, & Bob Clark
and the book “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash” by Jean Shepherd
Direction | JARED WATSON
Choreography | KATIE DUPONT LERCHIE
Musical Direction & Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR
Costume Design | KATY ALLRED & TERRI FISHER
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Sound Design | BRYAN GRISHAM