Villagers Theatre Santa Claus is Coming to Town Directed by Tina Lee December 13-21, 2003 Santa Claus is Coming to Town is based on the Jules Bass/Arthur Rankin, Jr. holiday classic about that jolly fellow in the red suit and his favorite day of the year.
Rapunzel Uncut Directed by Stephanie Youngman November 8-16, 2003 Rapunzel Uncut by Mariah Everman is the fairytale farce of Rapunzel as told by dueling narrators, with a misunderstood witch, an off-pitch Rapunzel and an unimaginably stupid Prince. Rapunzel Uncut was a Thespian Playworks winner in 2001 and Everman’s first published work.
Cinderella Directed by Tina Lee September 13 – 21, 2003 Cinderella by Ruth Newton. This new version of the classic servant girl-meets-handsome prince fairy tale features a less than perfect Fairy godmother, three smart alec fairies with a sense of humor, and a sweeter than sweet Cinderella.
Educating Rita A Comedy by Willie Russell Directed by Stephanie Youngman July 9-24, 2004 Educating Rita by Willy Russell is about a working-class Liverpool girl’s hunger for education. Called a “simply marvelous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairytale with a quizzical, half-happy ending” by Sunday Times (London). Educating Rita was premiered at … Read more
Rhinoceros A Classic Drama by Eugene Ionesco Directed by Jonathan Wierzbicki May 7-22, 2004 In Rhinoceros, as in his earlier plays, Ionesco startles the audience with a world that invariably erupts in explosive laughter and nightmare anxiety. “With outrageous comedy, Ionesco attacks the most serious subjects; blind conformity and totalitarianism, despair and death.” – The New … Read more
Dealer’s Choice A Drama by Patrick Marber Directed by Sara Peters February 13-28, 2004 Dealer’s Choice by Patrick Marber is “a neat…comic drama that gives its talented players ample opportunity to outbid one another.” -Variety. Dealers Choice is as much about life as it is about poker. Stephen runs a restaurant and has a weekly poker game … Read more
The Wild Party Music, Book, Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Directed by Michael J. Driscoll October 10-26, 2003 A Musical based on a poem by Joseph Moncure March. Join Queenie, Burrs, Kate and Mr. Black in a game of love and betrayal during a night no one will forget. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award … Read more
My Fair Lady Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Directed by Mary Lynn Dobson June 4 – 27, 2004 Based on George Bernard Shaw’s classic Pygmalion, a sassy flower peddler in Covent Garden takes speech lessons from a stodgy phonetician in order to fulfill her dream of working in a flower … Read more
Proof A Drama by David Auburn Directed by Michael J. Driscoll April 16 – May 2, 2004 An energetic young woman faces the challenges of a genius father, an unexpected suitor, and a mysterious mathematical proof – only to realize that love is the most complex equation of all. Winner of the 2000 Tony Award … Read more
The Sunshine Boys A Comedy by Neil Simon Directed by Jeff Dworkin March 5 – 21, 2004 A pair of septuagenarian ex-vaudevillians have long stopped talking to each other over an ancient clash. But when CBS wants to bring them back together again for a television special, old squabbles bubble to the surface.