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2010-2011
The 32nd Season of YOUR Community Theatre
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The seventh in the Nunsenseseries, Nunsensations follows the sisters on a romp through Las Vegas and an attempt to raise money for their beloved Mount Saint Helen’s School of Hoboken, NJ. Told by a parishioner that he will donate $10,000 if the nuns perform in his friend’s Las Vegas showroom, the Pump Room of the Mystique Motor Lodge, Reverend Mother Mary Regina and her companions,Sister Mary Hubert, Sister Robert Anne, Sister Mary Paul (Amnesia), and Sister Mary Leo embark on yet another hilarious escapade. The nuns comprise the cast; the play’s audience members are the lounge customers. |
Played in real time, the sisters begin the show by finding audience members who will later gamble at the Holy Rollers Game Wheel, followed by the opening number Life is a Game of Chance. A “loungy” band of four play on the stage throughout, and in typical Nunsense style, costume “pieces” change with the succession of songs and dance. There is a twist at the end, and the reprise of Life is a Game of Chance takes the curtain down on two hours of the “nunsensical” entertainment and fun we’ve come to expect from this series. |
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ART OF MURDER
by Joe DiPietro
Directed by Dr. Eric Seeley
Auditions: September 2010
Performances:
November 4-7; 11-14; 18-21, 2010
Season Tickets Now Available
This a murder mystery thriller explores the dark side of the art world. Jack Brooks, an eccentric world-renowned painter, feels he has been wronged and plans to murder his art dealer, Vincent. Jack confides his plan to his wife, Annie, who reluctantly agrees to go along with the plan. When the flamboyant Vincent arrives, will Annie stand by as Jack carries out his devious plan or does she have plans of her own? Full of humorous twists and turns, this mystery will have you guessing until the very end!
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“A scintillating hit with thrills and chills and some wonderful humor…It will have you laughing and guessing who is to be murdered and who is the murderer.” -The Suburban News
“With his usual flair for the outrageous, a sure knowledge of artistic egos and an understanding of the mystery genre as certain as his skill at comedy, Mr. DiPietro has created an insular world in which greed and vengeance and personal recognition are free to play with the sanity and the lives of everyone involved. Art of Murder takes the audience on a funhouse roller coaster ride.” -The Press-Journal
“It is hilarious, suspenseful, surprising and dazzling in every way." -The Equinox News
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Directed by Chris Bowling
Auditions: December 2010
Performances:
February 3-6; 10-13; 17-20, 2011
Season Tickets Now Available
The Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice musical based on the Gospel account of the last week of Jesus' life, beginning with the preparation for Jesus' and his disciples arrival in Jerusalem and ending with his Crucifixion. Twentieth-century attitudes and sensibilities as well as contemporary style pervade the lyrics and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the political depiction of the events. |
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CEC Stage II Production:
DOUBT
Directed by Shawna Kelty
Auditions: January 2010
Performances: March 3-6; 10-13, 2011
Season Tickets Now Available
In 1964 a Catholic elementary school has just admitted its first Black student, Donald Muller, a 12-year-old boy transferred from public school. The principal, Sister Aloysius, a rigid disciplinarian nun, and Fr. Flynn, the new parish priest are both concerned for the boy's welfare in a predominantly Irish/Italian school. Sister Aloysius becomes convinced that Fr. Flynn has, or is planning to have, an improper relationship with the child and is determined to force him to leave the school. A third character is the boy's mother, who is willing to risk that her son may be abused in order for him to receive a good education, and a chance to get into a better high school. The fourth person is Sister James, a young teacher who is caught in the middle of the conflict between the nun and the priest.
“A play this thoughtful, this well-crafted, this passionate is hard to ignore and even harder to resist. Yes, it addresses issues of great meaning to many: faith, truthfulness, determination to do what's right at any cost. But those are incidental concerns. The play's specific story - about a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, where a priest might be carrying on an inappropriate relationship with the school's lone black student - is also beside the point. The real drama comes from how you, like the characters, deal with a situation that can't be fully understood because it cannot be interpreted in only one way.” – Matthew Murray – www.talkinbroadway.com
CEC Stage II features contemporary dramas and comedies designed to challenge our actors and our audiences who want something different and edgy from their theatre experience.
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 (Recommended for age 18 and over.)
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SORDID LIVES
Directed by Tony Killian
Auditions: February 2011
Performances:
April 28-May 1; May 5-8; 12-15, 2011
Season Tickets Now Available
Written by Del Shores, Sordid Lives serves up a heaping helping of Southern-fried comic melodrama about infidelity, country music and family secrets. We become intimate with the "Sordid Lives" of a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother, Peggy, who dies as a result of tripping over her lover’s wooden legs in a seedy motel. Latrelle, LaVonda, and their aunt Sissy plan her funeral, an unenviable task as they come to terms with the deceased's affair, as well as two cases of sexual orientation: Latrelle's gay soap-opera star son Ty whose sexuality she continues to deny; and their only brother, Boy, who's serving a sentence in an institution for his adamant belief that he is actually country western legend Tammy Wynette. With a raucous cast of characters ranging from feuding big-haired sisters to the cross-dressing Brother Boy, Sordid Lives skewers small town life and family relationships.
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25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee
Directed by Monica Senecal
Auditions: April 2011
Performances:
June 9-12; 16-19; 23-26, 2011
Season Tickets Now Available
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is about to begin. Contestants are arriving and checking in with Lisa Peretti, hostess and former champion. Four audience volunteers join the others on stage. They have to spell words also and of course have to lose. Vice President Panch is the pronouncer and Mitch Mahoney as comfort counselor tries to teach those eliminated how to exit with some dignity. Olive does not have the $25 entrance fee but is hoping that her father will get there soon. She sings a poignant song, with her mother and father trying to convince her that they love her - or maybe not.Logainne has two dads who have helped her train. Leaf surprised himself and his family by spelling a word correctly. Chip, last year's champion, is distracted by Leaf's sister in the audience and sings about his unfortunate erection. Marcy is the Catholic School representative and can spell phylactery. William has a strange technique of spelling the words with his foot. The contest comes down to William and Olive. For the first time William worries about someone else and wonders if he should let Olive win. But in the end he wins and the Vice Principal declares a runner-up with a $25 cash prize (out of his own pocket) and Olive is thrilled to get the entrance fee she did not have. |
With the audience participants, no two performances are exactly alike in this funny and fun show!
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Look for more information to come on these shows regarding audition details
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