| 2012 Season |
We’ve put together an ambitious season for 2012, focusing on the themes of community and history as we prepare our 78th year of productions! We’re presenting an original world premiere production based on a timeless Walt Disney film, and we’re continuing our Books Alive! program in conjunction with the Hamblen County Board of Education, plus we’re adding a Shakespeare show like no other. |
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The Silver Whistle
Robert McEnroe’s tale of a dreary home for the elderly which is transformed into a new world of hope and life and laughter is a little old-fashioned and sweetly sentimental. A group of downtrodden senior citizens during the Great Depression is upended by the unexpected arrival of Oliver T. Erwenter, a fast-talking, silver-tongued huckster, who may have discovered the Fountain of Youth.
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Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly
This new show for the Books Alive! program is an award-winning musical based on a trio of books by Doreen Cronin, and offers all kinds of music and adventures. The story is set on the first day of school. Worm, Spider, and Fly each face a unique challenge. Is Spider getting too big for his own skin? Will Fly find her superhero powers in time to save her Aunt Rita from peril? Will Worm learn to stand on his own two feet ...even though he doesn't have feet?
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Summer Magic
Making its worldwide premiere this coming summer, "Summer Magic" is a brand new stage adaptation by Jerry Maloy and Jimmie Hollifield of Walt Disney's 1963 classic movie musical starring Oscar winners Hayley Mills and Burl Ives. The songs were written by the Oscar-winning team of Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. Richard Sherman said that Walt Disney was using this musical as an "audition" for "Mary Poppins" to see if we could handle a big-budget musical like "Mary Poppins.'" The script was originally adapted by Sally Benson (who also wrote "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "Viva Las Vegas") from Kate Douglas Wiggin's novel "Mother Carey's Chickens."
Mr. Maloy has received special permission from Disney Theatrical to perform his adaptation, meeting with Richard Sherman in California in consultation about the production.
Set in 1912 Maine, the musical features ragtime, barbershop, player pianos, waltzes, and the Disney favorite "The Ugly Bug Ball." The cast encompasses all ages of dancers, singers, and actors. The production promises to be a delight from start to finish.
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)
Theatrical humor is in high gear as three actors eagerly present the works of the Bard, which manages to both celebrate and poke fun at some of the most well-known plays ever written – Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and more. But can constant jokes and out-of-control actors really present all of Shakespeare’s plays before they end up fighting and arguing about all the details?
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Back to the 80s!
Remember the days of Reagan and when Atari was the coolest new computer game ever made? Remember the big hair and the big songs? This comedy musical does, and it includes some of the best tunes from the era such as Footloose, Man in the Mirror, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and many, many more. Set at a totally awesome high school in the late days of the decade, it is like seeing the movies Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Karate Kid, Back to the Future and more all in one show.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps
This Tony-award-winning comedy takes Hitchcock’s amazing adventure of spies and mystery and brings the entire movie onto the stage. Fast-paced, action-packed and spanning Europe and England, a handful of performers bring hundreds of the movie’s characters to life in an unforgettable romp of espionage and romance as only Hitchcock could create – if Hitchcock were a member of the wacky Monty Python troupe.
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