Our 2000-2001 Season
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Saving Grace by Jack Sharkey
September 8-9, 15-17, 22-24, 29-30, 2000
Grace is a warmhearted girl who constantly compares her life to heroines in old movies. Grace's boss, Walter, hopes their working relationship will blossom into romance. Their first date goes awry when Alex, the telephone repairman, arrives. Grace mistakes him for a burglar, and tries to convert him from his life of crime. Enter her strait-laced sister Harriet, and Grace has to pretend that Alex is her husband. Complications and misunderstandings abound in this fast-moving farce.

Anybody for Murder by Brian Clemens and Dennis Spooner
October 27-28, November 3-5, 10-12, 17-18, 2000
Plots and plans are hatched at the Greek Island estate of the Harringtons and soon everyone is bent on murdering whoever may stand in the way of inheriting the huge fortune of a long-lost cousin. The only complication is the next-door neighbor - a crime thriller writer who knows a thing or two about murder! "Not only an exciting thriller but an evening of hysterical comedy."

Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon
January 12-14, 19-21, 26-27, February 2-3, 2001
Willie resents Al's habit of poking a finger in his chest and spitting in his face when pronouncing words that start with a "p." It has been eleven years since they have performed together. Willie resides in a rundown residential hotel in Manhattan, trying to work in TV commercials despite a shaky hand and a bad memory. Al has retired and sits on the porch a lot at his daughter's home in New Jersey. Willie's nephew, Ben, brings the news that CBS is preparing "A History of Comedy," and has invited "Lewis and Clark" to do one of their classic sketches. The team gets back together again, only to have the animosity flare up and the fights over the finger poking and spitting stubbornly revived. It is a touching, humorous, and heartrending slice of show business life, which reveals their aging vulnerability and the infirmities that come with senior life.

Dearly Departed by David Buttrell and Jessie Jones
March 9-10, 16-18, 23-25, 30-31, 2001
In the Backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father's funeral, the Turpin's other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion. Amidst the chaos, the Turpin's turn for comfort to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who just manage to pull together and help each other through their hours of need, and finally, the funeral.

The Music Man by Merideth Willson
June 8-10, 14-17, 21-24, 28-30 2001
The plot revolves around "Professor" Harold Hill, a con-man in the early 1900's who--in order to sell band instruments--convinces the citizens of River City, Iowa that he can teach their children to play in a magnificent marching band. He tries to make a score by creating a need for band instruments and uniforms. In addition to the instruments and uniforms, he sells music lessons in advance, concealing the fact that he cannot read or play a note of music. In the process he galvanizes the town out of its torpor and falls in love with the local librarian/music teacher. This musical is the original setting for such songs as "Seventy-Six Trombones" and "Till There Was You."