Michael Frayn's Noises Off follows a theatrical company to a small town as they rehearse and perform Nothing On. Instead of
a play within a play it's more like a farce within a farce. We see the cast backstage embroiled in peccadilloes and petty bickering
and onstage in character trying to hit their marks and keep their lines straight. A classic English farce, Noises Off throws in much
opening and closing of doors and many entrances and exits. It's sometimes difficult to keep up with the fast-paced action, but
that's as it should be to keep the audience confused and amused.
The Cast
Brooke Ashton: Brena Adams
Frederick Fellowes: Steve Adams
Belinda Blair: Marlo Angel-Hartman
Lloyd Dallas: James Asbury
Tim Allgood: Marvin Hays
Poppy Norton-Taylor: Leta Langdon
Garry LeJune: Tom Massman
Selsdon Mowbray: Jim Ripperger
Dotty Otley: Heather Thompson
The Crew
Director: Lara A. Hays
Assistant Director: Billy Herrington
Producer: Kennette Oldham
Assistant Producer: Trish Thompson
Set Design: Cory Moosman
Lighting & Sound Design: Cory Moosman
Properties Mistress: Dorothy Heedt
"Proof"
by David Auburn
March 7-8 & 12-15, 2008
8:00 PM
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant
but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions;
the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find
valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance
and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's
madness ~ or genius ~ will she inherit?
The Cast
Robert: Darin Stuart
Catherine: Amber Gene Stupnik
Claire: Natasha Casias
Hal: Eli J. Wasoba
The Crew
Director: Craig Slayton Smith
Producer: Geoffrey Simmons
"Of Mice and Men"
by John Steinbeck
May 2-3 & 7-10, 2008
8:00 PM
Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living off the "fat of the land," have just arrived at a ranch to work for
enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It's Lennie's
obsessions with things soft and cuddly, that have made George cautious about who the gentle giant, with his brute strength, associates
with. His promise to allow Lennie to "tend to the rabbits" on their future land keeps Lennie calm, amidst distractions, as the overgrown
child needs constant reassurance. But when a ranch boss' promiscuous wife is found dead in the barn with a broken neck, it's obvious
that Lennie, albeit accidentally, killed her. George, now worried about his own safety, knows exactly where Lennie has gone to hide,
and he meets him there. Realizing they can't run away anymore, George is faced with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie
before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands.
The Cast
George: Jeff Ybarra
Lennie: Dale Shepherd
Candy: Rick Mattoon
Curley: Scott Wilson
Curley's wife: Dawn Thompson
Carlson: Yomeni Clark
Slim: Clay Fitzsimmons
Crooks: Jerome Davis
The Boss: Ken Thompson
Whit: Derek Mauth
Director: Jack Passanante, Jr.
Assistant Director: Johnny Lucero
Producers: Dale & Cindy Shepherd
Stage Manager: Heather Sokalski
Sound Design: Geoffrey Simmons
Costume Designer: Alicia Croshal
The Crew
Director: Jack Passanante
Assistant Director: Johnny Lucero
Producers: Dale & Cindy Shepherd
Stage Manager: Heather Sokalski
Sound Design: Geoffrey Simmons
Costume Designer: Alicia Croshal
"Lies Mother Never Told Me"
by Dorean Yaeger with assistance from Kathy Pusatory
June 13-14 & 18-21, 2008
8:00 PM
When a family lives with lies, those lies become reality. Any attempt to face the truth may be thwarted by avoidance of the issue.
How do those lies affect relationships that have been based entirely on dishonesty? This comedy-drama investigates what happens
to two sisters when one tries to cross the abyss of the facade.
"That's It Folks"
by Mark O'Donnell
October 10-11 & 15-18, 2008
8:00 PM
If the world comes to an end, it's not necessarily the end of the world. "That's It Folks!" is a Looney Tunes
vision of the apocalypse. Set on "the last day on earth", this brief farce makes good on its promise: a meteor
shower and a plague of locusts, among other catastrophes, reduce the Earth to rubble.
