“Bubbles of Emotion”

 A comedy in two acts

Written by: Jessie Breck

Winter Show: February 12, 13, 14,

19, 20 and 21

Ticket Prices: $10 Seniors/Students;

$12 Adults

 

What happens when your husband stands you up for lunch and leaves with a clerk from the local convenience store and a small man with a gun, black eye and multiple scratches holds you up before you can get home?  Well, if you’re Junie, you take his gun and then haul him back home to patch him up.  This is only the beginning of Junie’s problems in Sharon Mullen’s hilarious comedy, where things gradually get out of hand causing Junie to experience little “Bubbles of Emotion”.   Please join us for this funny and touching play that teaches us to believe in ourselves and in love.

 

“A Midsummer Night’s Scheme”

Written by: Steve Cross

 Show: March 26, 27, 28, April 2, 3

and 4

Ticket Prices: $6 Students; $10 Seniors/Adults

 

Wilma Shakespeare, a descendant of the bard himself, has been confined to a mental institution since her last disastrous play. She’s been given a chance to win her right to freedom by successfully writing and directing a comedy.  Sounds simple right?  Under the supervision of her somewhat pessimistic psychiatrist and with a somewhat clueless cast, Wilma’s situation seems doomed to failure until help arrives from a somewhat surprising source.   Join us to enjoy Wilma’s dilemma and learn a little about Shakespeare in the process. 

 

 

“The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs”

 Full Length Drama

Written by:  William Inge

Spring Show: May 28, 29, 30, June 4, 5, and 6

Ticket Prices: $10 Seniors/Students; $12 Adults

 

Playwright William Inge takes us back to the early 1920s and into the home of the Flood family in a small Oklahoma town.  We find Rubin, the traveling salesman father, Cora, the sensitive and lovely wife and mother, Sonny, their little boy and Reenie, their shy teenage daughter.  In a town where everyone else seems to be successful, the Flood family is struggling to survive on many levels. The plot of Mr. Inge’s comedy drama is less one story than a series of short stories – the fight between a husband and wife, the fear of an overly shy young girl on going to a dance, the problems of an introverted little boy and more. In this interesting drama Mr. Inge is saying that there is dark at the top of everyone’s stairs, but that it can be dissipated by understanding, by tolerance, by compassion and by the brand of companionship that demands not conformity but love. 

 

“Nunsense”

Musical Comedy 

Book, Music and Lyrics by:  Dan Goggin

Summer Show: July 30, 31, August 1, 7, 8,

14 and 15

Ticket Prices: $10 Seniors/Students;

$12 Adults

 

For 26 years this zany musical has entertained thousands of theatre goers and we’re pleased to bring it to Attic’s stage for 2009.   In this purely presentational style show, five nuns of the Order of the Little Sisters of Hoboken will do their very best to entertain you with songs, dances, jokes, stories and more – all in an effort to raise money for a very worthy, but somewhat strange cause.  Come out and enjoy a purely entertaining show that will have you laughing from start to finish.  In the words of author, Dan Goggin “”Nunsense” is a musical comedy for everyone – everywhere!”

 

“Moon Over Buffalo”

Comedy 

Written by:  Ken Ludwig

Fall Show: October 8, 9, 10, 15, 16

and 17

Ticket Prices: $10 Seniors/Students;

$12 Adults

 

This backstage farce brought Carol Burnett back to Broadway and starred Philip Bosco as her husband and leading man.  The year is 1953 and an acting couple (Charlotte and George Hay) are on tour in Buffalo with a repertory consisting of “Cyrano de Bergerac” (the revised one nostril version) and Noel Coward’s “Private Lives”. They find out that Frank Capra is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance as he considers offering George the a starring role in his upcoming film, “The Scarlet Pimpernel”.  Hilarious misunderstandings and madcap misadventures abound, all of which are magnified by Charlotte’s deaf mother who manages the theatre.  You’re sure to enjoy this show that has been referred to as “Nothing less than a love letter to live theatre”.

 

“Papa’s Angels”

A Christmas Story with Music

Written by:  Collin Wilcox Paxton (in collaboration with Charles Jones)

Music by: John Roman (with arrangements

by Phyllis Dunne)

Holiday Show: December 3, 4, 5, 10,

11 and 12

Ticket Prices: $10 Seniors/Students;

$12 Adults

 

Join us for a heartwarming holiday show as we travel to 1935 and the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina to visit the Jenkins family.  Papa Jenkins, known through the hills as “Grins”, is a man whose guitar playing and singing is known far and wide.  With a loving wife and five outgoing children, life is perfect until tragedy threatens to forever darken the Jenkins family.  Ultimately, it’s the innocence and love that only children possess that makes healing possible. Attending this touching show is the perfect way to start your holiday season.