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| Request a Season Brochure 2011-2012 season now available 440-526-4477 |
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| Our 71st Season |
September 30, October 1,7, 8, 9, 14,15, 2011
Tony award winning play by Thomas Heggen & Joshua Logan
One of the more enduring plays to emerge from the WWII era, it takes place on a US cargo ship
supplying troops in the Pacific during the final months of the war. The story is a telling about a
side of war that is not filled with action and heroism, but rather the boredom and frustration of
men assigned to less glamorous work. The storyline centers on one of the officer’s attempts to get
transferred to combat duty, his relationship with his men, and his conflict with the captain. It also
abounds in comic incidents, many of which originated from the author’s real experiences aboard
the USS Virgo on which he served as a lieutenant from 1944 to 1945.
Tony award winning play by Thomas Heggen & Joshua Logan
One of the more enduring plays to emerge from the WWII era, it takes place on a US cargo ship
supplying troops in the Pacific during the final months of the war. The story is a telling about a
side of war that is not filled with action and heroism, but rather the boredom and frustration of
men assigned to less glamorous work. The storyline centers on one of the officer’s attempts to get
transferred to combat duty, his relationship with his men, and his conflict with the captain. It also
abounds in comic incidents, many of which originated from the author’s real experiences aboard
the USS Virgo on which he served as a lieutenant from 1944 to 1945.
June 8, 9,15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 2012
A touching comedy by Ernest Thompson
Taking place over one summer, this warm and witty play is really a love story of an aging couple
facing what might be their final visit to the cottage they've cherished for nearly 50 years. Norman is
irascible and preoccupied with dying and a failing memory while Ethyl is firmly grounded and long
suffering. Their idyllic surroundings are interrupted by a visit from their estranged daughter, her
fiancé and his teenage son, who is dropped off for the summer. The old man and the kid grudgingly
move toward a trusted camaraderie. Through this relationship Norman learns, belatedly, how to be
a father to his daughter. As the summer wanes there are a couple crises that brings everyone to the
realization that life is a precious thing and to a happy, but tear-jerking ending.
A touching comedy by Ernest Thompson
Taking place over one summer, this warm and witty play is really a love story of an aging couple
facing what might be their final visit to the cottage they've cherished for nearly 50 years. Norman is
irascible and preoccupied with dying and a failing memory while Ethyl is firmly grounded and long
suffering. Their idyllic surroundings are interrupted by a visit from their estranged daughter, her
fiancé and his teenage son, who is dropped off for the summer. The old man and the kid grudgingly
move toward a trusted camaraderie. Through this relationship Norman learns, belatedly, how to be
a father to his daughter. As the summer wanes there are a couple crises that brings everyone to the
realization that life is a precious thing and to a happy, but tear-jerking ending.
| March 16,17, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 2012 We regret, because of casting difficulties, we will not be staging "Li'l Abner, but we are pleased to have replaced it with this great Thornton Wilder American Classic More information forthcoming |