2024-2025 Season
Celebrating 69 Years of Live Theatre
Sept. 19th-21st, 26th-28th, and Oct. 3th-5th
Welcome to the chaotic world of New York radio station WOV! It’s the final broadcast of the Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade, a show for American soldiers serving overseas during World War 2. Harassed manager Clifton A. Feddington tries to keep his performers in order and get through the broadcast without too many catastrophes. However, that is easier said than done! With a drunken, Sinatra-esque lead singer, a delivery boy with theatrical aspirations, and a talented trumpeter preparing to leave New York’s big band scene and fight overseas, it’s a challenge just to get to the end of the show. Full of big band classics, jitterbugging, and old-fashioned, live sound effects, The 1940s Radio Hour takes a swinging trip to a bygone era, bringing the audience along for the ride!
Dec. 11th-14th and 18th-21st
The Gift of the Magi is a classic Christmas story of love and sacrifice. It was written by O. Henry and first published in the New York Sunday World in December 1905. The original story is about Jim and Della, an impoverished young couple who make sacrifices in order to buy each other meaningful Christmas gifts.
Scrooge Has Left the Building is a play that takes place at Christmas time. An old man sits in his sitting room eating porridge. Marley, a ghost, bursts in and begins to rattle his chains, scaring the man half to death. Marley claims he has come to save the man from a horrible fate, but the man points out that he is not Scrooge. The play humorously depicts the events that happened on the night before Marley and his spectral friends met Scrooge.
March 6th-8th, 13th-15th, and 20th-22nd
When newly-divorced Grace Vaughn returns home to Savannah, Georgia, she knows she can count on her mother Ruby to be there for her. Along with Ruby and her diner come Ruby's friends, all hashing out their own trials with plenty of snarky comments and musings about life. Just like in a DOGWOOD WINTER, together they learn how to bloom after the "cold snaps" of life.
May 1st-3rd, 8th-10th, and 15th-17th
Leader of the Pack pays tribute to the life and music of Ellie Greenwich, whose doo-wop sounds skyrocketed to the top of the ’60s charts. The story unfolds as Ellie reflects on her journey, from her humble beginnings in Brooklyn to her rise to being one of the most successful pop songwriters of her time. Leader of the Pack is a celebration of Greenwich’s lasting influence on the world of pop music, featuring her classic hits such as “Chapel of Love,” “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Be My Baby,” “Hanky Panky,” Do Wah Diddy Diddy,” “And Then He Kissed Me” and, of course, the title song, “Leader of the Pack.” and explores all of Greenwich’s highs and lows along the way.