Directed by Eric Porter Choreographed by Wendy Pratt Technical Director Wendy Pratt
Footloose is based on the 1998 Broadway Tony-Award-nominated musical rendition of the 1984 film with the same name. Footloose is a story about peaceful life in the small town of Beaumont until a young city boy, Ren, from Chicago arrives and breaks every taboo. Ren brings dance back to the heart of a town held back by the memory of a tragedy. The music includes many of the original hits of the ‘80s that made the film so popular, including the title song “Footloose”, “Let’s Hear It For the Boy”, “Holding on for a Hero”, and “I’m Free” among others. Special guest actor Tyler Jones is returning to his alma mater to star in the role of the Reverend Shaw Moore.
Preview, Wednesday, January 27 , 7:30 p.m. (tickets at the door, only) All tickets for shows Thursday - Sunday are reserved seating. Thursday, January 28, 7:30 p.m. opening night Friday, January 29, 7:30 p.m. Sat, January 30, 7:30 p.m. Sun, January 31, 3:00 p.m.
Tickets available online from brownpapertickets.com through January 25 at midnight; after that tickets are available at the Anderson Performing Arts Center box office $10 for students and adults over 65 $12 for adults, $8 for children 10 and under This production of "Footloose" is suitable for audiences 8 years old and up.
by Ketti Frings (adapted from the novel by Thomas Wolfe) Directed by Eric Porter
October 14th - Preview- 7:30 PM October 15-17th, 7:30 PM October 18th, 3:00 PM
An authentic American classic, this powerful and vital play captures the humor and grief, both private and universal, of Wolfe's largely autobiographical novel about a youth coming of age. Concentrating on the last third of Wolfe's story, the play vividly portrays Eugene Gant, his mother who is obsessed by material holdings and who maintains barriers against the love of her family, the father-a stonecutter imprisoned by his failures, the brother who never breaks away, and a host of eccentric residents of the family-run boarding house.
Adults - $7, Students - $5. General Admission Seating
Bernadette Nason sparkles like pink champagne in this amusing, silly piece written by "the master" Noël Coward when he was a mere boy of 25.
Hay Fever lightly chronicles the start of a weekend at a country house near London, property of the Bliss family -- David is a novelist, Judith is an actress who recently said her adieux to the London stage and their children Simon and Sorel have no identifiable professions or preoccupations.
They all have artistic temperaments and a cheerful disregard for social niceties. As Sorel says to her brother in the first scene, "You're right about us being slapdash, Simon. I wish we weren't." His reply: "It's not our fault -- it's the way we've been brought up."
When each eccentric member of the self absorbed, artsy, pithy and dramatic member of the Bliss family invites an admiring guest to their country house for a quiet weekend, no one winds up with who they invited and theatrical antics ensue, in this classic drawing room comedy by Noel Coward.
Hay Fever is directed by Karen Sneed and features Austin’s award winning, “terribly British” Bernadette Nason as Judith Bliss, the matriarch of this brash and impetuous family. The Hay Fever cast includes Martina Ohlhauser, Tyler Jones, Eric Porter, Joe Hartman, Julianna Wright, Johnny Stewart, Marsha Sray, and Joni McClain.
Location: The City Theatre, 3823 Airport Blvd. Admission: General: $20, Seniors/Students/Military: $18, Groups: $15 Dates: Friday, May 22 through Sunday June 7, 2009. Please Note: We are unable accept credit cards at the door. Cash & checks only please.
