ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Ken Kesey, Playhouse Smithville, April 12 - 27, 2013

[Playhouse Smithville, 110 Main St., Smithville -- click for map]

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ASSIGNMENT TERROR - ZOMBIES IN SMITHVILLE, a Halloween dinner theatre, Playhouse Smithville, October 19 - November 3

presents a Halloween Dinner Theater - WITH ZOMBIES!

Assignment Terror: Zombies in Smithville

by john daniels, jr.

Oct. 19, 20, 26, 27 and Nov. 2, 3 (Dinner 6:30, Show 7:30)

Disco, funk and plaintive tunes abound in this campy comedy of aliens visiting Smithville, zombiefication of the natives and a traveling troubador who can't stop singing Neil Diamond tunes. Coupled with flying body parts during a rousing rendition of It's Raining Men, this should prove to be a truly funky dinner date.

Comfort Cafe menu: salad, spaghetti & meatballs, garlic bread, dessert. Shows run Oct. 19, 20, 26, 27 and Nov. 2, 3 (Dinner 6:30, Show 7:30) at Playhouse Smithville, 110 Main Street, Smithville, TX. 

 Tickets $20.00 ($10.00 for show only) at www.playhousesmithville.com or call 512-360-7397.

Playhouse Smithville
110 Main Street
Smithville, TX 78957
512-360-7397
www.playhousesmithville.com

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2012-2013 Theatre Season for Playhouse Smithville

Playhouse Smithville 2012-2013 Theatre Season

George Orwell's 1984
& Thought Is Free
(by Jon-Michael Williford)
Directed by Jon-Michael Williford

September 14 - 29 2012

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Assignment Terror:
One Grave Mistake After Another

by john daniels jr

October 2012

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Return the Christmas Mountain 2012

December 1st & 8th, 2012
(2pm &  7pm)

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A Special '60's Musical Dinner Theatre Celebration & Surprise

"A Splendid Time is Guaranteed for All"


by john daniels, jr.
February 2013

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by Dale Wasserman,
adapted from the novel
by Ken Kesey
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French
March 2013

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Book by Bertolt Brecht/
Music by Kurt Weill
May 2013

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3rd Annual Smithville Melodrama

Egads!

June 2013

Upcoming: Balderdash!, melodrama by Playhouse Smithville, June 8 - 24

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the 2nd Annual Smithville Melodrama

Balderdash!

June 8-23 (Fridays &Saturdays) at 7:30 pm.

Playhouse Smithville, 110 Main Street (click for map)

Tickets at www.playhousesmithville.com or call 512-360-7397.

Smithville is in peril again and the Playhouse is at fault. It’s popcorn throwing time for the Second Annual Playhouse Smithville Melodrama: Balderdash! Come see who’s gettin’ tied to the railroad tracks, cheer the hero, BOO the villain, be astonished at the beauty of the damsel in distress and gasp at the audacity of a northerner. Drink the town coffee at your own risk!

Popcorn Melodrama at Playhouse Smithville

Jo and Tom Watts play the town doctor and the sheriff who are “sweet on each other” in the mythical town of Smithville, part of the 2^nd Annual Playhouse Smithville Melodrama, Balderdash! Artistic Director john daniels, jr. (sic) writes and directs the popcorn potboiler and “hoss” opera. “Doing this show is truly a labor of love, especially when twenty-five actors want to be in the production,” says daniels, “and it is so much fun too.”

Executive director of the Playhouse, April Daniels, who plays Texanna Hanna-the owner of the bank, adds, “It’s playtime at the Playhouse. The melodrama is a present for our actors and our audience. This is the end of our second season and we are all still having as much fun as the day we started.” During the first two seasons the Playhouse has produced fifteen shows. Balderdash! concludes a season that started with Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Many of the actors in Balderdash! were in the Shakespeare as well.

Kayla Jo Williams continues her streak of acting in every Playhouse production with her portrayal of Roxi Cane the pistol packing heroine. She is joined by other damsels in distress, Bonnie Watts and Shelby Brown playing the Cache twins.

Cheering the heroes may be complicated. There is Tom Watts’ quintessential Sheriff, Danne Abshur’s Detective from New Jersey, and Brandon Flippo’s silent film star hero.

Booing and throwing popcorn at the villain will be much easier as last year’s hero Brad Wilbourn is this year’s villain, Joe Bad T’Bone. But wait, he’s not the only one you can boo. Pelt with popcorn Lia Nelson’s Vermina Bartles, the town lawyer turned villain, and her wanna be beau Bob D’Burgler played by Steve Haight.

That is only eleven out of twenty-five characters in this town. 

 Playhouse regulars, A. J. Feux, Jim Sanders, Belinda Parsons, Geoffrey Goerlitz, Charla May Cason and Megan Mossman add personality to the mix along with relative new comers, Sydney Hight, McKenzie Miller, Kya Lambert, Severn Watts, and Ashley Vaughn. 

 Returning to the Playhouse stage is Cheyenne Lambert playing the Mayor/school teacher/masked do-gooder. Performing for the first time at the Playhouse is Matthew Haight as young Maverick Lawton. The cast is rounded out by Pam Latham as Elizabeth Smith, founder of the town… maybe.

Come have fun, boo, cheer, hiss, sigh, throw popcorn and laugh. Celebrate the Playhouse’s second season with, “Balderdash!”

Balderdash! opens Friday June 8 and runs Fridays & Saturdays through June 23. Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased at www.playhousesmithville.com or by calling 512-360-7397 or at the Playhouse, 110 Main Street in Smithville.

Upcoming: The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, Playhouse Smithville, April 13 - 28

Playhouse Smithville

presents

The Imaginary Invalid

by Molière

April 13 - 28, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

Playhouse Smithville, 110 Main Street, Smithville, TX 78957. (click for map)

Tickets are $10.00 at www.playhousesmithville.com or call (512) 360-7397.

Purchase tickets on-line

With your permission and for your pleasure Playhouse Smithville presents Moliere's comic satire and farce The Imaginary Invalid.

Artistic Director john daniels, jr. (sic) adapts, directs and stars as Argan, the theatre's most famous hypochondriac. Live music, dance, gypsies, and the Playhouse treatment of a classic comedy, drives this steampunk, grunge rock indictment of the heeling/ healing arts. Come take your medicine!

Upcoming: jdj's Frankenstein, Playhouse Smithville, October 21 -November 5

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Playhouse Smithville

presents

FRANKENSTEIN

Adapted for the stage by john daniels, jr.

October 21 - November 5, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets at www.playhousesmithville.com or call 512-360-7397.

Mary Shelley's classic tale of Prometheus rising - a soulless beast or a man tormented? This is not your father's Frankenstein.

Upcoming: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Playhouse Smithville, September 9 - 24

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"The course of true love never runs smooth. . . ."

September 9 - 24, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

110 Main Street, Smithville, TX 78957

(512) 360-7397 - playhousesmithville@yahoo.com

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE (single tickets $10; season tickets $60 for one, $55 each for two or more)

Auditions for Curses!, a melodrama, Playhouse Smithville, May 7

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Playhouse Smithville

announces

AUDITIONS for the 1st Annual Smithville melodrama:

by john daniels, jr.

Auditions are May 7, 2011, 2 p.m.

A prepared piece is not necessary. Come on out and be in a show! Evil villains and dashing heroes play tug of war over the heroine. Audience members boo and toss popcorn when the villain appears, ooh and aah when the heroine glides across the stage and cheer when the hero arrives. Who will win the day? Will the heroine meet her dastardly fate tied to the train tracks (of course not!)? Will the hero fail to arrive in time (of course not!)? Will the villain succeed with his heinous plot (welllll....)? Join us for a fun trip through a melodrama with saltwater taffy and sasparilla on tap for all! Show dates are Fridays & Saturdays, June 3-18, 2011 at 7:30pm.

Upcoming: Twelve Angry Men, Playhouse Smithville, April 8 - 23

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Playhouse Smithville

presents the American classic

by Reginald Rose.

April 8-23, Fridays & Saturdays, 7:30pm, 110 Main Street, Smithville (click for map)

For tickets, visit www.playhousesmithville.com or call (512) 360-7397 for more information.

Artistic Director john daniels, jr. directs the intense play about pre-judgment, prejudice, stereotypes, fear, conformity, miscarriage of justice and the courage to stand up, think for yourself and, if necessary, change your mind. Twelve talented and dedicated local actors take on the task of bringing the jurors to life. Limited, intimate seating.

Upcoming: Easy Theatre's Austin Children's Theatre Festival, February 18 - 20

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Austin Children’s Theatre Festival
February 18-20, 2011
Youth Productions for Families
Dougherty Arts Theater, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin
(program advertising as little as $20)

Includes the following:

As You Like It

By William Shakespeare and Adapted by I.E. Clark
Directed by Engela Edwards
Friday and Saturday, February 18 & 19 at 5:30 p.m.
Dougherty Arts Theater
1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas
A glimpse into the Forest of Arden finds teenagers of Shakespeare's play much like those of today. As the characters try to untangle the web they have woven, the excitement in the forest keeps the audience laughing.

45 minutes

Produced by special arrangements with I. E. Clark Publishing

OZ!

Book by Tim Kelly; Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
Directed by Engela Edwards
Saturday & Sunday, February 19 & 20, 2011 at 2:30
Dougherty Arts Theater
1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas
A dazzling musical based on the L. Frank Baum classic story
This musical is filled with fun and fantasy with a great cast of characters including a real dog.

Engela has produced this show before with an adult cast, and it was a huge hit with both the actors and the audience. In fact it sold out every performance, so purchase your tickets early.

90 minute musical plus intermission

Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon

by Don Zolidis
Directed by Engela Edwards
Friday and Saturday, February 18 & 19 at 8 p.m.
Dougherty Arts Theater
1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas
EASY Theatre Teen Touring Troupe will recreate the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they attempt to combine them into one gigantic fable using Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and other stories.

60 minutes

Produced by special arrangements with Playscripts, Inc. www.playscripts.com

Robin Hood

Written and directed by john daniels, jr.
Friday and Saturday, February 18 & 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Robin Hood, the john daniels, jr. version for young actors and their parents for children all ages and their parents. This version of the Sherwood tale is complete with songs, live music, dancing, sword play, archery, and lots of jokes. A fun show for fun crowds. Yikes and away! 45-minutes. Tickets with cash at the door.