[Capdist-announce] The Ghent Playhouse's 2016-2017 Season Productions -- calendar revised

[Linda Murawski]

*The Ghent Playhouse's 2016-2017 Season Productions*

Mark your calendar, the Playhouse’s 42nd season promises to be a great
one!
*THE 39 STEPS* –

Based on John Buchan’s 1915 novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 film of the
same name, The 39 Steps combines a classic spy thriller with farcical
comedy and ingenious theatrical magic, as four actors take on a multitude
of characters to create an engaging, entertaining and fast-paced
whodunit. Written
by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan – Directed by Deena Pewtherer.

Performance Dates:  October 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 2016
*THE TURN OF THE SCROOGE *– Our Annual Panto *–* Spend time with all the
familiar characters – and maybe a few new ones - as The Loons return with
their own zany spin on the classic holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol,” with
another terrific original British-American Panto.  Great fun for the whole
family! Written by the Pantoloons – Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher .
Performance Dates:  November 25-27, December 2-4, 9-11, 2016

*ONCE UPON A MATRESS** – *
What do you get when you mix one pea, 20 mattresses and a Princess-to-be
named “Fred?”  One hilarious musical love story.  Based on the popular
fairytale, “The Princess and the Pea.” Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller
and Marshall Louis Barer; Music by Mary Rodgers; Lyrics by Marshall Louis
Barer; Directed by Terri Conte

Performance Dates:  January 20-22, 27-29, February 3-5, 2017

*MOTHERS AND SONS** – *

>From the award-winning playwright of “Love! Valor! Compassion!” comes a
timely and touching new play about change, reconciliation and becoming a
family.  A Dallas matriarch pays an unexpected visit to her late son’s
former partner, who is now married to another man and raising a young son.
Forced to consider the life her son may have had, the woman must now come
to terms with her own life choices and how society has changed around her.
2014 Tony Award Nominee for Best New Play. Written by Terrence McNally –
Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher.

Performance Dates:  March 17-19, 24-26, March 30-April 2, 2017

*TRUE WEST **– *

In this funny, dangerous and profound play, two estranged and seemingly
different brothers - one a professional Hollywood screenwriter, and the
other, a desert-dweller and petty thief - are reunited for the first time
in five years at their mother’s California home.  A visit from a film
producer creates a power shift between the two, as the older brother’s
unexpected pitch of a film idea, is accepted over the script the younger
brother has long been developing, thrusting the play into verbal and
physical violence as the two fight for possession and control. Written by
Sam Shepard – Directed by Patrick White.

Performance Dates:  May 19-21, 26-28, June 2-4, 2017




















-- 
Linda Murawski, Office Manager & Publicity person for The Ghent
Playhouse
6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY  12075  (518) 392-6264
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