by Conor McPherson
Directed by Ruth Anne Baumgartner
November 25 – December 11
A 2008 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play, a play both hilarious and chilling weaves a holiday tale of Ireland and the supernatural. On Christmas Eve in North Dublin, Sharky Harkin finds himself reluctantly hosting old friends – and a stranger – for a game of poker at the rundown house he shares with his older brother. Old promises and past deeds come to light, and Sharky realizes that he is playing for his soul. ”…a dark and enthralling Christmas fable of despair and redemption” — NY Times. ”A timeless classic.” —Hollywood Reporter.
A Christmas Eve card game among friends takes a dark supernatural turn. Pictured: Damien Langan, Al Kulcsar, David Hartigan, Rob Pawlikowski, and Will Jeffries.
by Herb Gardner
Directed by David Jackins
February 10 – 26, 2012
Tired of writing cheap comedy gags for “Chipper the Chipmunk,” a children’s television star, Murray Burns finds himself unemployed with plenty of free time with which to pursue his…pursuits. Lectured by his conventional brother Arnold and hounded by “the system”, Murray is paid a visit by bickering, uptight social workers, Sandra and Albert, and finds himself solving their problems as well as most of his own. “Would be a standout comedy in any season. Filled with laughter and warmth and sweetness and inspired daffiness.” – New York Daily News
Cast of Herb Gardner’s “A Thousand Clowns” – (standing) Philip Schaefer, Rick Waln, Kyle Runestad; (seated) Jessica Denes, Brad Shwidock and Michael Sean Fleischner at Westport Community Theatre, February 10 – 26, 2012.
by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by Alexander Kulcsar
April 13 – 29. 2012
Paris, 1941. Pablo Picasso has been summoned from his favorite café by German occupation forces to a storage vault across the city for an interrogation. His questioner: Miss Fischer, a beautiful “cultural attaché” from Berlin. Her assignment: discover which of the three Picasso paintings recently “confiscated” by the Nazis from their Jewish owners are real. The ministry of propaganda has planned a special exhibit of “degenerate art,”and only the great artist himself can attest to their authenticity. A taut cat-and-mouse drama about art, politics, sex and truth, with plenty of humor and a twist at the climax.
Book by George Furth, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Mark Graham
June 8 – July 1. 2012
Moonlight And Magnolias,
a comedy by Ron Hutchinson
Directed by Jessica Denes
September 16 – October 2. 2011
With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in 2011 – a timely comedy about the script rewrite for one of the most famous movies of all time, “Gone with the Wind.” Based on an actual event, the setting is Hollywood, 1939, and the filming of “Gone With The Wind” has been shutdown after the first week. Legendary producer David O. Selznick summons famed screenwriter Ben Hecht to salvage what’s left of bad script adaptations – with only one problem, Hecht has never read the book. He pullls formidable director Victor Fleming off “The Wizard of Oz” to take over the directorial reins and assist with this marathon re-write. Under lock and key in his office, Selznick and Fleming attempt to act out all the characters in the novel while Hecht types. By day three, fatigue, hunger and sarcasm prevail. Tempers flare. And the madcap Moonlight and Magnolias ensues…