Our 2007-2008 Season

The Spitfire Grill

Music and Book by James Valcq
Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley
Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff

Stage Direction by Mario Salinas
Musical Direction by Shawn Bolduc

October 19 - November 4, 2007

Starring Shawna O'Brien, David DaCosta, Marianne Phinney, Kelley Cavanaugh, PK Egersheim, Elaine Sheffield-Bono, and Peter Bradley

A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah's Spitfire Grill. It is for sale, but there are no takers for the only eatery in the depressed town, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely cookin' at the Spitfire Grill.

"A soul satisfying ... work of theatrical resourcefulness. A compelling story that flows with grace and carries the rush of anticipation. The story moves, the characters have many dimensions and their transformations are plausible and moving. The musical is freeing. It is penetrated by honesty and it glows." N.Y. Times.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Walpole Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Dinner For Several

A Comedy by John Shanahan

Directed by Stacey Shanahan

February 8-24, 2008

 

Starring (in order of appearance): Gordon Ellis, Jim Gross, Colleen Lavery, Robin Gabrielli, Toni Ruscio, Shannon Lillian Hogan, and Christine Grudinskas

All Carter Sullivan wanted to do was make a quiet dinner for his date. So how did he end up cooking for her, her roommate, his ex-girlfriend, his roommate, and his roommate's friend? A funny look at love and relationships and the foolish things we do for them.

Four years after Dinner For Several received its first public staged reading at the Footlighters, we are delighted to bring this comedy from local playwright John Shanahan back to our stage for a full production as part of our 2007-2008 season. He's polished it since then and it's seen a production in our neighbor theater in Medway, but it has lost none of its wit and charm.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Walpole Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Enchanted April

A Romantic Comedy by Matthew Barber
From the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Directed by Kay Carter Blaha

May 2-18, 2008

Starring (in order of appearance):Elaine Sheffield-Bono, Marianne Phinney, Stephen Lee, Paul Campbell, Cathy Larson, Pat Hainsworth, Matt Meier, and Evie Rayburg

AVAILABLE. To those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine. Small castle on the Mediterranean in Northern Italy. To be let for the month of April. Cook, gardens, ocean view.

When two proper London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two other, very different English women to share the cost and the experience. During their enchanted month in the Ligurian villa, the ladies fall under the spell of their idyllic, sun-drenched surroundings. There, amid the wisteria blossoms, they rediscover laughter, learn new truths about themselves and find just the romance they need, though perhaps not the romance we - or they - expect to find.

 

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Walpole Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

And Two Special Events!

Comedy Tonight!

Three Boston comedy stars with national reputations hit the stage to benefit our Capital Improvement Fund. Come and have plenty of laughs and good, clean fun (PG-13!) with Dave Rattigan, Joe Wong, and Bob Siebel. More....

 

 

The Music Goes On

Singing the all-time greatest hits of Garland, Sinatra, Martin and Minnelli are the four talented singers who make up Bova Productions. This is a great evening of songs and entertainment that will have you humming as you leave our theater.

Supported in part by a grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation.

 

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