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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our 2007-2008 season was 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.