Announcing our 2007/2008 Season!
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5th
Annual Smithville Mystery Theatre Production |
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Season Opener Children of a Lesser
God Performed at Broad Street
United Methodist Church
After three years in the Peace Corps,
James, a young speech therapist, joins the faculty of a school for the
deaf, where he is to teach lip-reading. He meets Sarah, totally deaf
from birth, and estranged both from the world of hearing and from those
who would compromise to enter that world. Fluent in sign language, James
tries, with little success, to help Sarah, but gradually the two fall
in love and marry. At first their relationship is a happy and glowing
one, as the gulf of silence between them seems to be bridged by their
desire to understand each other's needs and feelings, but discord soon
develops as Sarah becomes militant for the rights of the deaf and rejects
any hint that she is being patronized and pitied. In the end the chasm
between the worlds of sound and silence seems almost too great to cross…but
love and compassion hold the hope of reconciliation, and a deeper, fuller
understanding of differences that, in the final essence, can unite as
well as divide. |
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Children's Holiday Production Christmas with the Family Performed at Broad Street
United Methodist Church
Christmas is a time for sharing and togetherness. But with money tight and four unexpected cousins arriving from out of state, it looks like a little TOO MUCH sharing and togetherness is in store! Come help us figure out where to put everyone, what to do about presents, and how to get rid of all that extra turkey from the Thanksgiving raffle! It's a funny, tender trip, with plenty of Christmas cheer. |
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Annual Desert Theatre Don’t Dress for Dinner
Performed at Broad Street
United Methodist Church
This boulevard comedy was a smash
hit in Paris, where it played for over two years, and in London, where
critical acclaim greeted the Apollo Theatre production. Bernard is planning
a weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in a French farmhouse. He
has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, is
packing his wife Jacqueline off to her mother's, and has even invited
his best friend to provide the alibi. It's foolproof; what could possibly
go wrong? Suppose Robert turns up not knowing why he has been invited?
Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers? What happens if the
cook is mistaken for the mistress and the mistress is unable to cook?
An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise
at breakneck speed. |
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Musical Pippin Dates and Times:
*Shadow-interpreted Performed at Broad Street United Methodist Church
Once upon a time, the young prince
Pippin longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment.
He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the
flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father
King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found it in the simple pleasures
of home and family. This hip, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale
captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at
heart everywhere (the show has become a staple on high school and college
campuses). The energetic pop-influenced score by three-time Oscar®-winning
composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell,” “Children
of Eden” and the animated films “Pocahontas,” “The
Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “The Prince of Egypt”)
bursts with one show stopping number after another, from soaring ballads
to infectious dance numbers. A splashy, dance-driven spectacle, which
includes some of the most brilliant staging in Broadway history. |
