Calendar Girls

Directed by Vicki Webb

September 13 - September 29, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

Pay What You Can: Thursday, September 26th at 7:30pm

$25 Adults - $23 Students/Seniors/Military - $20 Children 12 & Under

Funny, sincere, and just a wee bit naughty!

When Annie's husband John dies of leukemia, she and best-friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow Women’s Institute (WI) members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame.

Recommended for Ages 12+ 

Featuring:
Shannon Mahan as Chris
Dayna Childs as Annie
Karen Norlin Christensen as Cora
Sharry O'Hare as Jessie
Carrie Sleeper-Bowers as Celia
Dawn Brazel as Ruth
Jen Aylsworth as Marie
W. Scott Pinkston as John
Kerry Bringman as Rod
Tristin Nelson as Lawrence/Liam
Anne Marie Rutt as Brenda/Lady Cravenshire
Stephanie Leeper as Elaine

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Evil Dead: The Musical

Directed by Niclas Olson
Musically Directed by Benjamin Bentler
Choreographed by Ashley Roy

October 25 - November 10, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

SPECIAL HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE
Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 7:30pm

Pay What You Can: Thursday, November 7th at 7:30pm

$27 Adults - $25 Students/Seniors/Military - $22 Children 12 & Under

Just in time for Halloween comes everyone’s favorite 80’s cult horror comedy!

Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It's all up to Ash (a housewares employee turned demon-killing hero) and his trusty chainsaw to save the day. Blood flies. Limbs are dismembered. Demons tell bad jokes ... and all to music. This show has fun with the horror genre and, in doing so, appeals to a wide audience. It's the only show with a "Splatter Zone"—a section of the audience that gets covered in fake blood. And with this combination of blood, jokes, cheesy effects and awesome musical numbers, Evil Dead The Musical is unlike any show you've ever seen.

Recommended for Ages 16+ 

Featuring the talents of:
Ashley Roy as Linda
Zachary Edson as Ash
Molly Ellenbecker as Cheryl
Annelise Martin as Shelly/Annie
Aleks Merilo as Ed
Guy Taylor Simpson III as Scott
Eric Strachan as Jake

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Holmes for the Holidays

Directed by Jennifer York

December 6 - December 29, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

SPECIAL ADDED PERFORMANCE
Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 7:30pm

Pay What You Can: Thursday, December 19th at 7:30pm

$25 Adults - $23 Students/Seniors/Military - $20 Children 12 & Under

Run Time: 2:20 with a 15-minute intermission

A hilarious, quirky, and thrilling alternative to your standard holiday entertainment.

It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.

Recommended for Ages 12+ 

Featuring the talents of:
Dave Champagne as William Gillette
Lissa Valentine as Martha Gillette
Frank Roberts as Simon Bright
Robin Mae Becar as Aggie Wheeler
Blake R. York as Felix Geisel
Heidi Walworth-Horn as Madge Geisel
Danielle Locken as Daria Chase
Anne Marie Rutt as Inspector Goring

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas

by Ken Ludwig

December 14-December 28, 2019
Saturday, December 14, 21 & 28 at 11:00am and 2:00pm
Wednesday, December 18 at 7:00pm
Sunday, December 22 at 6:00pm

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas runs 50 minutes with no intermission.

Tickets:
$15.00 Adults
$12.00 Children (12 and under)

Recommended for All Ages

A delightfully fun update to the classic poem about the holiday season.

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, creatures were stirring, including a mouse! Kick off your family’s yuletide season with this comic take on the classic poem. When Santa’s Naughty or Nice list has gone missing, it’s up to a pair of dancing mice, a spunky girl, and an Elf-B-I agent to solve the mystery before Santa boards his sleigh.

Featuring the talents of:
Alexandria Bray as Calliope/Britannia
Evie Merrill as Emily
Jack Burns as Amos
Jay Lurvey as Mulch/Santa Claus/Wendell Sneed
Todd van der Ark as Sir Guy/Uncle Brierly

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Shattering

Directed by Chris Serface

January 24 - February 9, 2020
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

Pay What You Can: Thursday, February 6th at 7:30pm

$25 Adults - $23 Students/Seniors/Military - $20 Children 12 & Under

Run Time: Act 1-1:01 Act 2- 55:00 There will be a 15 minute intermission

A World Premiere play on the TLT stage. Winner of the AACT NewPlayFest.

Jonah has just been released from juvenile commitment into the foster care of Jacqueline Dawson, whose estranged son was murdered by a gang that Jonah was a part of. She witnessed the crime and testified against the other two perpetrators. Now the gang leader who organized that crime wants to teach a lesson about what happens to “snitches.” He orders Jonah to torture and kill Jacqueline—or be killed himself. The instructions come through Jonah’s girlfriend LaBelle, whose investment in the outcome is intensified by her pregnancy. Jonah and LaBelle plot the murder, even as Jonah’s relationship with the strict but caring Dawson develops, and his imagined visits with her dead son jar his conscience.

Recommended for Ages 12+

Featuring the talents of:
Robin McGee as Jacqueline "DeeDee" Dawson
Donovan Mahannah as Jonah
Joshua Hector as Sonny
Cynthia Kinyanjui as LaBelle

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A CHORUS LINE

Directed & Choreographed by Eric Clausell
Musically Directed by Jeff Bell

March 6 - March 29, 2020
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

Pay What You Can: Thursday, March 19 at 7:30pm

$27 Adults - $25 Students/Seniors/Military - $22 Children 12 & Under

It will be ONE singular sensation when this classic show takes the stage!

From the pen of legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch, comes this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singular sensation! Casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete, and for 17 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime and what they’ve worked their whole lives for. A Chorus Line brilliantly evokes both the glamour and grind of showbiz, and is the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. The iconic score features such classics as “What I Did for Love,” “One,” “I Hope I Get It”, and more! With its celebration and true-to-life depiction of performers and their struggle to achieve greatness on the Broadway stage, A Chorus Line has earned unanimous praise as one of the true masterpieces of live theater.

Run Time Act 1: 0:58 Act 2: 1:03

Recommended for Ages 12+

Featuring the talents of:
Heather Adams Arneson as Ensemble
Mauro Bozzo as Gregory
Loucas Curry as Richie
Roycen Daley as Paul
Zachary Edson as Mike
Nick Fitzgerald as Bobby
Valentine Fry as Kristine
Melanie Gladstone as Val
Austin Harris as Larry
Anna Herron as Ensemble
Keola Holt as Diana
Lisa Kelley as Bebe
Anden DeLeon as Ensemble
Liam Loughridge as Mark
Heather Malroy as Sheila
Derek Mesford as Don
Micheal O’Hara as Zach
Thea Ramirez as Ensemble
Adrian Renon as Ensemble
Cynthia Bradford Ryan as Maggie
Whitney Shafer as Cassie
Natalie Silva as Connie
Kira Vega as Judy
Benjamin Wheat as Ensemble
Josh Wingerter as Al

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TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

Directed by Blake R. York

POSTPONED
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

Pay What You Can: Thursday, May 7 at 7:30pm

$25 Adults - $23 Students/Seniors/Military - $20 Children 12 & Under

Larry McMurtry’s beautiful and touching story comes to life in this new stage adaptation.

Though Emma is often exasperated by her highly-opinionated mother, Aurora, they talk every day about their problems, from Aurora finding unexpected love even as she becomes a reluctant grandmother, to Emma's struggle in her troubled marriage. But when they need one another most, will they be able to find courage in each other? This funny and touching story captures the delicate, sometimes fractured bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, and lovers, both old and new.

Recommended for Ages 12+

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THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

Directed by John W. Olive

POSTPONED
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

Pay What You Can: Thursday, June 18 at 7:30pm

$25 Adults - $23 Students/Seniors/Military - $20 Children 12 & Under

Mystery and intrigue surround you in this political thriller.

Set in 1999, young American hero Raymond Shaw is decorated for saving his troops in a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. He returns to the U.S. to find his wealthy widowed mother has married the right wing racist Senator John Iselin. Their goal of reaching the White House gets closer and closer as a game of solitaire figures prominently in the murder of everyone who blocks their way. As a tightly wound plot of espionage, brainwashing, and ruthless ambition unwinds, Raymond Shaw doesn't appear as the war hero everyone thought he was.

Recommended for ages 12+

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