SUMMER 2015-BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, JR

Friday, July 17th at 7:30pm
Saturday, July 18th at 7:30pm
Sunday, July 19th at 2:00pm

TICKETS: $7.00
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BE OUR GUEST as you come and see Tacoma's finest young actors perform!

SUMMER CAMP @ TLT is pleased to present their performance of the Disney classic, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, JR, directed by Maria Lewis.

Come join Belle, Gaston, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, and of course, the Beast, as they bring your favorite Disney musical to life. You'll be wanting to sing and dance along with all your favorite songs including Belle, Beauty and the Beast, and Be Our Guest!

97th Season Audition Dates Announced

BOEING BOEING

• Already complete

RABBIT HOLE

• August 23, 24
• Callbacks  August 26

A CHRISTMAS STORY

• August 30, 31
• Callbacks September 2

SECOND SAMUEL

• September 27, 28
• Callbacks September 30

THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO

• January 3, 4
• Callbacks January 6

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE

• February 7, 8
• Callbacks February 10

SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE

• July 26, 27
• Callbacks July 29, (2015)

Ouroboros Shadow Pictures Presents: THE HISTORY OF WAKING UP

Ouroboros Shadow Pictures, based in Oakland, CA, is one of the foremost touring shadow-theater companies in the United States. Their specialized methods of shadow-cinema set their work apart from that of other shadow groups. This summer, they are proud to premiere their newest work at Tacoma Little Theater. In town for one night only, this intimate, not-to-be-missed performance promises to be unlike anything you have seen. As it sweeps with sound and visual intrigue, this emotional tone-poem reaches for the corners of memory by speaking to the desperation of everyone’s “too late”. 

THE HISTORY OF WAKING UP will show at 8pm on Saturday July 25th. 

The story follows two people through their nightmares and fantasies, painting a haunting picture of solitude, memory and parallel realities. Set after a tragic incident in the lives of the characters, this story explores their perceptions of time and their struggles with loneliness. When the line between the real and the imagined begins to disintegrate, the collective journey of both characters becomes clear. Important note: this is not a puppet show and may not be appropriate for children under 13. In the spirit of Ingmar Bergman, the show offers character perspectives that are both undesirable and necessary.

THE HISTORY OF WAKING UP is written and performed by Alisa Javits and Adam Lipsky. A visual artist and musician respectively, the two founded Ouroboros Shadow Pictures in 2013. Alisa is the primary designer, builder and performer of the sculptural shadow art, which is used as props in the productions; Adam is responsible for the music and sound elements of the productions. The company has toured frequently and grown rapidly since its founding. Their ongoing efforts are aimed at creating evocative narratives with original music and immersing visual environments. Behind the giant freestanding shadow screen, sound and cinematography are created live, charging each performance with the energy of improvisation. The audience is brought in and surrounded by the full-room expanse of the shadow world. 

The show runs 50 minutes without an intermission. 

Reservations are recommended: $12 advanced / $17 door.

Tickets can be purchased online here, or at the Box Office open T-F 1-5 (253-272-2281).

Smokey Joe's Café Auditions

Tacoma Little Theatre is holding auditions for its production, Smokey Joe’s Café, directed by Micheal O’Hara, choreographed by Eric Clausell, and musically directed by Terry O’Hara.  Auditions will be held on Sunday, July 26th and Monday, July 27th.  THIS SHOW PERFORMS IN MAY AND JUNE OF 2016.

Leiber and Stoller virtually invented rock 'n' roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American culture. In an idealized '50's setting, the classic themes of love won, lost and imagined blend with slice-of-life emotions. Featuring nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE isn't just great pop music - it's compelling musical theatre.  Featuring such hits as: “Stand By Me”, “Yakety Yak”, “On Broadway”, “Jailhouse Rock”, and “Fools Fall in Love”.

Roles are available for 5 men and 4 women.  Please prepare at least 16 bars of a song, an accompanist will be provided.

Auditions will be held Sunday, July 26th & Monday, July 27th at Tacoma Little Theatre.  Audition appointments will be set between the times of 6:00pm-9:00pm on Sunday and 7:00pm-10:00pm on Monday.  Callbacks will be held on Wednesday, July 29th.  There are no youth roles in this production.

To reserve an audition time, email us here, or call our Box Office at (253) 272-2281. Please provide: your name, phone number, email address, preferred audition time, and playable age.

Once cast, Smokey Joe’s Café will run from Friday, May 20, 2016 to Sunday, June 12, 2016.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Four young lovers escape into the forest in defiance of parental commands. They wander into the fairy world, ruled by a King and Queen who happen to be quarreling. The King and his servant sprite Puck cause mayhem among the lovers with a magic potion, which also affects a group of six amateur actors, leading to hilarious conse - quences. Mistaken identities, love potions, mischievous sprites and seriously amateur acting weave together for an enchanting adventure.

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Cabaret Pictures

Dial "M" For Murder

Tony Wendice has married his wife, Margot, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He arranges the perfect murder, and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself. Unfortunately for him, the murderer gets murdered and his wife survives. But this doesn’t baffle the husband: He sees his hireling’s death as an opportunity to have his wife convicted for the murder of the man who tried to murder her.

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Scrooge! The Musical

This musical, with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, is adapted from the 1970 musical film Scrooge which starred Albert Finney and Sir Alec Guinness. The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

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The Great Gatsby

The breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age come to the stage in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, adapted by Simon Levy. Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed, and danger.

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Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso are in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist trans - formed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrat - ed painter set the art world afire with cubism. The two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects as well as other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness. A final surprise patron to join the merriment at the Lapin Agile is a charismatic dark haired singer time warped in from a later era.

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The Fox on the Fairway

A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor) to the great English farces of the 1930’s and 1940’s, The Fox on the Fairway is filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans. It’s a furiously-paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics and a charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with... golf.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Lakewood Playhouse
May 29th through June 28

The Musical with 236 Possible Different Endings chosen by YOU!  Directed by TLT's own Chris Serface!

This wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience kicks off when the Music Hall Royale (a hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe) “puts on” its flamboyant rendition of Dickens’ unfinished mystery. The giddy playfulness of this “play-within-a-play” is capped off by YOU choosing the solution to the mystery every night from one of 33 Possible Endings! Never the same show twice because you decide what the unusual, and hilarious, finale will be! 

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Reviews

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Tacoma Weekly

Northwest Adventures

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Dresdner's Theatre Review

The Suburban Times

May 22 through June 14, 2015
Fridays & Saturdays: 7:30pm
Sundays: 2:00pm
Tickets $15 & $25

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Tacoma Little Theatre closes our 96th season with one of the best known musicals of all time, CABARET. 

Directed by John Munn, with Musical Direction by Pamela Merritt-Caldwell, and choreography by Lexi Barnett.

Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago and New York, New York), CABARET has won over 10 Tony Awards, plus countless other awards including The New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical.

At the dawn of the 1930’s in Berlin, the Nazis are rising to power. In the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy cabaret full of interesting characters and decadent celebration, we find the naïve English cabaret performer Sally Bowles (Elise Campello), along with the cabaret girls and boys, and the infamous Emcee (Mauro Bozzo). We follow her relationship with American writer Cliff (Niclas R. Olson) as the Nazis begin their takeover of the city.

This production also features Kyle Sinclair, Rosalie Hilburn, Joseph Grant, Rachel Fitzgerald, Jeremy Thompson, Amanda Jackson, LaNita Hudson, Haley Kim, Kathy Kluska, Stephen Nishida, Addison Daniels, Charlie Stevens, and Derek Wisher.

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2012-2013

Sylvia

September 7th through September 30th, 2012
Directed by Elliot Weiner

Night Watch

October 19th through November 11th, 2012
Directed by Randy Clark

Miracle on 34th Street

November 30th through December 23rd, 2012
Directed by Casi Wilkerson

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

January 18th through February 10th, 2013
Directed by Frank Kohel

The Joy Luck Club

March 15th through April 7th, 2013
Directed by David Hsieh

Little Shop of Horrors

May 3rd through May 26th, 2013
Directed by Maria Valenzuela

A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!

2011-2012

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

September 2nd through September 25th, 2011
Directed by Suzy Willhoft

Six nerdy teens (played by adults) compete in a highly charged annual county spelling bee. The competition is intense, the words outrageous. Let the spelling and the singing begin! Judged by outlandish adults: a nostalgic former bee winner, a mildly insane Vice Principal, and the Official Comfort Counselor who is completing his community service obligations. Both tender and sardonic, this hilarious, irreverent Tony Award-winning musical about brainy kids takes you inside the wacky, end all spelling championship. 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

October 14th through November 6th, 2011
Directed by Elliot Weiner

An elegant re-telling of the classic horror story: however, this is not your grandfather's version. The dark Mr. Hyde, indeed, comes out, but he is not entirely evil: he loves, and is loved. Likewise, Dr. Jekyll is not the pure soul we've come to believe him to be. While Hatcher's play honors the original, it gives a more complex interpretation of the duel nature of personalities and the evil that lurks in the hearts of men. A perfect play for mystery lovers on a dark fall night!

A Christmas Carol

December 2nd through December 24th, 2011
Directed by Brie Yost

Dickens' beloved ghost story comes to life in a whole new way as seen through the eyes of Dickens himself. On Christmas Eve 1843, friends and family gather at his home and ask him to tell a story, but he refuses to work on Christmas Eve. If there is going to be a story told, each must take a part in its telling. Thus they are transformed into the familiar characters of the classic tale with the cast often playing over 40 parts. We are reminded once again of the true meaning of Christmas.

California Suite

January 20th through February 14th, 2012
Directed by Frank Kohel

Seldom staged in recent years, this Simon classic uses one of the author's favorite devices: a posh Beverley Hills hotel suite and four different pairs of occupants. Simon, the quintessential quipster, is a genius at two-character scenes particularly those involving spouses caught in highly charged dilemmas. If only the walls could talk. But this is the theatre and we, the audience, become the fourth wall as we glimpse into the lives of the Visitors from New York, the Visitors from Philadelphia, the Visitors from London and the Visitors from Chicago. Prepare for a night of verbal sparring and rib-tickling laughter.

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

March 9th through April 1st, 2012
Directed by Doug Kerr
 
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Foreign Play, this script was also nominated for several Tony Awards, including Best Play, in 1993. From Ireland's foremost playwright, Frank McGuinness, comes a tale that is as current as it was twenty years ago. Three men, an American doctor, an Irish journalist, and an English professor have been kidnapped and are being held captive in Beirut. How do they survive as they attempt to overcome their dilemma when their only weapons are hope, humor, and sheer determination? This play is an incredible journey into the soul that will make you laugh out loud, cry, and affirm your faith in the human spirit.

Footloose the Musical

April 20th through May 20th, 2012  
Directed by Chris Nardine

Based on Kevin Bacon's 1984 hit movie which captured the heart of America, this musical bursts on to the stage with a youthful spirit, dazzling dance scenes and electrifying music. Ren, a teen from Chicago, is forced to move with his mother to a puritanical small town in Texas after his father abandons the family. To his shock, dancing and rock and roll are forbidden! He and his classmates want a senior prom. It doesn't take Ren long to shake up the status quo and soon the whole class is on their feet sending the town into a frenzy. This show will have everyone ready to join in as the cast dances across the stage!

2010-2011

Sleuth

August 27th through September 26th 2010

The ultimate game of cat-and-mouse is played out in a cozy English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer, Andrew Wyke. Invited guest Milo Tindle, a young rival who shares not only Wyke's love of the game but also his wife, has come to lay claim. Revenge is devised and murders plotted as the two plan the ultimate whodunnit.  Winner of the Tony and Drama Critics Circle award for Best Play.

Eleemosynary

October 22nd through November 14th 2010

Eleemosynary probes into the delicate relationship of three women: the grandmother, Dorothea, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-willed eccentricity; her brilliant daughter, Artie (Artemis), who has fled the stifling domination of her mother; and Artie's daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional intellect-and sensitivity-whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by Dorothea. As the play begins, Dorothea has suffered a stroke, and while Echo has reestablished contact with her mother, it is only through extended telephone conversations, during which real issues are skirted and their talk is mostly about the precocious Echo's single-minded domination of a national spelling contest. But, in the end, after Dorothea's death, both Artie and Echo come to accept their mutual need and summon the courage to try, at last, to build a life together-despite the risks and terrors that this holds for both of them after so many years of alienation.

Annie

November 26th through December 24th 2010

Leapin' Lizards! Just in time for Christmas!  The popular comic strip heroine takes centerstage in one of the world's best-loved musicals.  "Annie" is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

Frost / Nixon

January 14th through February 6th 2011

The writer of the award-winning The Queen and The Last King of Scotland tackles the question: How did David Frost, a famous British talk-show host with a playboy reputation, elicit the apology that the rest of the world was waiting to hear from former President Richard Nixon? This fast-paced new play chillingly recounts of one of the most monumental television interviews of all time. A Tony-winning play and Oscar-nominated film.

A Flea in Her Ear

March 4th through March 27th 2011

A Flea in Her Ear is the greatest of French farces, perhaps the greatest farce ever written. Raymonde Chandebise suspects that her husband, Victor, a placid and successful insurance executive, is secretly having an affair. To find out, she and her friend Lucienne write him an anonymous love letter suggesting a rendezvous at the shady Frisky Puss Hotel. Thinking the letter was intended for his coworker, the gigolo Tournel, Victor sends Tournel off to make the rendezvous in his place. Lucienne’s jealous Spanish husband, meanwhile, finds the letter, recognizes his wife’s handwriting and takes his pistols to the Frisky Puss, hoping to catch her in the act. Meanwhile,Victor’s nephew Camille tries to warn everyone about the mix-up, but his ridiculous speech impediment prevents anyone from understanding him. In Act Two, all decamp to the Frisky Puss where, it turns out, the drunken bellboy Poche is the exact double of the proper Victor Chandebise. Meeting Poche and thinking she’s been caught by her husband, Raymonde keeps trying to escape from the hotel with Tournel, but a revolving bed keeps flinging them from room to room, as more and more of the involved parties pile into the hotel in a climax culminating in the entrance of the jealous Spaniard and his pistols. In Act Three the vortex spins even faster as all the parties return to the Chandebise home utterly confused about what actually happened and who was who at the Frisky Puss. The drunken bellboy arrives, is mistaken once again for Victor, and all the threads of the multiple mix-ups are sorted out as Victor and Raymonde recognize their mutual confusions and are reunited.

Always Patsy Cline

April 29th through May 29th 2011

“Always…Patsy Cline” is more than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963.  The show is based on a true story about Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in l961, and continued a correspondence with Cline until her death.