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Play 1
Lakefront
by Norm Foster
American Premiere
Ever get the feeling you’ve lost your moxie? Retirees Christina and Robert were feeling that way when they met at a wedding a few weeks ago. During the reception, their intoxicated selves concocted an idea to help them get over their respective anxieties. Renting a lakefront cabin seemed like a great idea at the time – but now that they’re sober, they have to go through with it. They’ve rented a lakefront cabin together to see if spending a night or two together, to test the intimacy waters, can help them find their mojo again. What could go wrong?
Play 2
The Case-Book of C. August Dupin
Adapted by John Strysik
World Premiere
With Edgar Allan Poe’s creation of the character of C. Auguste Dupin, the master of the macabre forever changed crime fiction. Dupin was the first modern detective. He was the archetype for literary sleuths Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, solving seemingly unsolvable cases with logic
and astonishing deductions.
This World Premiere play by the author of Power and Light brings together Poe’s three spellbinding Dupin Mysteries: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, TheMystery o f Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter for an engrossing evening of murder, mayhem, and meerschaum pipes.
Play 3
The Heiress
by Ruth Goetz and Angustus Goetz
An American Classic
The story of Catherine Sloper, the plain-Jane daughter of a tyrannical rich man who dominates her life and subjects her to constant comparison to her vibrant mother, who died when Catherine was young. When she becomes involved with a young man who wants to marry her, Catherine’s father suspects him of being a fortune hunter. A meeting he has with the man’s sister strengthens that belief. Catherine’s father threatens to disinherit her if she continues the relationship, and she must make the difficult choice between wealth and a
love that may or may not be truly reciprocated.
Play 4
The Ten Tombs of
Dr. Styles
World Premiere
by Frank Semerano
World Premiere
Five uninvited, suspicious, clueless and bumbling characters show up at the isolated estate of the late Egyptologist Dr. Winston Styles intending to search through the home, filled with precious artifacts, for the clues that will solve an ancient riddle. They are certain the answer will uncover a vast fortune. With little time, it is a desperate night… lives and love are at stake… mysterious happenings… and a practical-joke playing mummy. What could go wrong? Comedy ensues!
Play 5
The Dream
by David Hunt Stafford
World Premiere
A woman awakens from a dream, in which she sees a dead body lying along the side of the road in an unknown and remote location. She wakes her husband and tells him of her bad dream. He encourages her to forget it. Instead, she reports it to the police and informs them, in great detail, what she saw and that she dreamt it . She insists that they investigate. They reluctantly do so and find the dead body exactly as she described it. The police return to her with the question: “How did you know that body was there, ma’m?” “I dreamt it…” Or did she?
Play 6
The Outsider
by Paul Slade Smith
classic comedy
Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be Governor. He’s terrified of public speaking; his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail. But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things differently: Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for… the worst candidate to ever run for office. A timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
