Rumours

Written By: Neil Simon
Directed By Laura Philips

January 22 & 23, 7:00 PM
January 24, 2:00 PM
Lunda Theater

Four couples arrive at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to attend a party celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. However, the four couples soon discover that there are no servants, the hostess is missing and the deputy mayor has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound). Comic complications arise when, given everyone's upper class status, they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police and the media.

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure

By: Steven Dietz

Auditions: January 26 & 28, 6 to 8 PM, at the Lunda Theater
Performances:
Friday & Saturday, April 16 & 17, 7:00 PM
Sunday, April 18, 2:00 PM
Lunda Theater

Our protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective, is dead! So it’s up to his trusty colleague and loyal friend, Dr. Watson, to narrate the story backwards and tell the audience about his and the quintessential English detective’s last adventure. The action all begins at Holmes’ home, 221b Baker Street, where Watson has been summoned. Apparently, Professor Moriarty, a brilliant man with a mind for criminal activity and evil, has always managed to escape being linked to a series of crimes. Thanks to Holmes, there’s finally enough evidence to convict him. But, it’ll take a week to organize the arrests of this criminal mastermind and his cohorts, so Holmes plans to escape to the countryside to avoid any danger on his life.

It appears he spoke too soon as an unexpected guest, the King of Bohemia, no less, has one more detective job for Holmes. With the King of Bohemia marrying in a few weeks, he’s understandably nervous; but more so as a former flame, the beautiful and charming Irene Adler, has visual evidence of their affair. Holmes is therefore hired to retrieve this from Adler.

Easier said than done… the case takes Holmes on a final adventure, which includes kidnapping, numerous disguises, underhand plotting, twists and turns, and a whole ton of clues which even has the super sleuth’s sidekick scratching his head. Will Holmes prevail against the evil mastermind, Professor Moriarty, and resist the lure of Irene Adler? Will he retrieve the photograph in time for the King’s wedding? And how will the Bloodhound of Baker Street’s die?

Bye Bye Birdie

Book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.

Auditions: April 20th and 22nd at the Lunda Theater
Performances:
Friday & Saturday, June 25 & 26, 7:00 PM
Sunday, June 27, 2:00 PM
Lunda Theater

Originally titled Let's Go Steady, the satire on American society is set in 1958. The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the army in 1957. The rock star character's name, "Conrad Birdie," is word play on the name of Conway Twitty, who was expected to take the role but changed his mind. Twitty is known as a country music star but also was one of Presley's rock 'n' roll rivals in the late 1950's. The original Broadway production was a Tony Award-winning success. The show also became a popular choice for high school and college productions. (source: Wikipedia)