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STAGEStheatre
Is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
STAGEStheatre depends solely upon the continued support from our community. All donations are fully tax-deductible.
For more information, or to make a donation, please contact us at:
stages@stagesoc.org
We thank you for continued support of the arts in Orange County.
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2010 Season
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| Opens February 12th!
Lend Me a Tenor
by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Elizabeth Serra
This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. World famous tenor Tito Merelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the operatic map. Merelli is late; when he finally sweeps in it is too late to rehearse with the company. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, Il Stupendo is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Merelli's Othello costume and try to fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Merelli comes to and gets into his other costume. Now two Othello’s are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo!
Performs:
February 12- March 14th
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM
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| Opens March 26th!
The Miracle of Mary Mack's Baby
by Johnna Adams
Directed by Patti Cumby
"In Texas, no one can hear you scream...Pray for Mary Mack's baby..."
Imagine if you will, a small west Texas town, it's a normal Friday night, M*A*S*H* playing on the T.V. Out of the dark, Texas sky falls to Earth a silver vessel, lands on the front lawn, steaming from what appears to be entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Up in the sky, a series of brilliant, shiny lights, pulsing in an almost hypnotic manner to a rythmic, otherworldly beat. From the vessel emerges your child that went missing 6 months earlier...or is it?
Performs:
March 26th - April 25th
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM
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| Opening May 7th!
Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
Directed by Amanda DeMaio
Friends remind you that time marches on, and then you realize it's marched right across your face…
The play that sparked the movie - Steel Magnolias is centered around the ladies of a small-town beauty parlor. This play is as hilarious as it is touching and in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the lasting friendships between these women.
Performs:
May 7th - June 5th
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM
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| Opening May 14th!
Steel Dragnolias
by Jeffery G. Rockey
Directed by Stephen John
"That boy's so confused"
A gender-bending tale of friendship, love, loss and wigs set in steamy Chinquapin, Louisiana. Six southern "ladies" come together to trade advice and hairspray in this parody of one of the classics of the American stage. You'll never look at your hair dresser the same way again after watching this must-see event of the theatre season!
Performances: May 14 - June 12 (no show on 5/15)
Friday and Saturdays at 10:30pm
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| Opening June 25th!
Springs Awakening
Adapted and Directed by Mike Martin
To each his own…
One of the most widely controversial pieces of literature, Spring’s Awakening concerns teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumults of sexuality, as they struggle to make the inevitable transition to adulthood, while critiquing the damaging effects of an authoritarian, paternalistic culture
Performs:
June 25th - August 1st
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM
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| Opening July 2nd!
The Twilight Zone
Directed by Darri Kristin
That's the signpost up ahead. Your next stop: The Twilight Zone.
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. A dimension as vast as space, as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call "The Twilight Zone."
The Twilight Zone, an American television classic, a mixture of self-contained fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror is being brought to you live on stage, in color and in 3-D! Let these familiar tales take you back and lead you to a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination!
Performs:
July 2nd - July 24th
Friday and Saturday at 10 PM
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| Opening August 6th!
So Alone Concert
Directed by Mitch Faris
It's just a personality crisis - please don't stop.
Performs:
August 6th - August 8th
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 6 PM
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| Opening August 20th!
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Joe Parrish
"There's something way down deep that's eternal about every human being."
Juxtaposed against the broader background of time, social history, and the universality of normal events, we are engaged in the lives of two families as they journey though daily life, love and marriage, death and loss. They will make you laugh, touch you with their humanity, and move you to realize how extraordinary even the most ordinary lives can be.
Heart-warming and humorous, this classic American play celebrates the everyday and is a powerful call to appreciate life while we are in it.
Performs:
August 20th - September 19th
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM
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| Opening August 28th!
Twisted Wine
Written by: Jesse Glick
Directed by: Casey Holm
Performs:
August 28 - Sept 18
Saturdays and Sundays at 5pm
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| Opening October 8th!
Nevermore...
A Evening with
Egar Allen Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
Directed by David Chorley
Once upon a midnight dreary...
Join us this October for an evening of Edgar Allen Poe like you've never seen it before. Director David Chorley is assembling some of the most talented writers, directors and actors in Southern California to adapt Mr. Poe's most famous and not-so-famous poems and stories into an evening of theatre you won't soon forget. Using comedy to breathe new life into some of these stories, it'll be a smooth ride between the traditionally creepy and the horrifyingly funny!
Some of the featured stories are The Raven, The Black Cat, The Casque of Amantillado and Bernice.
Performs:
October 8th - October 30th
Friday and Saturday at 10 PM
Sundays at 6pm
Special performance on Oct 31st at 8pm
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| Opening October 1st!
The Woman in Black
Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill
Directed by David Chorley
"A real theatrical spine chiller. . . . A truly nerve shredding experience."-Daily Mail.
The framework of this spine tingler is unusual: a lawyer hires an actor to tutor him in recounting to family and friends a story that has long troubled him concerning events that transpired when he attended the funeral of an elderly recluse. There he caught sight of the woman in black, the mere mention of whom terrifies the locals, for she is a specter who haunts the neighborhood where her illegitimate child was accidentally killed. Anyone who sees her dies! The lawyer has invited some friends to watch as he and the actor recreate the events of that dark and stormy night. A classic of the genre.
Performs:
October 1st - October 31st
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM
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| Opening November 19th!
It's a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play
Adapted by Joe Landry
Directed by Amanda DeMaio
"One of the best holiday shows around. This is a fresh and inventive way of reconnecting with a classic story of love and redemption."
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve
Performs:
November 19 - December 19
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm
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