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2008 >
Angel Street|To Kill a Mockingbird|Girl in the Goldfish Bowl|The Odd Couple (Female)
Main Street Theatre Works' 2008 season offers something for everyone: a victorian thriller, an American classic, an edgy new work, and a classic comedy. See below for each play's synopsis, and click here for tickets and directions. See you at the theatre!
Angel Street (Gaslight)
By Patrick Hamilton
Directed by Julie Anchor
A Broadway hit first produced in London under the title Gaslight and filmed twice, Angel Street sustains some of the most brilliant suspense in the modern theatre. The secret of the dimming gaslight and the mystery of the hidden rubies will captivate all. "Infinite craft and dexterity.... Comes off the top part of the theatre's top shelf." -N.Y. Times.
Playing March 14 - April 12
The Playhouse, Sutter Creek Days Inn
Seating is limited so reservations are highly recommended.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee
Dramatized by Christopher Sergel
Directed by Susan McCandless
Wide-eyed Scout is a young girl fascinated with the people in her quiet southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, where there's a rumble of thunder just under the calm surface of life. Playwright Christopher Sergel dramatizes Harper Lee’s beautifully written story, evoking the solitude and richness that characterize Maycomb’s community of eccentrics, loving families and Scout’s mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. See this classic American treasure in a truly lovely setting.
Playing June 20 - July 19
Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre, Jackson
Gates open at 6:30pm for picnicking. Show @ 8pm.
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Girl in the Goldfish Bowl
By Morris Panych
Directed by Susan McCandless
Meet Iris, a precocious 10-year-old girl who is the only grownup in a house full of adults. She lives in a small town where nothing ever seems to happen. That is, until one eventful week when her best friend, Amahl, her pet goldfish dies. Then Iris meets Lawrence, a stranger who she believes is her reincarnated goldfish. She invites him to her house, believing he’s the key to making her dysfunctional family right again.
Written by one of Canada’s most acclaimed playwrights, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl is hilarious, heartfelt and heartbreaking.
Playing August 8 - Sept 6
Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre, Jackson
Gates open at 6:30pm for picnicking. Show @ 8pm.
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The Odd Couple (Female Version)
By Neil Simon
Directed by Allen Pontes
Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon's hilarious contemporary comic classic: the female version of The Odd Couple . Instead of the poker party that begins the original version, Ms. Madison has invited the girls over for an evening of Trivial Pursuit. The Pidgeon sisters have been replaced by the hilarious Constanzuela brothers. "Very funny indeed."-N.Y. Post. "Endearing."-USA Today.
Playing October 3 - November 1
Venue TBA
Seating is limited so reservations are highly recommended.
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