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2011-2012 Season
Proof
Proof focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her unstable father, Robert. Robert was a brilliant mathematician in his younger years, but later became unable to function without the help of his daughter. His death brings Hal, a former student of Robert, into Catherine's life. She ends up falling in love with him, but in the process gravely misses her deceased father while resenting the great sacrifices she made for him. Catherine seems to have inherited her father's brilliance as well as his instability.
Directed by: Helen Griffus and Mike Kruszkowski
Show Sponsor: Dr. Dan Williams and Diane Cutler
Performances: January 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
Auditions: November 29, 30
Two by Two
‘Two by Two’ is the story of Noah’s preparations for the Great Flood and its aftermath. Besides having trouble convincing people of the upcoming flood, Noah struggles trying to keep his chaotic family together.
Performances: March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
Auditions: January 3, 4
You Can’t Take It With You
Philosophic, seventy-five-year-old Martin Vanderhof is the patriarch of a wacky New York City household. His daughter, Penelope Sycamore, writes plays that she never finishes, while her husband, Paul, manufactures fireworks in the cellar. One of Vanderhof's granddaughters, Essie, practices ballet in the living room while her husband, Ed, plays his xylophone and runs his printing press. Another granddaughter, Alice, invites the parents of her rich fiancé, Tony Kirby, to the house for dinner. The Kirbys arrive a night early, and in the middle of the mayhem, Paul's fireworks explode. The cops arrive, and, declaring Ed's printed material anarchist, everyone is hauled off to jail. Vanderhof has also been hounded by the government for never having paid any income tax, but when the government learns that Vanderhof's wife years before had buried a homeless milkman using Vanderhof's name, it concludes he is legally dead and not liable.
Sam H. Harris produced the popular attraction, one of the greatest in all American farces. It has remained a favorite of amateur and summer stock groups and was given major New York revivals in 1965 and 1983. This last revival, which emphasized the sentimental aspects of the play, was staged by Ellis Rabb and starred Jason Robards Jr. and Colleen Dewhurst.
Performances: May, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13
Auditions: March 6, 7