LEND ME A TENOR
A Comical Farce

By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Todd Martin
Assistant Director Shannon Connally

Starring: Candice Carr, Steve Lawson, Nina Bryant, Francine Olguin, Don Owen, David Young, Ellen Massey and Chris Schaible

Performance Dates – 4 Weekends!

EVENINGS - 8pm Fridays and Saturdays
Jan. 27 – Feb. 18, 2012

SNEAK PEEK - 8pm Thursday
Jan. 26, 2012

MATINEES - 2pm Sun Feb. 5 &
Sat Feb. 11, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. World famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the harried General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the cultural map. Morelli is nowhere to be found; when he finally arrives drunk, it is too late for any rehearsal. 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? Saunders coaxes Max into Morelli's costume, intending to fool the audience with this fake 'Il Stupendo.' Nervous amateur Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli revives and dresses for his second act. With two Otellos now in costume and two women, each thinking she is with 'Il Stupendo', the farce spins out of control onstage and off. This side-splitting comedy will have you crying tears of laughter.

"A jolly play."-The New York Times
"Non stop laughter."-Variety
"Uproarious! Hysterical!"-USA Today
"A rib tickling comedy."-New York Post
"Screamingly funny!"-CBS Radio

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MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON'S
A Killer Comedy

By Ron Clark & Sam Bobrick
Directed by David Schneider

Performance Dates – 3 Weekends!

EVENINGS - 8pm Fridays and Saturdays
Mar. 23 – Apr. 7, 2012

SNEAK PEEK - 8pm Thursday
Mar. 22, 2012

MATINEES - 2 pm Sun Apr. 1 &
Sat Apr. 7, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

All is fair in love? Even murder? That's the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn. In the first episode, Mitchell, an obvious and commonplace dentist who sees himself as the dashing, heroic type and Arlene, a middle aged "Femme Fatale" of sorts, plan to murder her husband Paul, a blundering used car salesman.

In the second episode, having discovered that Mitchell has been unfaithful, Arlene allies herself with Paul to do away with Mitchell.

Finally, in the third episode, the two men, feeling foolish and betrayed themselves, join forces against Arlene. This murder attempt, like the others, meets with hilarious disaster.

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LOVE LETTERS
A Romantic Drama

By A.R. Gurney
Directed by Todd Martin

Performance Dates – 3 Weekends!

EVENINGS - 8pm Fridays and Saturdays
May 11 – 26, 2012

SNEAK PEEK - 8pm Thursday
May 10, 2012

MATINEES - 2pm Sun May 20 &
Sat May 26, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

A unique and imaginative theatre piece comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences. As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny but always telling pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful as what is actually written down.

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DIVAS II
An Evening of Music

One Weekend Only!

Directed by David Schneider

Performance Dates:
EVENINGS - 8pm Friday and Saturday
June 8 – 10, 2012

MATINEES - 2pm Sat June 9 &
Sun June 10, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

Join us for an evening of beautiful music featuring the vocal stylings of several of our area's best professionally trained female performers. Sit back and be astounded at the musical talent of these women.

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OUR TOWN
An American Classic

By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Steve Lawson

Performance Dates – 4 Weekends!

EVENINGS - 8pm Fridays and Saturdays
July 13 – Aug. 4, 2012

SNEAK PEEK - 8pm Thursday
July 12, 2012

MATINEES - 2pm Sun July 22 &
Sat July 28, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

The Stage Manager welcomes the audience into the theater as he introduces the people and places of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Grover’s Corners is the perfect picture of an American town before urbanization – automobiles are a novelty, everyone is up in each other's business, and milk is still delivered fresh every morning.

After that introduction to the town, the Stage Manager zeroes in on two neighboring families: the Gibbs family and the Webb family. Each household has two children (a boy and a girl). We witness some childish interactions between Emily Webb and George Gibbs. The two are friends. By the second act, three years have passed, and friendship has blossomed into love. George and Emily are about to get married. The third act takes place in the town cemetery. Emily has died in childbirth, and she joins other deceased members of Grover’s Corners. As soon as the funeral is over, Emily realizes that she can relive her life, and decides to return to the morning of her twelfth birthday – despite warnings from her fellow dead that it’s a terrible idea. Emily soon realizes that they’re correct. Death has brought Emily a heightened awareness of life; it is too painful for Emily to watch living people who take their time for granted. Emily returns to the cemetery where George is crying over her grave.

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VAUDEVILLE AT THE BAKER!
An Evening of Variety Entertainment

One Weekend Only!
Aug. 17 - 19, 2012

Directed by: Janet Christian

Performance Dates:
EVENINGS - Fri Aug. 17 & Sat Aug. 18, 2012 at 8pm

MATINEES - Sat Aug. 18 & Sun Aug. 19, 2012 at 2pm

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

This Gaslight-Baker hit show is quickly becoming a classic and returns for the third year to showcase more Central Texas talent. Enjoy a new twist on an old entertainment style. See acts from vaudeville's early days as well as its more modern incarnations.

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WHO'S ON FIRST?
A Wacky, Wacky Nightmare of a Comedy

By Jack Sharkey
Directed by Lori Z. Cordova

Performance Dates – 3 Weekends

EVENINGS - 8pm Fridays and Saturdays
Oct. 5 – 20, 2012

SNEAK PEEK - 8pm Thursday
Oct. 4, 2012

MATINEES - 2pm Sun Oct. 14 &
Sat Oct. 20, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

Take a husband, a wife, a lover and a friend. Add a strange lamp, a gun and a rubber chicken plus a party that begins at 8 p.m., then again at 8 p.m. and then again at 8 p.m. and you have this "Nightmare Comedy." Four people find themselves reliving one horrible hour over and over as themselves, as Japanese, as British aristocrats, as gangsters, and almost anything else you can think of. Camille is giving the party. Don shows up in a jealous funk about his wife, Alice, whom he suspects of seeing another man. When Alice and Ben have arrived, it turns out their relationship is innocent. But by the time Don realizes this he has already shot Ben, Alice and even Camille. Camille wishes that things might have turned out differently and that is what happens. All concerned find themselves back at the party's beginning again and again doomed to live that same hour over and over again until they get it right.

Is it all an accident? Or is their dilemma part of someone's fiendish plan? A labyrinth of hilarity exits to a shocker of an ending to this wacky, wacky show.

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DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
A Christmas Season Comedy

By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten

Performance Dates – 3 Weekends

EVENINGS - 8pm Fridays and Saturdays
Nov. 30 – Dec. 15, 2012

SNEAK PEEK - 8pm Thursday
Nov. 29, 2012

MATINEES - 2pm Sun Dec. 9 &
Sat Dec. 15, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

It is four days before Christmas in the tiny town of Tinsel, Texas, and a colorful parade of eccentric guests arrive at the Snowflake Inn and deck the halls with holiday hilarity. Trina, the harried yet upbeat innkeeper of this B&B, has more than she can handle coping with these nuttier-than-a-fruitcake lodgers. Hoyt and his sister, Donna Jo, make the mistake of trying to end a thirty-year feud between their curmudgeonly aunts, Ennis and Della, with sidesplitting results. Ainsley and Lenora, self-involved actors from a lower-than-low-budget touring production of A Christmas Carol, descend on the Inn to fulfill a promise, leaving comedic chaos in their wake. Add to this Yuletide mayhem an ill-advised romantic rendezvous between Mrs. Claus and one of Santa's elves, a demanding guest who refuses to leave, not to mention a tipsy housekeeper, and it's clear it will take more than a kiss under the mistletoe to keep Trina's spirits merry and bright.

But a spur-of-the-moment Christmas Eve wedding that brings together the fabulous Futrelle sisters—Honey Raye, Twink, Frankie and Rhonda Lynn—and their best friend, Raynerd, takes a surprising and delightful turn that leads to a laugh-'til-your-sides-ache climax, changing all their lives forever. You'll swear this family-friendly Jones/Hope/Wooten Christmas comedy is more fun than a joyride in a one-horse open sleigh!

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