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2008 - 2009 Season

 

Death on a Landslide

A political comedy by Jay Martel - Directed by Joe Martinez

Political consultant Cuff Riley has a fatal heart attack during the election season. Riley is soon faced with death, who is faced with his own public image problems. Spin Doctor Riley sees an opportunity to help death by turning a negative image into a positive image: Death for President! 

October 9 - 11 and October 12 matinee

 

Dracula

A drama by Bram Stoker, adapted by Stephen Deitz - Directed by Kevin Dressler

Taking place in London Dracula has made the night something to fear.  This blood thirsty tale focuses on his victims and the lengths they go to drive him out of their lives and free themselves from his terror.

December 4 -6 and December 8 matinee

 

Elliot Salsbury Revolution Improv Troupe

Comedy so good, it chafes!

A hilarious group of individuals that play games where they make everything up on the spot! Hilarity ensues! Stage Door Players Scholarship Fund Raiser

 

Oedipus Rex

A tragedy by Sophocles and translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald - Directed by Bryanna Tauscher

Oedipus a newly appointed King takes the former Queen Iocasta as his new bride.  Oedipus is trying to escape a prophecy but has unknowingly fulfilled it by marrying his mother and killing his father.

February 26 - 28 and March 1 matinee

 

Baby with the Bathwater

A dark comedy by Christopher Durang - Directed by Daniel Tauscher

Daisy who is confused about his or her identiy and to blame for that are "his" crazed and delusional parents. Throughout the play Daisy has to overcome his anxieties of his past before he too becomes a parent.

January 29 - 30 at Red Mountain Campus

April 2 - 4 and April 5 matinee at the Theatre Outback

 

Brighton Beach Memoirs

A Comedy by Neil Simon - Directed by Joel Cranson

A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy of Eugene Jerome and his family in 1937 Brooklyn.

April 30, May 1 - 2 and May 3 matinee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please contact Kevin Dressler or Kara Thomson for comments or corrections email phone: 480-461-7975

 
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