March 21-April 13

Steel Magnolias

By Robert Harling

Directed by Peter Gelblum

The basis for the Academy Award-nominated film starring Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts, this bittersweet comedy explores the dynamics of life, love, friendship, and loss in a small-town Louisiana beauty parlor. Truvy, the outspoken owner, dispenses shampoos and free advice to her clients, who gather each week to talk, gab, gossip, needle, and, above all, laugh (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”). And then, when tragedy strikes, the friends gather to cry, comfort, support, and repair each other. These women are true steel magnolias: southern belles who are flowery on the outside but strong enough on the inside to survive any challenge, particularly when they stick together. Ultimately, this hilarious and moving play reminds us that friendship and life are precious gifts to celebrate.

May 16-June 8

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens

Directed by Simon Hayward

Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, the story is about 15-year-old Christopher, who has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.

August 15 – 17

NEW WORKS WEEKEND

Produced by Ian Dyer

New Works Weekend is Mountain Community Theater’s celebration of new theatrical works, presenting new plays, playwrights, directors, and debuts of all forms from around the region.

Sept. 19- Oct. 19

The Addams Family

Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice

Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams

Directed by Daria E. Troxell

In the upside-down world of The Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff that dreams are made of. The clan has lived by their unique values for hundreds of years and Gomez and Morticia, the patriarch and matriarch of the family, would be only too happy to continue living that way. Nonetheless, this eccentric family still has to deal with many of the same challenges any other family faces: their kids are growing up. Their dark, macabre, beloved daughter, Wednesday, is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family. To make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.

Nov. 21-Dec. 14

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Stephen Phillipps

Set in Athens, Shakespeare’s captivating comedy will transport you from early midwinter to the most magical midsummer nights. As four young lovers are faced with the prospect of an unhappy marriage or worse, they flee the court and stumble into an enchanted forest. Also in the forest is a theatrical troupe rehearsing a play, set to be performed at the impending wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Both groups find the forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and engage in their own domestic intrigue.