by Frank Semerano
(comedy)
October 5-7, 9-13, 2012

Count Zescu, a Vampire from the old country, takes up residence in the American southwest accompanied only by his coffin and Mattie, who is an all too amorous co-ed he can't seem to lose. Hot on the heels of this colorful entourage is Joyce Lyonhartt, a plucky and determined reporter who excels in disguises to get close to what seems to be a once in lifetime story. The Count settles down in dreary house near a secret army base, and witnesses a bat seemingly explode spontaneously. He stumbles upon a weapons experiment, which involves turning living bats into flying bombs, headed by old foe, Dr. Gunter. An escaped war criminal ironically hiding out in the country whose army is pursuing him, Dr. Gunter continues to wage his private little war, though now aware that his new nemesis may inform on him. On his way to challenging the commander of the Army base, however, the Count discovers he is the uncle of Mattie, and is himself looking to do in the "older man" his niece has run off with. New and old accounts are on their way to being settled during a late night dinner at the Count's estate.

Cast: Thom Bennett, Alison Carey, Amy Evans, Emily Fellenz, Thom Hilliard, Cecilia Snodgrass, and Robert J. Snodgrass, Jr.
Director: Rikki Henderson-Stupka
Producer: Dan McCarty

by Joe Landry
(a holiday drama)
November 23-25, 27-December 1, 2011

Inspired by the classic American film, It's a Wonderful Life, this Radio Play is performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the dozens of characters in the radio play as well as produce the sound effects. The award-winning adaptation has been named one of the top ten most produced plays in the country by American Theatre Magazine.

Cast: Jerry Johnston, Stephanie Kobil, Stefan Lingenfelter, Jud Michael Stewart, Katy Closkey Wayne
Director: Phillip Ball
Producer: Karen O'Donnell

by John Patrick Shanley
(a comic folktale)
January 18-20, 22-26, 2013

Huey Maximilian Bonfigliano has a problem: While he is safely divorced from his shrewish first wife, Janice, he feels he cannot regain his "manhood" until he woos and wins her one more time—if only to put his broken marriage behind him once and for all. He enlists the aid of his lifelong buddy, Aldo Scalicki, a confirmed bachelor who tries, without apparent success, to convince Huey that he would be better off sticking with his new lady friend, Teresa, a usually placid young waitress whose indignation flares when she learns what Huey is up to. Aldo pleads his lovesick friend's case and, to his astonishment, Janice capitulates—although not for long. However we do learn that her earlier abuse of Huey was intended to make him "act like a man" which, at last, he does. And, more than that, he (and the audience) become aware that, in the final essence, "the greatest—and only—success is to be able to love"—a truth which emerges delightfully from the heartwarming, wonderfully antic and always imaginatively conceived action of the play.

Cast: Justin R. Anderson, Phillip Ball, Megan Flannery, Shannon McCarren, Jana Semler
Director: Whitney Ann Jenkins
Producer: Stefan Lingenfelter

by David Lindsay-Abaire
(drama)
March 15-17, 19-23, 2013

Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. RABBIT HOLE charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize.

Cast: Marge Bankert, Heidi Nicholls, Whitney Ann Jenkins, Stefan Lingenfelter, Mark McConnell, Jr.
Director: Lester Malizia
Producer: Patricia Bell

by Ken Ludwig
(comedy/farce)
May 10-12, 14-18, 2013

A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it's a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers' classics.

Cast: Linda Anschuetz, Doug Anderson, John Carlson, Shannon Donovan, Sheri McConnell, Dean Weiland
Director: Jud Michael Stewart
Producers: Ron Lockwood, Sue Collar, Becky Plymale