|
The Neverending Story
By Michael Ende
Adapted for the Stage by David S. Craig
September 5- October 5, 2008
Bastian seeks refuge from his reality in the pages of the most amazing book. And the story begins… Fantastica is in grave danger; The Nothing engulfs everything in its path. The Childlike Empress sends the unlikely hero Atreyu (a boy of Bastian’s age) on a quest to find the one who can save them all. Atreyu’s adventure takes him to the far corners of Fantastica, through the Swamp of Sadness, the cave of a giant spider, and the maze of the Southern Oracle. Atreyu receives the help of the happy Luck Dragon, Falkor, on his journey. Atreyu has another source of help, Bastian himself, to ensure that imagination lives on.
Show times: Fridays – 7 p.m., Saturdays – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sundays – 2 p.m
The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood
By Mary Lynn Dobson
October 9- November 9, 2008
It sure is hard to be humble when you're a swashbuckling, egocentric super-hero. But our gallant guy-in-green tries his best as he swaggers through The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, a frantically funny, Monty Python-esque retelling of the classic. This time around, the legendary legend, in his never-ending quest to aid the needy, encounters a lovely damsel-in-distress (oddly obsessed with skin conditions); an ever-scheming sheriff who would rather bowl a strike than hit a bulls eye; a gold-hoarding, bad-guy monarch wannabe; and a good-natured "Town's Guy" who manages to make his way into every scene, whether he belongs there or not. Combine them with an expandable band of spoon-wielding Merry Men whose collective IQs equal six, and you've got an irreverent jaunt through Sherwood Forest you won't soon forget!
Show times: Fridays – 7 p.m., Saturdays – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sundays – 2 p.m.
A Christmas Story
By Philip Grecian
Based on the Works of Jean Shepherd
November 20- December 21, 2008
Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more. A perennial Christmas classic.
Show times: Fridays – 7 p.m., Saturdays – 2 p.m. and 7p.m., Sundays – 2 p.m.
If You Give A Pig A Party
Based on the Book by Laura Numeroff
Adapted by Nancy Schaefer
Music and Lyrics by B. Wolf
January 29-March 1, 2009
If you give a pig a party, she’s going to want some balloons … and ice cream … and a pillow fight … and then she’ll want to clean up … and what better setting for another party than a nice, clean room? You get the picture. In Numeroff’s delightful circular stories, one thing leads to another until somehow you wind up back at the beginning. But what this little piggy learns amidst all the flurry and excitement of putting together a party is this: you can’t have a party without friends … and having friends is the perfect reason to have a party!
Show times: Fridays – 7 p.m., Saturdays – 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Sundays – 4 p.m.
Junie B. Jones and A Little Monkey Business
Based on the Book by Barbara Park
Adapted & Music and Lyrics by Joan Cushing
March 5- April 5, 2009
Junie B. Jones is the star of the show! Kindergarten is where you go to not watch TV. Fixing the upstairs toilet is a dream come true. Her new B-A-B-Y brother is a real, alive baby MONKEY. Such is the world according to Junie B. Jones in this hilarious new musical about a precocious kindergartner who just can’t help shooting off her big fat mouth!
Show times: Fridays – 7 p.m., Saturdays – 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Sundays – 4 p.m.
The Hundred Dresses A Sideways Series Production
Based on the Book by Eleanor Estes
Adapted by William Kent Williams
March 19- April 5, 2009
Wanda Petronski, the new girl in room 13, wears the same faded blue dress to school every day, but insists that she has a hundred bright, shiny new ones at home. As Wanda's story unfolds, her classmates learn the secret of the hundred dresses and with it, a lesson in tolerance, in taking responsibility and in living with the consequences of our actions. An endearing tale based on the Newbery Honor Book by Eleanor Estes, The Hundred Dresses focuses on the difficult issue of bullying and how mistreating someone because he or she is different from oneself brings as much harm to the bully as to the victim.
Show times: Fridays – 7 p.m., Saturdays – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sundays – 2 p.m.
Holes
Based on the Book by & Adapted By Louis Sachar
April 17- May 24, 2009
Holes is the story of Stanley Yelnats, an inherently unlucky kid whose family lives under a gypsy curse that brings them perpetual misfortune. Stanley is wrongly accused of stealing a pair of sneakers and sentenced to Camp Green Lake, where nothing is green, and there's certainly no lake. There, Stanley, along with the other boys at the camp, is forced to dig holes in the ground to build character. As they work, the boys unearth the secrets of Camp Green Lake and the warden's curious fascination with legendary bandit Kissin' Kate Barlow. Rich in fun and chock full of mystery, audiences will really dig Holes.
Show times: Fridays – 7 p.m., Saturdays – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sundays – 2 p.m.
|
» Download The REP 2007-2008 Season brochure (When Site is Updated)
