2009-2010 Season

 

Pippin

Music and Lyrics By Stephen Schwartz

Book by Roger O. Hirson

Studio Theatre

October 15,16,17,22,23,24,29,30,31 at 8:00 pm; Octover 18,25, November 1 at 2:30pm

Directed by Geoffrey Scott Bleeker

Musical Director/Choreographer Leah Arington

In this anachronistic Tony-award winning musical, a group of players lead Pippin, the son

of Charlemagne, through his search for something "completely fulfilling." Pippin seeks true

happiness on the battlefield, in politics, in the bedroom, and in the hearth and home. Nothing

completely satisfies, and Pippin explores just what it takes to make an extraordinary life.

With a pop-influnced score by award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz, Pippin has been

delighting and challenging audiences since it orignially appeared on Broadway in a production,

directed by legendary Bob Fosse, in 1972.

A Christmas Carol

Based on the Novel By Charles Dickens

Adapted by Kevin P. Kern

Mainstage Theatre

December 3,4,5,10,11,12 at 8:oopm; December 6 & 13 at 2:30pm

Directed by Kevin P. Kern

Musical Director Leah Arington

Back for a third year, this holiday classic is quickly becoming a Pensacola tradition. Join Scrooge,

and old and bitter miser, as he is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve who teaches him the

importance of kindness and compassion in this wonderful play with music.

The Learned Ladies

By Moliere

Mainstage Theatre

February 18,19,20,26,27 at 8:00pm; February 21 & 28 at 2:30pm

Directed by Geoffrey Scott Bleeker

In one of Moliere's most poplular satires, young Henriette wishes to marry Clitandre, but one

major obstacle stands in her way: her mother, Philaminte. Philaminte, supported by the other

"learned ladies" of the title, Henreitte's aunt and older sister, has commanded her to marry

Trissotin, a "scholar" who is their special portege and whose awful poetry is the center of their

literary salon. The Learned Ladies sends up the foppishness and faddishness of 1670's France

in hysterical verse that has kept audiences laughing for over two hundred years.

Grease

By Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Mainstage Theatre

April 8,9,10,15,16,17 at 8:00pm; April 11 & 18 at 2:30pm

Directed by Leah Arington

With famous songs like "Summer Nights" "Born to Hand Jive" and "We Go Together" Grease

has been entertaining audiences of all ages since its premeire in 1972. This fun and

entertainging romp through Rydell High School in the 1950's will have you dancing in your

seat. Enjoy the original high school muscial love story of Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski

with Grease!