PAST PRODUCTIONS: 2011-2012 SEASON

Happy Days

Happy Days

A New Musical
[MainStage]
 
8pm July 13,20,21**,27,28 August 3,4,10,11,17,18
7pm July 12,18,19,25,26 August 1,2,8,9,15,16
2pm July 21
 
Created by Garry Marshall
Music and Lyrics by Paul Williams
Based on the Paramount Pictures television series Happy Days
 

Happy days are here again with Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli, Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and all of the gang in this musical based on the hit television series, HAPPY DAYS. This new musical reintroduces one of America’s best-loved families, the Cunninghams, and the days of 1959 Milwaukee complete with varsity sweaters, hula hoops and jukebox sock-hoppin’. This perfect family-friendly musical will have you rockin’ and rollin’ all week long!

** Cookout at F&M Bank at 6pm (Tickets $20 – $40)
 
Tickets $20 (adults) and $15 (ages 13 and under)
 
Captain Louie

Captain Louie

[MainStage]
 
6pm June 22,23,27,28,29,30 July 5,6,7
2pm June 23,30 July 7
 
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by Anthony Stein
Based on the book The Trip by Ezra Jack Keats
 

Young Louie feels lonely and without friends in his new neighborhood. Looking for something to cheer himself up on Halloween Night, Louie returns to his old neighborhood friends in an imaginary journey on the wings of his favorite toy, his little red plane. The story is full of tricks and treats, and the incomparable music and lyrics of Stephen Schwartz. Most of all, CAPTAIN LOUIE is about friendship — the ability to make new friends and the importance of old ones.

Tickets $20 (adults) and $15 (ages 13 and under)
 
The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

[MainStage]
 
8pm May 25,26 June 1,2,8,9,15,16,22,23
7pm May 30,31 June 6,7,13,14,20,21
2pm June 2
 
Music by Matthew Sklar
Book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Based on the New Line Cinema film written by Tim Herlihy
 

It’s 1985, and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party, until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. You too will be grooving to the tunes in this hilarious musical comedy based on the hit movie starring Adam Sandler.

Tickets $20 (adults) and $15 (13 and under)
 
101Dalmatians

Disney’s 101 DALMATIANS Jr.

[MainStage]
 
6pm June 1,2,6,7,8,9
2pm June 9
 
Music and Lyrics by Mel Leven, Randy Rogel, Richard Gibbs, Brian Smith, Martin Lee Fuller and Dan Root
Book adapted by Marcy Heisler
Additional lyrics by Marcy Heisler
Music adapted and arranged by Bryan Louiselle
 

In a loving home in the city of London, Dalmatian parents Pongo and Perdita happily raise their Dalmatian puppies, until the monstrous Cruella De Vil plots to steal them for her new fur coat! Join all the dogs of London, as they daringly rescue the puppies from Cruella and her bumbling henchmen.

Presented by the Roxy Regional School of the Arts

Starring Ryan Bowie as Cruella De Vil!

All Tickets $10
 
13

13: The Musical

6pm May 11,12*,16,17,18,19*,23,24,25,26*
(theotherspace)
 
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn
 

“Cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it.” 13-year-old Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, “13” is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages.

 

Presented by the Roxy Regional School of the Arts.
Presented in theotherspace.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

April 13,14,25,26,27,28
May 2,3,4,5
(MainStage)
 
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
 
Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including “Best Musical,” SPRING AWAKENING celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that you will never forget. Adapted from Frank Wedekind’s 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, it has been hailed as the “Best Musical of the Year” by the New York Times, New York Post, Star Ledger, Journal News, New York Observer, and USA Today. This production contains language and subject matter not appropriate for all audiences.

 
Schoolhouse Rock Live

Schoolhouse Rock Live!

2pm April 14,28
2pm May 5
(MainStage)
 
Book by Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall and George Keating
Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
Based on the ABC-TV educational animated series which aired from the 1970s-1980s
 
This award-winning musical teaches history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs, instructing a whole new generation to “Do the Circulation,” “Unpack Your Adjectives” and meet up at “Conjunction Junction”!

 
The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage

March 30,31
April 6,7*
(MainStage)
 
Adapted for the stage by John McDonald
From the novel by Stephen Crane
 
Henry Fleming’s illusions are shattered when he comes face to face with the bloodshed and horrors of The Civil War. Telling of the experience of war from the point of view of an ordinary soldier, Stephen Crane’s tale of heroism is considered the first modern war novel. The second production in our four-part series celebrating the Sesquicentennial of The Civil War.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

March 21,22,23,24
(TheOtherSpace)
 
By Moisés Kaufman
 
In three short months, Oscar Wilde, the most celebrated playwright and wit of Victorian England, was toppled from the apex of British society into humiliation and ruin. Drawing from trial documents, newspaper accounts, and writings of the day, Moisés Kaufman ignites an incendiary mix of sex and censorship, with a cast of characters ranging from George Bernard Shaw to Queen Victoria. Presented in theotherspace.

 
The Winter's Tale

The Winter’s Tale

March 9,10,16,17*
(MainStage)
 
By William Shakespeare
 
In this, one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful romances, a king, a queen, and their daughter are reunited — both physically and spiritually — through the power of forgiveness. A jealous king nearly topples his own kingdom when he falsely accuses his queen of adultery with his childhood friend. In his foolishness and rage, he loses his wife, his son, and his baby daughter. The cycle of life and the power of true love come alive onstage, in a world filled with magic, wonder and prophecy.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

February 10,11**,15,16,17,18*,22,23,24,25,29
March 1,2,3
(MainStage)
 
Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music by Jimmy Roberts
 
“Say, what are you doing Saturday night?” A hilarious musical revue pays tribute to those who have loved and lost and to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance. This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as “the relationship.”

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
** Special Valentine’s Performance
 
Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

2pm January 14,21,28
2pm February 4,11
(MainStage)
 
Adapted for the stage by John McDonald
 
Tales of The Brothers Grimm, including “Snow White,” “The Bremen Town Musicians,” “The Hare and The Hedgehog,” “The Elves and The Shoemaker” and “Hansel and Gretel,” adapted for the stage by John McDonald. The children in the audience will have a say in choosing the order of these classic children’s stories.

 
The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues

January 6,7,12,13,14,19,20,21,26,27,28
February 2,3,4
(TheOtherSpace)
 
By Eve Ensler
 
Spread the word! We’re back for the tenth year! Eve Ensler’s touching, often hilarious series of monologues about women and performed by women has played to packed houses around the country. Presented in theotherspace.

 
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

November 25,26
December 2,3,7,8,9,10*,14,15,16,17*
(MainStage)
 
Adapted by John McDonald
From the story by Charles Dickens
 
A Roxy tradition, this rollicking holiday morsel will sweeten your taste buds and warm even the hardest of hearts. Ebenezer Scrooge meets the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future while finding redemption and rediscovering the true meaning of the holiday in this Charles Dickens classic.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

November 4,5,11,12*,18,19
(MainStage)
 
Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens
 
“Recalled to life!” Charles Dickens’ famous epic novel of the French Revolution comes to the stage in this thrillingly ingenious adaptation of the moving and exciting story of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay, the English lawyer and French aristocrat caught up inextricably in the violence and bloodshed of the Revolution.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Standing on Ceremony

Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays

7pm November 7
(mainstage)
 
Written by Jordan Harrison, Jeffrey Hatcher, Moises Kaufman, Joe Keenan, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick and Doug Wright
Conceived by Brian Shnipper
 
Responding to one of the defining issues of our day, the ongoing battle for marriage equality throughout the United States, some of America’s most illustrious and award-winning playwrights have created a heartfelt, funny and altogether illuminating evening that celebrates the courage to be in a relationship — any relationship.

The Roxy Regional Theatre is pleased and honored to be one of the participating theatres in this worldwide event.

Reserved seating is available for $20; all remaining tickets go on sale at 6:30pm for pay-what-you-can.

This production is recommended for mature audiences.

 
War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

October 28,29*
(MainStage)
 
Adapted for the radio by Howard Koch
With input from Orson Welles and the staff of CBS’s “Mercury Theatre on the Air”
From the novella by H.G. Wells
 
The infamous Mercury Theatre 1938 radio broadcast, recreated live on stage, is one of the earliest depictions of an alien invasion which caused public outcry as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Mark Twain

Mark Twain: Adventures in American Humor

October 21,22*
(mainstage)
 
Adapted and directed by Cecilia Rubino
 
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Life lessons have never been more fun than when they are taught by Mark Twain! Celebrating more than 100 years of humor, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and many other Twain characters spring to life through the amazing acting skills of Ashton Crosby, Carl Howell and Cary Hite. When audience members are invited on stage to join the actors in various scenes, hilarity is sure to follow.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Beehive

Beehive: The ’60s Musical Sensation

September 16,17**,21,22,23,24*,28,29,30
October 1,5,6,7,8,12,13,14,15
(MainStage)
 
Created by Larry Gallagher
 
Five hot women, a six-piece band, 50 outrageous costumes, and 15 cans of hairspray a week can only mean one thing — BEEHIVE, The ’60s Musical Sensation. The Chiffons, The Supremes, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin are just some of the ’60s pop stars singing such favorites as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “One Fine Day,” “Where the Boys Are,” “Proud Mary,” “A Natural Woman” and “Respect.”

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
** Gala Evening Celebrating 29 Years of Live Theatre