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"Dearly Departed"
By: David Bottrell and Jessie Jones
September 22nd thru October 15th, 2005
All shows 8:00pm
Directed by: Carl Stewart
Set Design by: Austin Carpenter
Stage Managed by: Billy Ray Brewton
Not since STEEL MAGNOLIAS has a more colorful and dysfunctional group of Southern eccentrics gathered below the Mason-Dixon line. When the patriarch of the Turpin family keels over dead in the first scene, the struggle to get him buried involves the whole clan, including the not-so-grieving widow who wants to put "Mean and Surly" on the tombstone.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Raynelle.....Nell Richardson
Ray-Bud.....Barry C. Austin
Lucille.....Penny Thomas
Junior.....Gregory Scott
Suzanne.....Thom Satterfield
Aunt Marguerite.....Donna Littlepage
Royce.....Billy Ray Brewton
Reverend Hooker.....Capers Doss
Juanita/Veda.....Melissa Bush
Delightful/Nadine.....Shanda Bizzle
Clyde/Norval.....Lee J. Green
"A...My Name Will Always Be Alice"
By: Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd
November 10th thru December 10th, 2005
All shows 8:00pm
A compilation of the best of the two previous "Alice" plays ("A...My Name is Alice" and "A...My Name is
STILL Alice"), this is a sophisticated, bawdy, funny and insightful five women musical revue that celebrates
the pleasures and frustrations of growing up female. This production features music, poetry and comic
sketches that will be sure to remind you of yourself, your mother, or another woman in your life. The music
ranges from gospel to country western to rock to some glorious pop ballads.
Winner of the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical.
"Delightful. . .the music and lyrics are so sophisticated that they can carry the weight of one-act plays." - The New York Times
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Melissa
Bush
Pam Elder
Melodie Norman
Rachel Weaver
Chalethia Williams
"
Crowns"By: Regina Taylor
Based on the book by: Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry
(Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats)
January 19th thru February 11th, 2006
All shows 8:00pm...Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays
This BIRMINGHAM PREMIERE is a gospel-infused musical celebrating the legacy of African American
women and their church hats. From young women to grandmothers, the women reflect the history – and
the “hattitude” – that is passed from generation to generation. And when a rebellious young Brooklyn girl is
sent to stay with her Southern grandma, she slowly begins to discover connections to older traditions
and a deeper spirituality through a world of rituals and the wearing of “crowns.”
"The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
"By: Jane Wagner
March 9th thru April 8th, 2006
STARRING: Dolores Hydock
All shows 8:00pm
Dolores Hydock portrays 15 different characters, male and female, young and old whose lives intertwine in such
a masterful way that the story and its message transcends gender and age to reveal a complete and moving
commentary on the human experience in all its bizarre and wonderful glory.
"
Edgar Lee Master's SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY"By: Charles Aidman, conceived from Edgar Lee Masters' collection of poetry
May 11th thru June 3rd, 2006
All shows 8:00pm
In a
cemetery, we are introduced to the ghosts of those who were
inhabitants of this
town, and
whose secrets
have gone with them to the grave. There are 60 odd
characterizations and vignettes
in this constantly
interesting entertainment offering an amazingly varied array
of roles and impersonations, from young lovers and
preachers and teachers to the funny chronicle of the poor
mixed up Jew who ends
up in the wrong cemetery.
Both the solid and humorous sides of life are
portrayed, with fetching ballads, and
the free verse form of Masters.
"Pageant"
Book and Lyrics by: Bill Russell and Frank Kelly
Music by: Albert Evens
Conceived by: Robert Longbottom
July 6 thru August 5, 2006
All shows 8:00pm
One of the rowdiest farces ever staged, Pageant pits six beauty queens against each other in the Glamouresse
annual extravaganza. Miss Texas, Miss Great Plains, Miss Deep South, Miss Industrial Northeast, Miss West
Coast and Miss Bible Belt sing, dance and camp it up in gowns and bathing suits. A hilarious talent contest is
equaled only by the zany "spokesmodel" event which requires them to hawk the sponsor's outrageous cosmetics.
While les girls swirl around the charming host, judges from the audience decide who will be Miss Glamouresse.