OUR MAINSTAGE SEASON
On our Mainstage we have presented everything from Aristophanes to Arthur Miller, from beloved classics of American comedy to challenging dramas about the most current social issues. Utilizing all of the resources of our theatre community, these productions represent the best of what PACP can achieve through the work of talented and dedicated amateurs.
2009-2010 Season
Rehearsal for Murder
Adapted for the stage by D.D. Brooke from the television play by Richard Levinson and William Link
Directed by Robert Sommers
After his leading lady (and fiancee) commits suicide, a playwright is heartbroken and believes she was really murdered. On the anniversary of her death, he gathers the cast and crew of his last play in an old Broadway theatre in order to find out what really happened that fateful night.
On Stage: Sept 18 - October 4
The Matchmaker
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Barbara Frederick
Dolly Levi, a widow who brokers marriages in Yonkers, New York at the turn of the 20th Century, sets her sights on local merchant Horace Vandergelder, who has hired her to find him a wife. Classic comedy.
On Stage: November 20 - Dec 10
Auditions: Sept 9
Damn Yankees
book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop
Music by Richard Adler and Lyrics by Jerry Ross
Directed by Nancy Bier
A wonderful musical comedy fit for the whole family - from Grandpa to the kids! A twist on the Faust legend, it's the story of a baseball team that found its heart and finally beat those Damn Yankees. A memorable story about love and redemption and never giving up in spite of seemingly insurmountable odds.
Out of Order
by Ray Cooney
Directed by Ron Graham
On Stage: April 30 - May 16, 2010
A Prime Minister's assistant is planning a different kind of all-night debate... with a secretary in the Opposition party's steno pool. A conniving waiter, suspicious hotel manager, alert private detective, angry wife, furious husband, bungling secretary and unconscious nurse and dead body add up to fast-paced farce.