2024 SEASON

*Denotes Season Shows Sponsored by The Murray Bank

*LOve Letters**

Show Dates: February 9- 18

Directed by: Josh Ray Brower

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards.

*The Play that goes wrong**

Show Dates: May 10 - 19

Audition Dates: Feb. 19 & 20 / 2 Females, 6 Males

Directed by: Rusty Jones

Our Executive Director, Lisa Copeland, swears this is the funniest show she's ever seen! Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Societv's newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can't play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this global phenomenon is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!

THe lightning thief: the percy jackson musical*

Show Dates: June 14 - 23

Audition Dates: April 29 & 30—7 (any gender)

Directed by: Wayne Shields-Hogue

Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus' master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he must travel to the Underworld, solve the riddle of the Oracle which warns him of betrayal by a friend, and come to terms with the father who abandoned him.

KIDS SUMMER Theatre Camp—Disney’s Finding nemo, kids

Camp dates: July 8-19, 2024

Show dates: July 19-23, 2024

Join our popular Summer Theatre Camp for ages 6 (must have completed kindergarten) through age 12. Junior Counselor positions are available for ages 13 and older. Registration will open the Monday following the local school systems' Spring Break.

Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*

Show Dates: August 16- 25

Audition Dates :June 24 & 25 4 Female, 5 Males

Directed by: J. Michael Byrne

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion!

*Attend this show for a chance to become a speller and join the cast on stage!*

FrankenStein*

Show Dates: Oct. 25 - Nov. 3

Audition Dates: Sept. 9 & 10, 3 Females, 8 Males, 1 Boy

Directed by: Donald Fleming

Set in nineteenth-century Switzerland, this classic tale of horror and suspense details the ill-fated experiments of young Dr. Frankenstein as he attempts to fathom the secrets of life and death. Purchasing cadavers from two unsavory grave robbers, he gives life to a creature both hideous and touching and so physically powerful and mentally twisted that he soon brings death or destruction to all who stand in his way.

THE PENGUIN PROJECT - Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr.

Informational Meeting: August 19

Show Dates: Nov. 15-24

Directed by: Stephen Keene, Serenity Dunn

In a magical underwater kingdom, the beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, longs to leave her ocean home- and her fins- behind and live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her father, King Triton, make a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula, and convince the handsome Prince Eric that she's the girl whose enchanting voice he's been seeking.

*Annie**

Show Dates: Dec. 6- 15

Audition Dates: Oct. 14& 15, 4 Females, 4 Males, Ensemble

Directed by: Serenity Dunn

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC and begins a life of fun-filled adventure.