PCS | 2009-2010

Players Club of Swarthmore Season 2009-2010

	Rumors, A Farce by Neil Simon directed by Bohdan Senkow September 10, 11, 12, 13, 2009 September 17, 18, 19, 20, 2009 September 24, 25, 26, 2009 Neil Simon takes a break from character-driven comedies full of human truths to give us a pure farce, full of evasions, lies, slamming doors, and assumed identities, culminating in a wildly implausible explanation of the whole tangled plot to a skeptical policeman.
Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James LaPine directed by Paul Kerrigan October 22, 23, 24, 25, 2009 October 29, 30, 31, November 1, 2009 November 5, 6, 7, 2009 The characters are familiar: Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel…but why does a happy ending seem farther away the deeper we get in the forest? Stephen Sondheim’s music is at its most enchanting for this very grown-up fairy tale.
	It's a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry directed by Dennis Bloh November 27, 28, 29, 2009 December 3, 4, 5, 6, 2009 December 10, 11, 12, 13, 2009 *no performance on Thursday, 11/26 (Thanksgiving); extra (third) Sunday on 12/13 Christmas Eve, 1946: You are the studio audience at a live broadcast of Frank Capra’s classic story about a small-town banker who saved a bunch of folks from foreclosure. What could be more timely in December 2009?
Almost, Maine by John Cariani directed by Ellen Wilson Dilks January 14, 15, 16, 17, 2010 January 21, 22, 23, 24, 2010 January 28, 29, 30, 2010 One cold, clear, moonless night, love takes some surprising turns for folks in this tiny northern town. Cariani’s off-beat comedy shows us a dozen scenes of self-discovery in a place very far from the nearest city but not very distant from your life and mine.
	Bye Bye Birdie Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Lee Adams, Book by Michael Stewart directed by Mary Leigh Filippone February 18, 19, 20, 21, 2010 February 25, 26, 27, 28, 2010 March 4, 5, 6, 2010 When Conrad Birdie is drafted into the army, his publicist concocts a record-selling scheme: Birdie will bestow one last kiss on some lucky girl, live on the Ed Sullivan Show. So the fifties' greatest rock star descends on Sweet Apple, Ohio, breaking rules and breaking hearts. Will the army get him before a pack of teenagers does...or the sheriff?
TBA (title to be announced) directed by George Mulford March 25, 26, 27, 28, 2010 April 1, 2, 3, 2010 April 8, 9, 10, 2010 no performance on Easter Sunday, 4/4 We expect to be the first community theater to offer you this drama, whose Broadway production scooped up all three of the most prestigious theatrical awards. Watch this space! As soon as it’s legal, we’ll tell you the title.
	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice directed by Robert Welch April 29, 30, May 1, 2, 2010 May 6, 7, 8, 9, 2010 May 13, 14, 15, 2010 Andrew Lloyd Webber tackles the Old Testament in this rocking, foot-stomping musical about a young man who wouldn’t stay down. The tunes are catchy, the lyrics witty, the costumes colorful, and the whole production family-friendly.