Biloxi
Blues by Neil Simon
September
16 – October 9; 2 pm
matinee on Sunday, October
3
NCRT
is very pleased to kick off
our new season with chapter
two of the continuing hilarious
saga of Eugene Morris Jerome,
alter ego of the youthful Neil
Simon. Eugene is now
a young army recruit during
World War II, going through
basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi. We
join him and his buddies as
they learn about army life,
the big world out there, and
first love. Winner of
the 1985 Tony Award for Best
Play. "A fine comedy,
and another step in the process
of making Simon neither so
simple, nor so simplistic." -
N.Y. Times
THE
PIRATES OF PENZANCE
book by W.S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan November
18 – December 11, 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, December 5
It's
the perfect holiday getaway
to the high seas of Pirate
adventure! Bring the whole
family to enjoy this delightful
tale of treachery, duty, honor,
love, and very happy endings.
The fun begins when young Frederick's
nurse mistakenly sends him
to become an apprentice pirate
instead of an apprentice pilot
as intended. And how can it
be that a man of twenty-one
years has had only five birthdays??
Come see this charming musical
to
find out!
TWO
GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
by William Shakespeare
January
27– February 19, 2 pm matinee on Sunday, February 13
Proteus
and Valentine, two gentlemen
of Verona who are devoted
friends, are about to separate.
Valentine, convinced that "home-keeping youth have
ever homely wits," seeks
honor at the Emperor's court
in Milan. Proteus remains
in Verona but is soon sent
to Milan against his will.
Complications including kidnapping,
deceit, and mistaken identity
develop when both men fall
in love with the beautiful
Sylvia. At the end
of the comedy, all is sorted
out and love prevails.
AN
EVENING OF ABSURD COMEDY: WASP
by Steve Martin AND THE BALD
SOPRANO by Eugene Ionesco
March
25 – April 16, 2
pm matinee on Sunday, April 10
The
Bald Soprano, a one-act
play written in 1949, inspired
a revolution in dramatic
techniques and helped inaugurate
the Theatre of the Absurd.
Fifty years later, Steve
Martin wrote Wasp,
also a one-act play that
certainly falls within
the same genre. The striking
similarities in the writing
styles of these two authors
make for a hilarious and
thought-provoking evening
of very relevant comments
on the themes of family,
self-estrangement, and
the difficulties of communication.
DANCERS
by Michael Grady
May
26– June
18, 2
pm matinee on Sunday, June 12
This
truly heart-warming comedy
takes place in an old folks'
home where a man who recently
lost his mother adopts a
loony old lady. But it's
by no means freewheeling,
for her roommate is a crotchety
old coot who has something
bad to say to everybody.
But at one of several peaks
of climax we see beneath
the curmudgeon and understand
why he is so rude to the
guilty man. This is a play
packed with gentleness and
fondness for its characters.
Winner of the American College
Theatre Festival.
THE
FOREIGNER
by Larry Shue
July
28– August 20,
2
pm matinee on Sunday, August 14
The
scene is a fishing lodge
in rural Georgia often visited
by "Froggy" LeSeuer. This
time "Froggy" has brought
along a friend, a pathologically
shy young man named Charlie
who is overcome with fear
at the thought of making
conversation with strangers.
So "Froggy," before
departing, tells all assembled
that
Charlie is from an exotic
foreign country and speaks
no English. Then the fun
begins as Charlie overhears
more than he should. This
comic romp is the winner
of two Obie Awards and two
Outer Critics Circle Awards
as Best New American Play
and Best Off-Broadway Production.