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2012 Performance Schedule

ALL PERFORMANCES  THE ARROWHEAD CENTER FOR THE ARTS unless otherwise noted.  MAP

 

Auditions:

May 10 at 7 PM – The Kitchen Witches, 2W, 2 M

Sept. 10 at 3:30 PM – Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood

 

Performance dates:

 

April 19 - 22 & 26– 29

Little Women adapted by Kristin Laurence based on the book by Louisa May Alcott.   TICKETS

The play begins that memorable Christmas when Marmee leaves to visit her sick husband and Jo sells her beautiful hair to help finance the trip. It ends just a year later when the happy family is again preparing to celebrate not only Christmas but also the return of Mr. March. In between these two events, we again live, laugh, love and cry with Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth as they go through the many trials and tribulations that have made this story a classic.

 

 

June 28 - July 1 & July 5 – July 8 –

Lethal Lecture - by By Craig Sodaro
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

***Performances at the Harbor Light Supper Club The Harbor Light Co. Supper Club and Bar - Restaurant, Bar - Grand Marais, MN | Facebook *****

Every time Polly Peabody's in charge of something, it's murder - literally! In this hour-long play, she's program chairperson for Professor Hazelton Crandall's presentation, "Journey Through the Pharaoh's Tomb." Unfortunately, the poor professor needs his own tomb before Act I ends, because he's murdered. Miss Peabody narrows the suspects to four: the professor's estranged wife, who wants to sell the artifacts; the professor's vivacious, if vacuous, girlfriend; his longtime colleague and friend; and a reporter who'd do anything to get a story and keep his job. The clues are right in front of the audience, and Miss Peabody begs for help in solving the crime. The suspects don't waste time trying to pin the murder on each other by getting audience members to re-enact hilarious scenes of passion and deceit on the recent journey through the tomb.

*****Performances at the Harbor Light Supper Club The Harbor Light Co. Supper Club and Bar - Restaurant, Bar - Grand Marais, MN | Facebook *****

 

July 21 at 7PM  ** Special Event**

A Century of Jazz            TICKETS

A concert presentation of the different jazz genres of the last century. This includes early jazz, swing jazz, jazz standards derived from musicals, Bebop. hard bop, Latin jazz, cool jazz, and jazz fusion.

Performed by the skyBLUEtrio and theORANGEgirl, with guest Al Anderson.

***This is a Fundraiser for the Grand Marais Playhouse. A silent auction will be held in the lobby prior to the show and during intermission. ***

 

 

July 26-29 & August 2-5

The Beaux’ Stratagem – Adapted by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig   TICKETS
from the play by George Farquhar.

The play tells the story of two young bucks who, having spent all their money by living too well, leave London and roam from town to town in search of love and fortune. In order to find a wealthy heiress for at least one of them, they pose as master and servant – exchanging roles from one town to the next. In Lichfield, Aimwell is the master and Archer the servant, and there they meet the lovely, wealthy Dorinda and her equally desirable sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate Sullen. They set their caps for these women, but problems abound. Kate is married to a drunken sot who despises her; the innkeeper’s saucy daughter, Cherry, has set her cap for Archer; Dorinda’s mother, Lady Bountiful, mistakenly believes herself to be a great healer of the sick, and she guards her daughter like a dragoness; and a band of brigands plans to rob the house of Lady Bountiful that very night, putting all schemes in jeopardy. This is a play in the great tradition of Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer and Sheridan’s The Rivals and The School for Scandal . It is classic, formal, robust and hilarious.

 

Aug. 23 – Sept. 2

The Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith. The cast is 2 women and 2 men     TICKETS

Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two "mature" cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly's long-suffering TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly's dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel's, it's a losing battle, and the show becomes a rating smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!

Winner of the 2005 Samuel French Canadian Play Contest

 

 

September 22  at 7 PM  ** Special Event**

Monroe Crossing                                              TICKETS

Celebrating their 12th year together in 2012, Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying
blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, and heartfelt originals. Their airtight harmonies, razor sharp
arrangements, and on-stage rapport make them audience favorites across the United States and Canada.

Opening act:

Bump and Barbara Jean

 

 

 

Nov. 3,4,10&11

Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood  by Charlie Lovett and music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur.

It s the 1950s, hula-hoops are in high demand, and so is Little Red Riding Hood!  Wise Prince Jason (winner of the Math Olympics and the Nobel Prize), Strong Prince Justin (who can bench press his own mother) and ordinary Loud Prince Frank all want to woo Red Riding Hood.  So the king and queen hire the Fairy Godmother to set three tasks for the princes.  Only the prince who can find the missing girl, defeat the dragon and awaken a castle visitor from her slumber earns the right to woo Wed Widing Hood...  that is, Red Riding Hood!  Alas, Little Red s couch-potato parents don t want to lose their little girl.  How else will they get their cookies delivered to Grandmother?  So they hire the evil queen to thwart the Fairy Godmother s contest.  Luckily, Little Red Riding Hood's two sisters — Big Green Riding Hood and Medium Purple Riding Hood — help balance out the situation.  Complete with the big bad wolf and a sock-hopping 50s score, this adventure is guaranteed to end in happily-ever-after laughter for audiences and performers of all ages!

 

Come experience a theatrical weekend in Grand Marais

Enjoy accommodations at our 2012 season sponsor

www.gmhotel.net

 

 

Grand Marais Playhouse office

P.O.Box 996

Grand Marais, MN 55604

(218)387-1284 ext.2

 


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