2009-2010 Season Lineup
Dates and titles are subject to change.
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MainStage Season
September 25 - October 11, 2009
Disney's Beauty And The Beast
Music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
A revival of the sold-out, 2005 CTC production. Based on the Academy-Award winning
animated feature, the stage version of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST enthralled
Broadway audiences for more than 13 years. This "tale as old as time"
is filled with spectacular costume and set opportunities, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE
BEAST offers a great opportunity to bring the entire community together for family
theatre at its best.
November 27 - December 20, 2009
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
The holiday tradition continues with our critically acclaimed adaptation of the
Charles Dickens holiday classic, complete with our preview performance November
27 at 6 PM for Chattanooga's Grand Illumination celebration, the Fezziwig Family
Feast – a ready made holiday party for your group -- and our gourmet Dickens
Dinner.
February 5 - 21, 2010
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in the fictional community of Grover's Corners
receives masterful treatment on the MainStage. Studied and staged by high school
students, Our Town was first performed in 1938, but the story of small town America
is timeless.
April 16 - May 2, 2010
Enchanted April by Matthew Barber
Enchanted April, Matthew Barber's stage adaptation of Elizabeth von Arnim's early
1920s novel, opened on Broadway in 2003. This romantic comedy tells the story of
four English women who break free of their rain-drenched sorrows and oppression
for a month in a rented Italian castle, there's plenty of surprises. Enchanted April
tackles the issues of wars between the sexes (and even wars within the sexes) head
on.
June 18 - July 11, 2010 (no performances July 4 holiday weekend)
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Written in the early 1950s as a response to McCarthyism, when the US government
blacklisted accused communists and questioned playwright Arthur Miller himself,
The Crucible is based on the actual events that, in 1692, led to the Salem Witch
Trials. The production won the 1953 "Best Play" Tony Award. A year later
a new production was mounted and the play became a classic.
August 13 - 29, 2010
The Producers - the Mel Brooks Musical
The Mel Brooks Musical Adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan. Lyrics by Mel Brooks;
Music by Mel Brooks and Glen Kelly.
Adapted from the 1968 Mel Brooks movie by the same name, The Producers is the story
of two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich quick by overselling interests
in a Broadway show sure to be a flop. But when the show turns out to be a rousing
success, things get complicated. The original production opened in 2001 on Broadway
starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick and received a record 12 Tony Awards.
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CircleStage Season
November 6 - 21, 2009
Regrets Only
This comedy of Manhattan manners explores the latest topics in marriage, friendships
and squandered riches. The setting: a Park Avenue penthouse. The players: a powerhouse
attorney, his deliriously social wife and their closest friend, one of the world’s
most staggeringly successful fashion designers. Add a daughter’s engagement, some
major gowns, the president of the United States, and stir. Ripped from today’s and
yesterday’s headlines, this comedy is more timely than ever! By Paul Rudnick.
December 12 - 20, 2010
Santaland Diaries
A refreshing alternative to all the holiday merrymaking, this monologue is satirist
David Sedaris’ twisted take on his experiences working as an elf during one Christmas
season at Macys. A holiday tale for grown-ups.
January 15 - 30, 2010
The Little Dog Laughed
Yes, we love the cinema for its great auteurs, its glorious faces and its daring
images. But in this tabloid age where big stars go on Oprah and jump around like
heartsick schoolboys, what we really love is all that dish! The players here include
a hard-driving Hollywood agent, her budding screen idol client, a sexy young drifter,
and the drifter’s naïve, needy girlfriend. The Little Dog Laughed follows the adventures
of Mitchel Green, a movie star who could hit big if it weren’t for one teensy-weensy
problem. His agent, Diane, can’t seem to keep him in the closet. Trying to help
him navigate Hollywood’s choppy waters, the devilish Diane is doing all she can
to keep Mitchell away from the cute rent boy who’s caught his eye and the rent boy’s
girlfriend (wait, the rent boy has a girlfriend?). Will there be a happy ending
as the final credits roll? By Douglas Carter Beane.
March 26 - April 10, 2010
Biennial Festival of New Plays
Showcasing works from local playwrights. The winning play is fully produced on our
Circle Stage. Two more outstanding works are featured in readings.
May 28 - June 12, 2010
Pig Farm
On a struggling pig farm somewhere in America, Tom and Tina (with the help of Time,
their hired hand) fight to hold onto everything they own —namely, a herd of fifteen
thousand restless pigs. Dumping sludge into the river has driven Tom to drink, and
Tim seems to have caught Tina’s eye, but when Teddy, a gun-toting officer of the
EPA arrives to inspect the operation, life on the farm explodes, implodes, then
explodes again. Not literally, of course, but... you get the idea. By Greg Kotis.
July 23 - August 7, 2010
The Book of Liz
Sister Elizabeth Donderstock is Squeamish, has been her whole life. She makes cheese
balls that sustain the existence of her entire religious community, Clusterhaven.
Feeling unappreciated, she tries her luck in the outside world. Along the way, she
meets an immigrant couple who find her a job waiting tables at Plymouth Crock, a
family restaurant run almost entirely by recovering alcoholics. The alcoholics love
her. The customers love her. Her Danderfrock fits right in. Things are going great
for Liz, until she’s offered a promotion to manager. Liz has a sweating problem,
and to get the job, she’ll have to fix it. Back at Clusterhaven, Liz’s compatriots
can’t seem to duplicate her cheese ball recipe, and it’s going to cost them their
quaint, cloistered lifestyle. Panic-stricken and desperate, they’re sure she sabotaged
the recipe. Does Liz go through with the operation? Can the Squeamish be saved?
Will the cheese balls ever taste good again? By David and Amy Sedaris.
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Youth Theatre Season
October 2-18, 2009
Holes by Louis Sachar
Stanley is accused of stealing a pair of shoes. In court, the judge sentences him
to Camp Greenlake, a juvenile detention center. Stanley doesn’t blame the judge
for falsely convicting him. Instead, he blames the whole misadventure on his “no-gooddirty-
rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.” So begins Stanley’s adventure that
leads him to uncover an old mystery and to right his great-great-grandfather’s wrong.
December 4-20, 2009
Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline’s Chrismas by Jennifer Kirkeby
The day begins like any other. Then, suddenly, disaster strikes when everyone gets
the flu! Except for Madeline, that is. All are saddened because they will not be
able to go home for Christmas. Then, on Christmas Eve, a wonderful, unexpected miracle
occurs: a rug merchant brings by 12 magic carpets and the girls are able to fly
home to be with their families on Christmas. This play is filled with holiday fun
and delightful music.
February 12-28, 2010
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Jody Davidson
The boy gives the mouse a cookie, milk, a straw to drink it with. Tidying up after,
the mouse needs a napkin and a mirror, which leads to a haircut. What a mess! The
boy begins to feel like he’s on a roller coaster ride and still on the way up. There’s
no stopping this Mouse!
March 5-14, 2010
Antigone translated by Theodore Howard Banks
Thebes’ civil war has ended. Creon, the ascending king, proclaims that anyone who
dares to bury the enemy will be publicly executed. Antigone battles Creon, her uncle,
for the right in God’s name to bury her dead brother, but loses that fight in a
horrifying conclusion.
April 30 - May 16, 2010
Jack and the Beanstalk by Charlotte B. Chorpenning
Jack must save his small farm and provide for his mother, and the only way he sees
to do it is to invest in magic beans. Everyone around him laughs at Jack’s hope
that beans could help him, but he takes the beans, climbs the beanstalk, and saves
the day with a little belief in magic.
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