Sierra Madre Playhouse announces 2011 season
The Sierra Madre Playhouse has assembled an outstanding array of shows for its main stage during the coming year. The schedule follows:
Sylvia
January 14 - February 19
Written by A. R. Gurney, Directed by Gita Donovan
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after sending their last child off to college. During a walk in the park Greg finds Sylvia, a bouncy lab poodle mix, who appears to understand his frustration with work and middle age. Kate, whose new job is full of opportunity and satisfaction, comes to feel that she is losing Greg to his adoring new best friend. This imaginative twist on Greg's midlife crisis leads to laughter and some thoughtful insights into the nature of love, marriage, jealousy, and dogs.
Our Town
March 4 - April 16th
Written by Thornton Wilder, Directed by Barbara Schofield
Our Town explores the lives of people living in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, a small quintessentially American town. In 1901 Grover's Corners is the perfect picture of an American town before urbanization - automobiles are a novelty, everyone is up in each other's business, and milk is still delivered fresh every morning. It is a timeless story of life that is still being played out. Our Town was first produced in 1938 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
Cats Cradle
April 29 - June 4
Written by Leslie Sands, Directed by Bill Mesnik
The Fulton kidnapping of 12 years past was never solved, and Inspector Frost returns to the tiny English village to revisit the scene of his greatest frustration for one more go at it. But his reception is one of suspicion and hostility from the people he thought of as friends. A classic English manor house mystery.
Solid Gold Cadillac
June 17 - July 30
Written by Howard Teichmann & George S. Kaufman, Directed by Bob Hakman
This witty comedy looks at what happens when greed and corruption come face to face with innocent determination to uncover the truth. First produced in 1953, S.G.C. is still as pertinent today, as a cautionary tale of a corporate Goliath vs. a small David in the form of a timid woman committed to protecting her ten shares of stock. Judy Holliday starred in the very popular movie of the same name.
To Be Announced
August 19 - September 24
To Kill A Mockingbird
October 7 - November 12
Written by Harper Lee, Directed by Michael Cooper
To Kill A Mockingbird is a faithful reproduction of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. She describes the play as "a love story, pure and simple": love for the South, a father's love for his children and their love for him. The story is about dignity, tolerance and the difficulties of growing up in a rural community in Alabama during the depression year of 1935. Told through the eyes of Scout, the tomboyish daughter of Atticus Finch, it is a moving story that has never failed to entrance viewers.
The Christmas Show
November 25 - December 23
Tickets for most shows are $20 general admission, $17 for seniors (65+) and students (13-17) , and $12 for children 12 and under. Tickets for The Christmas Show are slightly higher.
The Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024 (just east of Pasadena), There is ample free parking behind the theatre.
Reservations are available at (626) 355-4318 or by logging onto www.sierramadreplayhouse.org