Schedule 2010 - 2011
The schedule for our 2010-2011 season has just been announced! Season tickets are on sale now. Current season ticket holders have priority for renewals, so please call the box office for availablity. Tickets will be available for purchase after July 1, 2010.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Can three guys really cover thirty-seven Shakespeare plays in less than two hours? This fast-firing comedy does just that as it parodies all of the Shakespeare plays (plus the sonnets!) with only three performers in two acts. This play is full of energy as the characters run across the stage and keep you guessing how they will pull off the next play. For those who know Shakespeare, you’ll have a lot of fun with this hilarious farce. If you don’t know or don’t usually like Shakespeare, you'll still love this show as it pokes its’ way through (and at) classic Bard!
Pump Boys and Dinettes
On Highway 57, somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna, stands a gas station. Across the blacktop is a roadside eatery called the Double Cupp Diner. The four guys at the station, Jim, Jackson, Eddie and L.M., have been known to do some auto repairs, but only when aided by quantities of time and beer. The Cupp sisters, Prudie and Rhetta, celebrate their home cooking with the same zeal they bring to being neighbourly with the boys. Together they fashion an evening of country western, rock and blues songs that received unanimous raves on and off Broadway. They perform on guitars, piano, bass and, yes, even kitchen utensils!
A Nice Family Gathering
A Nice Family Gathering is a hilarious and touching story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her. Its Thanksgiving Day and the first family gathering at the Lundeen household since the Patriarch died. At the gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission; to tell his wife he loved her, something he neglected to tell her while he was alive. After all, they were only married for 41 years. Unfortunately, she can't hear or see him. Trouble really begins when Mom invites a date for dinner.
12 Angry Men
The classic 12 Angry Men is a gripping, penetrating, and engrossing examination of a diverse group of twelve jurors who are uncomfortably brought together to deliberate after hearing the 'facts' in a murder trial case. They retire to a jury room to do their civic duty and serve up a just verdict for the indigent minority defendant whose life is in the balance. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. The play is a powerful indictment, denouncement and expose of the trial by jury system.
Greater Tuna
Greater Tuna is the hilarious comedy about Texas' third smallest town, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. The eclectic band of citizens that make up this town are portrayed by only two performers, making this satire on life in rural America even more delightful as they depict all of the inhabitants of Tuna -- men, women, children and animals. The show that began as a party skit based on a political cartoon has grown to be one of the most popular comedies across the nation!
Doubt
Set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964, the play's protagonist is the severely dogmatic, 60-ish Sister Aloysius, the much-feared school principal, who suspects the popular young priest, Father Brendan Flynn, of inappropriate sexual behavior with a male student, who happens to be the first African-American in the school. "Doubt" is a compact, complex, brilliantly constructed play, each of its four characters grounded in his or her own truth. Humor and laughter provide entertaining entree into the serious subject matter.
Oscar and Felix
Subtitled “A New Look at the Odd Couple”, the play is the result of a chance encounter Neil Simon had one day in 2002 while driving to his home in West Los Angeles. He turned on the radio and heard something familiar. An acting troupe was performing his classic 1965 play. After listening for several minutes, the playwright mused to himself, "I can do better", and began writing. The play includes more contemporary references and issues but still attempts to answer the question, “Can two grown men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?”
Schedule 2009-2010
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, a Jimmy Roberts & Joe Dipietro Musical (September 11-October 4, 2009)
Off-Broadway’s phenomenal longest-running musical celebrates the modern-day suburban mating game. Audiences fill the theatre with laughter as the cast explores the joys of dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives, and in-laws.
"A great date show. A perfect mating dance. It's 'Seinfeld' set to music!" the Star-Ledger
Show Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.
***UPDATE 9/24***
This show is almost sold out so order your tickets today! 
Lend Me a Tenor, a Ken Ludwig Comedy-Farce (October 23-November 15, 2009)
This is a big night in September of 1934 for the Cleveland Grand Opera Company as world famous tenor, Tito Morelli, is to perform Otello at the season's gala opener. Morelli is late and through a series of mishaps, Il Stupendo is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he had consumed and he passes out. Max, an aspiring singer, is persuaded to get into Morelli's Otello costume and try to fool the audience. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into this other costume. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo!
"Screamingly funny!" CBS Radio.
Show Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.
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Christmas Jubilee, a Holiday Variety Show (December 4-20, 2009) 
This Holiday Season marks the return of our Christmas Jubilee. The Cabrillo Playhouse will be staging an evening of holiday-themed short plays and musical performances that the whole family is sure to enjoy. A variety show with something for "kids from one to ninety-three", this show is the perfect way to ring in your Holidays!
Show Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.
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Of Mice and Men, a John Steinbeck Drama (January 8-31, 2010)
Two drifters, George and Lennie, with delusions of living off the "fat of the land," have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It's Lennie's obsessions with things soft and cuddly, that have made George cautious about who this gentle giant associates with. When a woman is found dead in the barn, it is obvious that Lennie--albeit accidentally--killed her. Realizing they can't run away, George is faced with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him to take matters into their own hands. A tremendously moving study of the character of two roving farmhands.
Show Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.
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Night Watch, a Lucille Fletcher Suspense (March 12-April 3, 2010)
Unable to sleep, Elaine Wheeler paces around her Manhattan townhouse, but as her husband tries to comfort her she screams because she sees (or believes she sees) the body of a dead man in the window across the way. After consulting a psychiatrist, Elaine commits herself to a sanitarium for treatment. But from there the plot moves quickly and grippingly as those involved; Elaine's old friend Blanche, the inquisitive and rather sinister man who lives next door and the nosy German maid all contribute to the deepening suspense as it draws towards its riveting climax.
"A most superior thriller...which from its first blood-curdling scream to its last charming surprise is a first class example of its genre" NY Times.
Show Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.
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Rumors, a Neil Simon Farce (April 23-May 16, 2010)
At a large, tastefully appointed townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and miscommunications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.
"Not only side splitting, but front and back splitting." NBC TV.
Show Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.
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A Look Back at our Successful 2008-2009 Season
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Vanities, a Jack Heifner Comedy (September 4-28, 2008)
A bittersweet comedy that chronicles the lives of three Texas girls. In 1963, Joanne, Kathy & Mary are aggressively vivacious cheerleaders. Five years later in their college sorority house they are confronting their futures with nervous jauntiness. In 1974, they reunite briefly in New York. Their lives have diverged their friendship, which once thrived on assumption, is strained and ambiguous. Their attempts at honest conversation only show they can no longer afford to have very much in common.
"Unnervingly funny....Fast moving, sneakily stinging dialogue." Newsweek.
The Spitfire Grill , A James Valcq Musical (October 23-November 16, 2008)
A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah's Spitfire Grill. It is for sale but there are no takers, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are $100 and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow and things are definitely cookin' at the Spitfire Grill.
"An abundance of warmth, spirit and goodwill Some of the most engaging and instantly infectious melodies I've heard in an original musical in some time." USA Today.
Christmas Play: Scrooge! A Leslie Bricusse Musical 
(December 11-14 & 18-21,2008)
In 1970, renowned writer-composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse adapted the classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol, into the hit screen musical "Scrooge!" Scrooge! Has enjoyed a successful tour of England and the musical includes six new songs not performed in the film.
"Sensational... it was terrific" BBC Radio
Sylvia, An A.R. Gurney Comedy (January 22-February 15, 2009)
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after 22 years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career is winding down while Kate's is beginning to offer he more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park (or that found him) bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and Poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife and the marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.
Crimes of the Heart , A Beth Henley Comedy/Drama (March 26-April 19, 2009)
The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast and Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. The play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future--but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.
"It has heart, wit and a surprisingly zany passion that must carry all before it" NY Post.
Happy Birthday , A Marc Camoletti Comedy (May 28-June 21, 2009)
Bernard has foolishly asked his mistress, Brigit, to his home on her birthday despite the fact his wife Jacqueline is present. He has also invited his oldest friend, Robert, and asks him to pretend Brigit is his mistress. Robert refuses as he is having an affair with Jacqueline, but Bernard cunningly involves him anyway. By chance, a maid engaged for the evening arrives and her name is also Brigit. Frantic complications in which identities, plots and counter plots and bedrooms are exchanged with ever increasing confusion transpire until an unexpected ending makes everyone happy including the maid who has acquired a mink coat and lots of money! A long running success in London.