Tamaqua Area Community Theatre
2015 Season
Our Town
Pulitzer Prize-winning drama in three acts by Thornton Wilder, produced and published in 1938, considered a classic portrayal of small-town American life. Set in Grover's Corners, N.H., the play features a narrator, the Stage Manager, who sits at the side of the unadorned stage and explains the action. Through flashbacks, dialogue, and direct monologues the other characters reveal themselves to the audience. The main characters are George Gibbs, a doctor's son, and Emily Webb, daughter of a newspaper editor. The play concerns their courtship and marriage and Emily's death in childbirth, after which she and other inhabitants of the graveyard describe their peace. Considered enormously innovative for its lack of props and scenery and revered for its sentimental but at bottom realistic depictions of middle-class America, Our Town soon became a staple of American theater.
July 28 and 29 at 7 PM Tickets: $12(General Admission)
May 29 at 2 PM Tickets: $10(Under 12 and over 65)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster is living a happy life: he has a steady job at a prominent New York newspaper, he’s just become engaged, and he gets to visit his sweet spinster aunts to announce the engagement. Mortimer always knew that his family had a bit of a mad gene -- his brother believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt and his great-grandfather used to scalp Indians for pleasure -- but his world is turned upside down when he realizes that his dear aunts have been poisoning lonely old men for years! When Mortimer’s maniacal brother, Jonathan. (who strangely now resembles Boris Karloff) returns on the night that the aunts were planning to bury the newest victim, Mortimer must rally to help his aunts and protect his fiancé -- all while trying to keep his own sanity. as well. An uproarious farce on plays involving murder, Arsenic and Old Lace has become a favorite amongst regional theatres throughout America.
Sept .15 and 16 at 7 PM Tickets: $12(General Admission)
Sept. 16 at 2 PM Tickets: $10( Under 12 or over 65)
Nutcracker
August 14 and 15 at 7 PM Tickets: $10(General Admission)
August 15 at 2 PM Tickets: $8(Under 12 and over 65)
The Rented Christmas
The story revolves around the last days of Willy Loman, a failing salesman, who cannot understand how he failed to win success and happiness. Through a series of tragic soul-searching revelations of the life he has lived with his wife, his sons, and his business associates, we discover how his quest for the "American Dream" kept him blind to the people who truly loved him. A thrilling work of deep and revealing beauty that remains one of the most profound classic dramas of the American theatre.
Dec. 4th and 5th at 7 PM Tickets: $8(General Admission)
Dec. 5th at 2 PM Tickets: $5(Under 12 and over 65)
2nd Annual Holiday Magic Cabaret
Our fourth and final cabaret of the 2015 season will feature songs from various genres with a focus on the holiday season.
Singers to include: TBA
November 28 at 7 PM Tickets: $5
Short Play Festival
Information TBA
CSI: Neverland
"All shadows, except one shadow." CSI meets Neverland in this marvelous merger of comedic mayhem. Murk and Tinker, Fairy Forensics Officers, are investigating the mysterious murder of Peter Pantaloon's shadow. Their prime suspect is Head Librarian Brenda Brooks who despises Seuss, Hogwarts, giant peaches, and the boy who refuses to grow up. As Peter clearly laments the loss of his shadow, they whisk Brenda away for questioning and throw her in a lineup with the infamous Captain Sharp. Meanwhile, Tink pays the Lab Rats a visit only to discover that the culprit could quite possibly be the crocodile. When Tink finally meets up with croc's family, she discovers that the croc couldn't have committed the murder because the croc died from eating one too many dinghys and a poisonous Red Herring. Who could have done it? Come find out!
Novemeber 13 and 14 at 7 PM Tickets: $8(General Admission)
November 14 at 2 PM Tickets: $5(Under 12 and over 65)