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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..."
Theatre Calendar
City of Dearborn Community Partnership (CDCP)
High School Musical 2 Onstage
Friday, August 21, 2009 at 8:00pm
Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8:00pm
Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 1:00pm
All performances at The Ford Community and Performing Arts Center
15801 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI
Tickets: Phone: 3139432350 OR ORDER ON-LINE AT: www.dearbornfordcenter.com
Dearborn Heights Civic Theatre (DHCT)
Website: www.dhctstage.org
All performances at The Berwyn Center
26155 Richardson, Dearborn Heights, MI. 48127
CURTAINS
September 18-19, 25-26 and October 2-3. All shows are at 8:00 pm.
It's A Wonderful Life
December 4, 5, 11, 12, 2009 at 8:00 pm.
Matinees TBD
The Underpants
February 19, 20, 26, 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm.
GODSPELL
April 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, and May 1, 2010 at 8:00 pm.
Players Guild of Dearborn (PGD)
Website: www.playersguildofdearborn.org
21730 Madison | Dearborn, MI 48124
14-Hr ticket line: 313-561-TKTS
Inspecting Carol
September 18–19, 25–26 and October 2 -3, 2009
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2:30pm
CINDERELLA
November 13–15, 20–22, 27–29 and December 4–6, 2009
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2:30pm
Is HE Dead?
Performances: January 15–17, 22–24 and 29–31, 2010
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2:30pm
The Hollow
Performances: March 5–7, 12–14 and 19–21, 2010
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2:30pm
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Performances: April 30–May 2, 7–9, 14–16 and 21–23, 2010
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2:30pm
West Side Theatre Project (WSTP)
The Last Five Years
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 8:00pm
Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8pm
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 8pm
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8pm
All performances at
The Valentine Auditorium within Dearborn High School
19501 Outer Drive, Dearborn, MI
Box Office: 3138271647
SCHOLASTIC PRODUCTIONS:
Crestwood High School Presents:
Thoroughly Modern Millie
a musical by Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan book by Richard Morris
December 10, 11, 12, 18, 19 at 7pm with additional
matinee performance on Dec. 12 at 1pm
1501 N. Beech Daly Rd., Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Dearborn High School Presents:
EPIC PROPORTIONS
a comedy by Larry Coen and David Crane
November 5, 6, 7 at 7:30pm and November 8 at 3pm
all performances in the Valentine Auditorium
Dearborn High School
19501 Outer Drive, Dearborn, MI
Box Office: (313) 827-1647
Divine Child High School Presents:
You Can't Take It With You
a comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
November 6, 7, at 7:30pm, Sunday, November 8 at 3pm
Divine Child High School
1001 N. Silvery Lane, Dearborn
Edsel Ford High School Presents:
COLE
The Life and Music of Cole Porter
December 10, 11, 12 at 7pm
Edsel Ford High School
20601 Rotunda, Dearborn
AUDITIONS
The Player's Guild of Dearborn Presents:
A comedy adapted by David Ives, based on the play by Mark Twain
A Comedy Farce by Carl Sternheim,
Adapted by Steve Martin
Directed by Cynthia Frabutt
AUDITIONS
December 6 at 3pm & December 7 at 7:00pm
at the Berwyn Center, Dearborn Heights, MI
Performances February 19, 20, 26, 27, 2010 at 8pm
www.dhctstage.org
A comedy adapted by David Ives, based on the play by Mark Twain
Directed by Marybeth Kinnell
Asst. Directed by Tim Carney
AUDITIONS: November 16 & 17, 2009
Registration from 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Auditions begin promptly at 7:30pm
Performances:
January 15–17, 22–24 and 29–31, 2010
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2:30pm
A Comedy Farce by Carl Sternheim,
Adapted by Steve Martin
Directed by Cynthia Frabutt
AUDITIONS
December 6 at 3pm & December 7 at 7:00pm
at the Berwyn Center, Dearborn Heights, MI
Performances February 19, 20, 26, 27, 2010 at 8pm
www.dhctstage.org
The sex. The lies. The lingerie. And the jealous Jewish barber. No, it's not the next reality TV show, but it sure could be. Using Carl Sternheim's 1910 comedy, Steve Martin has reinvigorated a
hilarious, laugh-out-loud farce - The Underpants. As the play opens,
Theo Maske, an officious, puritanical bureaucrat, berates his wife,
Louise, for allowing her titular underpants to fall to the ground at a
parade for the king. Theo frets that he and Louise will be financially
ruined and become social outcasts from the inevitable scandal. But
before long, besotted men appear at Maske's door to rent a room - and,
unnoticed by the proprietor, to seduce his wife. As scandal erupts into
spectacle, the characters reflect, and reflect upon, our fascination
with fame, our reliance on gender roles, and our enslavement by sex.
Louise Maske represents every young married woman. Her husband Theo is an unimaginative and completely non-sexual partner with a steady job as a government clerk. Louise likes to stare at her pet bird; Theo likes to complain about money. Life is predictable and boring, until one day Louise loses her underwear in public. Theo collapses on the kitchen table, initiating a series of comic and poignant events, for, as he moans, one should never "underestimate the power of a glimpse of lingerie."
Two men in particular come under the power of Louise's underwear, and rent the Maske's spare bedroom in order to be closer to them. Frank Versati is a flighty poet looking for his muse, whom he believes he has found in the form of Louise with her underwear around her ankles. Louise is ready and willing to fall prey to his sexual prose, but their affair is interrupted by the other renter, Benjamin Cohen, a closet Jew who also fell in love with what was beneath the undergarments. The three, often accompanied by the horny neighbor Gertrude, make a marry dance around the oblivious Theo, who berates the loss of his anonymity and is only pleasantly surprised to find himself with two men willing to pay rent.
Louise Maske represents every young married woman. Her husband Theo is an unimaginative and completely non-sexual partner with a steady job as a government clerk. Louise likes to stare at her pet bird; Theo likes to complain about money. Life is predictable and boring, until one day Louise loses her underwear in public. Theo collapses on the kitchen table, initiating a series of comic and poignant events, for, as he moans, one should never "underestimate the power of a glimpse of lingerie."
Two men in particular come under the power of Louise's underwear, and rent the Maske's spare bedroom in order to be closer to them. Frank Versati is a flighty poet looking for his muse, whom he believes he has found in the form of Louise with her underwear around her ankles. Louise is ready and willing to fall prey to his sexual prose, but their affair is interrupted by the other renter, Benjamin Cohen, a closet Jew who also fell in love with what was beneath the undergarments. The three, often accompanied by the horny neighbor Gertrude, make a marry dance around the oblivious Theo, who berates the loss of his anonymity and is only pleasantly surprised to find himself with two men willing to pay rent.