Our Season

We have an exciting and diverse season planned for 2010 - 2011! Details are below.

A Thurber Carnival
by James Thurber, directed by Malinda Taylor
Sept. 24 - Oct. 3, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00; Sundays at 2:30

The dry humor of James Thurber's stories comes to life on the stage, with adaptations of his classics, such as "The Night the Bed Fell" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," plus many others. Thurber's characters - ordinary people caught up in life's craziness - have resonated for decades and continue to delight readers and audiences today.

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Paller, directed by Robin DePietro-Jurand
Nov. 26 - Dec. 5, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00; Sundays at 2:30

Coinciding with Shepherdstown's annual Christmas celebration, we present Dickens's beloved classic, a festive opening to the holiday season, celebrating the spirit of family, hospitality, and redemption.

Claudie Hukill
by Sean O'Leary, directed by Laura Richards Bakin
Feb. 4 - 13, 2011
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00; Sundays at 2:30

Local playwright Sean O'Leary has crafted this award-winning family drama, formerly titled Rain in the Hollows. It's the story of a family in a small West Virginia mining town, torn by a showdown between competing virtues. Through the lives of two brothers we experience the inherent tension that exists between the moral imperatives of conviction on the one hand, and humility on the other. John Hayes of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called it "brilliant" and said, "it's impossible not to be drawn into a compelling story that explores the nuances of family dynamics."

Last of the Boys
by Steven Dietz, directed by Michael Saunders
May 27 - June 5, 2011
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00; Sundays at 2:30

Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Last of the Boys tells the story of two Vietnam vets whose friendship is tested by issues of family, responsibility, and the wartime events that shaped them. Thirty years after the war, they have taken different paths through life, but reunite every summer, and this time things come to a crisis. Called "provocative, meaningful, thought provoking and not to be missed," Last of the Boys brings feeling, humor, and intelligence to the unresolved issues in the characters' - and their country's - past.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by Tom Stoppard, directed by Martha Louden
July 8 - 17, 2011
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00; Sundays at 2:30

Tom Stoppard's absurdist masterpiece tells the story of Hamlet through the eyes of two minor characters, the courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They are largely excluded from the main action, which in their reality occurs mostly offstage, in fragments familiar to anyone who's ever taken high school English. Instead, they are left to try to make sense of their world from limited perceptions and contradictory information. From this brilliant premise, Stoppard has made the characters, their situation, and their conversations both philosophically thought-provoking and hilariously funny.

For information on how to get tickets, including our season ticket option, click here.