The Colonial Players is pleased to formally announce our 66th Season of shows to our patrons! We have an exciting season in store for you, beginning in September 2014!
Rocket Man
Written by Stephen Dietz
Performance dates: September 5 – 27, 2014
The story of a man determined to transcend the boundaries of his life. A serious comedy rich with existential undertones, this play about the roads not taken looks at a man's quest and the impact on his loved ones.
A Few Good Men
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Performance dates: October 17– November 8, 2014
A powerful military courtroom drama.
A Christmas Carol
Written by Richard Wade
Music by Dick Gessner
Performance dates: November 27 – December 14, 2014
This fun, family musical, based on Charles Dickens‘s classic story of poverty, greed, redemption, and rebirth is a holiday tradition which has gladdened audiences at The Colonial Players for three decades.
The Liar
Adapted by David Ives
Written by Pierre Corneille
Performance dates: January 16 – February 7, 2015
Outstanding New Play at the Helen Hayes Awards, Washington DC. A comedy of errors and identities set in Paris in 1643, written entirely in iambic pentameter; a series of misunderstandings and breathtakingly intricate lies result in a sparkling urban romance.
Watch On The Rhine
Written by Lillian Hellman
Performance dates: February 27 – March 21, 2015
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Prior to the United States' entry into WWII, an American family begins to feel the effects of the tide of fascism spreading throughout Europe and the rest of the world. A powerful drama.
Ernest In Love
Written by Anne Crosswell and Lee Pockriss
Performance dates: April 17 – May 16, 2015
The musical version of The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's sparkling play about social hypocrisy among the crème de la crème of Victorian England.
Why Torture is Wrong and the People who Love Them
Written by Christopher Durang
Performance dates: June 5 – 20, 2015
ARC Show
Durang turns political humor upside down with this raucous and provocative satire about America's growing homeland "insecurity."
