The Very Little Theatre
80th Season 2008-2009
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A farce by Ray Cooney.
Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered CPA, accidentally picks up the wrong briefcase—one stuffed with money. He assumes it is illicit cash, and decides to keep it. He books one-way fares to Barcelona and tells his confused wife to leave everything behind. As they wait for their taxi two police detectives arrive and Henry finds himself in a hilarious and increasingly complicated series of fibs to avoid getting busted.
Funny Money opens October 17, 2008; directed by Chris Pinto.
Auditions
Present Laughter auditions will be held Saturday, October 18 at 12:00 noon. Callbacks by invitation Sunday, October 19 at 6:30 pm. The show opens on January 16, 2009. See The VLT Auditions page for more information.
Announcing The Very Little Theatre
80th Season 2008-2009
A farce by Ray Cooney.
Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered CPA, accidentally picks up the wrong briefcase—one stuffed with money. He assumes it is illicit cash, and decides to keep it. He books one-way fares to Barcelona and tells his confused wife to leave everything behind. As they wait for their taxi two police detectives arrive and Henry finds himself in a hilarious and increasingly complicated series of fibs to avoid getting busted.
Funny Money opens October 17, 2008; directed by Chris Pinto.
A comedy by Noel Coward.
The plot of this play (sometimes thought to be semi-autobiographical) follows a few days in the life of a successful and self-obsessed actor Garry Essendine as he prepares to travel for a theatrical tour. Amid a series of events bordering on farce, Garry must deal with interruptions from numerous women who want to seduce him, and the impending mid-life crisis of his 40th birthday. A script loaded with Noel Coward's witty sophistication and charm.
Present Laughter opens January 16, 2009; directed by Fred Gorelick.
The Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim.
This sentimental and achingly beautiful musical was inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film, Smiles of a Summer Night, and involves the romantic lives of several couples. Fredrik, a successful lawyer, has recently married an 18-year-old trophy wife named Anne, a vain girl who is too immature to grasp the concept of marriage. Fredrik reunites with his former lover, the actress Desiree Armfeldt, incurring the wrath of Desiree's lover, a pompous Count. Fredrik also has a son, Henrik, from his first marriage. After a weekend in a country chateau, Fredrik ends up in a duel with the Count over Desiree, and Henrik and Anne end up falling in love with each other. The tuneful, lilting Sondheim score is set almost entirely in waltz time, including the best-known song of the show, "Send in the Clowns."
A Little Night Music opens March 13, 2009; directed by Michael P. Watkins.
A play by Charlotte Jones.
This touching play, which cleverly interweaves death, quantum mechanics, and gardening, won the Critic's Circle Award for Best New Play in 2001. The play looks at how emotionally damaged astrophysicist Felix Humble moves on from the sudden death of his beekeeper father, comes to terms with his overbearing mother, and faces reconciliation with his childhood love. The show mixes moments of broad comedy with subtler, poignant touches.
Humble Boy opens May 29, 2009; directed by Leslie A. Murray.
The classic drama by Tennessee Williams.
Set in 1940s Mexico, this compelling drama first opened on Broadway in 1961 and the film version on an Academy Award. The story centers on Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon, who has been relived of his cloth for various improprieties. now a tour guide, he heads a busload of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast. Within the broken-down environs of a cheap resort hotel, he spars with the sex-starved widow who owns the hotel and a gentle New England spinster, all the while coming to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Night of the Iguana opens July 31, 2009; directed by James Aday.
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