2022 Season
Little Women
Book by Allan Knee, Music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Directed by David Ferrell, music directed by Marty Hesse.
May 19 - 29
7:30pm Thurs/Fri/Sat, 3pm Sundays
Based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868–69 semi-autobiographical two-volume novel, it focuses on the four March sisters— traditional Meg, wild, aspiring writer Jo, timid Beth and romantic Amy,— and their beloved mother Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is away serving in the military. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.
Significant Other
An American play written by Joshua Harmon.
Directed by Les Rorick
June 9 - 19
7:30pm Thurs/Fri/Sat, 3pm Sundays
The play concerns the lives of four friends in their late 20s and their search for relationships in 21st century New York City. Playwright Joshua Harmon explained the premise by saying: “How do you make life work for yourself when you feel that you’re not living the life you’re supposed to be living or want to be living? And how do you deal with that when the changes that you need to make are in some ways outside of your control?"
Lewiston/Clarkston - a Midwest Premiere!
A Diptych - Two One-Act plays performed consecutively
A play by Samuel D. Hunter. Directed by Spencer Diedrick.
July 14 - 24
6pm Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun
This play includes two acts in two distinct settings – Lewiston will be staged in our outdoor theater space, and the second act Clarkston will be staged indoors in our black box theater. During intermission, we are offering dinner, catered by The Brick House. In our theater lobby, there will be a cash bar, and desserts catered by The Brick House.
Alice and Connor sit by their roadside stand selling cheap fireworks while developers swallow the land around them. Promised a condo in the new development, their future is secure. Enter Marnie, Alice’s long-lost granddaughter, proposing to buy the land to save her family’s legacy. Marnie and Alice will become reacquainted with each other’s deeply held secrets, uncertain pasts, and hopeful futures. Hunter, a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship recipient, explores the emotional frontiers of a family struggling to make a home in the vastness of the American landscape with affection, poignancy, and a profound sense of empathy.
Jake meets Chris when they are assigned to the same night shift at Costco in Clarkston, Washington. Chris has a hard life; his mom is a meth addict, and living in Clarkston has forced him down a dead-end road. He has promise, but he’s “stuck.” Jake went to a liberal arts school, is gay and out, but fled his Connecticut town when he was diagnosed with a fatal illness. Wanting to see the ocean, he came to Clarkston, but was sidetracked by his illness. He and Chris form an awkward bond: both are gay, but have led completely different lives. Can they learn to help each other?
Violet
Music by Jean Tesori, Lyrics and Book by Brian Crawley.
Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts
Directed by Paul Mow. Music directed by Joshua Goines
August 18 - 28
7:30pm Thurs/Fri/Sat, 3pm Sundays
Wed, August 24 - Special Performance at The Dunes Arts Foundation in Michigan City, IN more info
Set in 1964 in the Deep South during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, Violet follows the growth and enlightenment of a bitter young disfigured woman. In hopes that a TV evangelist can cure her, she embarks on a journey by bus from her sleepy North Carolina town to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Along the way, she meets a young black soldier who teaches her about beauty, love, courage and what it means to be an outsider.
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What began as a dream to provide a new theatre experience in the Benton Harbor Arts District quickly became reality when we opened our doors in 2019. While countless caring individuals worked hard to get us off the ground, we couldn’t be more grateful to the generosity of these corporate donors who have supported us from the beginning.
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2022 Sponsors
Norma Tirado
Roni & Tom Buckley
Marzke Family Foundation
Dennis Disch & Natalie Baggio
Greg & Sue Kellogg
Tom & Catherine Starks
Jim & Amy Marohn
Lynn Todman
Loren & Ann Hamel
Kevin Kellenberger
Warren White
Alice Mow
Meryle Merritt