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2005-2006 Season
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
Adapted from Harper Lee's novel by Christopher Sergel
September 15 - October 1, 2005
Wed: 7:30pm, Thur-Sat: 8:00pm, Sun: 3:00pm

Through the eyes of 'Scout,' a fiesty tomboy, take an odyssey through the fires of prejudice and injustice in 1932 Alabama.

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A Year With Frog & Toad
Book and Lyrics by Robert and Willie Reale
October 13 - 23, 2005
Wed-Fri: 7:00pm; Sat (10/15): 4:00pm, Sat (10/22): 3:00pm; Sun 3:00pm

Fresh from its award-winning run on Broadway, Arnold Lobe's well-loved characters hop from the page to stage in this new musical for the young and young at heart.

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A Year With Frog & Toad

Wizard Of Oz
The Wizard Of Oz
by L. Frank Baum, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Herbert Strothart, Pater Howard, Larry Wilcox; based on the Turner Classic motion picture distrubuted by Warner Bros.
November 17 - December 17, 2005
Wed-Fri: 7:30pm, Sat: 2:00pm & 7:30pm, Sun: 3:00pm

Journey somewhere over the rainbow to the Emerald City with Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow - and Toto, too!

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The Odd Couple
by Neil Simon
January 12 - 28, 2006
Wed: 7:30pm, Thur-Sat: 8:00pm, Sun: 3:00pm

Simon's most celebrated comedy returns to chase away your Winter Blahs!

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The Odd Couple

The Music Man
The Music Man
by Meredith Willson
February 23 - March 18, 2006
Wed: 7:30pm, Thur-Sat: 8:00pm, Sun: 3:00pm

76 Trombones lead the big parade of hit songs and laughter as Harold Hill's con game is derailed by love for Marian the Librarian

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Traveling Troupe: The Fabulous Fable Factory
FREE performances February 25, March 4, 11 and 18
11:00 am (doors open 10:30 am with open seating)

This fantasy/adventure features young Monroe, a boy looking for something new, who stumbles upon the 2,000-year-old fable factory operated by Mr. Aesop and his band of fable makers. The factory is in need of a moral-maker to make each tale they enact complete and Monroe fills the part perfectly. At the end, he must decide if he will join them as they travel through time and space or stay in his 12-year-old world.

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Enchanted April
by Matthew Barber, from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim
April 13 - 30, 2006
Wed: 7:30pm, Thur-Sat: 8:00pm, Sun: 3:00pm

A delightful romantic comedy '... where every single element falls perfectly into place. A jewel that ... leaves you positively glowing.'

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Enchanted April

Fences
Fences
by August Wilson
June 8 - 24, 2006
Wed: 7:30pm, Thur-Sat: 8:00pm, Sun: 3:00pm

Troy Maxson, a man who has 'wrestled with Death and the Devil,' saw his dreams denied by the racism of the 30's. Tormented by a repressed rage, Troy's misdirected anger alienates him from his own soul. Lyrical as Tennessee Williams, powerful as Arthur Miller.

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Really Rosie
Book and Lyrics by Maurice Sendak and Music by Carole King
July 28, 30; Aug 3, 5 2006
Thur-Sat: 7:30pm, Sun: 3:00 pm

Rosie, the sassiest kid on her block of Brooklyn's Avenue P, entertains herself and her friends by pretending to star in her own Oscar-winning movie! This is a Summer Repertory Theatre show.

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Really Rosie

Holes
Holes
by Louis Sachar
July 29; Aug 2, 4, 6 2006
Thur-Sat: 7:30pm, Sun: 3:00 pm

Unjustly sentenced to Camp Green Lake, Stanley Yelnats finds himself digging a lot of holes. He soon realizes the venomous Warden Walker is looking for something...but what could be burries in a dried up lake? This is a Summer Repertory Theatre show.

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