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January 27 – February 26, 2017 on the Cripe Stage
West Coast Premiere
CLAUDIO QUEST
Book, Music and Lyrics by Marshall Pailet and Drew Fornarola
Directed by Marshall Pailet
Musical Direction by Ryan O’Connell
Choreographed by Maxx Reed
Executive Producer: Mary Kay Fyda-Mar
A new musical comedy that follows a very super hero, his less super little brother, and one butt-kicking princess, as the three embark on a mission to overcome killer eggplants, a love-starved platypus, and their own 8-bit existential crisis.
April 21 – May 21, 2017
on the Fyda-Mar Stage
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE
MIDDLETOWN
by Will Eno
Directed by Trevor Biship
Executive Producers: Scott & Sandra Graham
Middletown is a deeply moving and funny new play exploring the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between.
June 30 – July 30, 2017
on the Cripe Stage
PARADE
Book by Alfred Uhry
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Kari Hayter
Musical Direction by Robyn Manion
Executive Producers: Sophie & Larry Cripe
Associate Producers: Laurie Smits Staude and Rachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller
Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, this stirring Tony Award-winning musical explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds. In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, was put on trial for the murder of a 13-year-old girl. Armed with a rousing score and a powerful script, Parade takes an unflinching look into the darkest corners of America’s history.
September 8 – October 8, 2017
on the Fyda-Mar Stage
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE
IN A WORD
by Lauren Yee
Directed by Jocelyn A. Brown
Executive Producers: Rachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller
Associate Producer: Nexgen Pharma
Today is the two-year anniversary of Fiona’s son’s disappearance, and still, nothing makes sense to her. Not her blasé husband, the incompetent detective, or the neighborhood kidnapper who keeps introducing himself in the checkout line. As Fiona delves back into her memories of that fateful day, to uncover that crucial missing piece, grief and comedy collide, and ordinary turns of phrase take on dangerous new meanings.
NOTE: This show contains some adult language.
on the Cripe Stage
ORANGE COUNTY PREMIERE
TRIBES
by Nina Raine
Directed by Marya Mazor
Executive Producers: Tod & Linda White
Associate Producers: Sophie & Larry Cripe and Laurie Smits Staude
Billy was born deaf into a hearing family. He was raised inside its fiercely idiosyncratic and politically incorrect cocoon. He has adapted brilliantly to his family’s unconventional ways, but they’ve never bothered to return the favor. It’s not until he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that he finally understands what it means to be understood.
NOTE: This show contains some adult language and themes.
More info @ https://chancetheater.com/
Thank you for the wonderful piece on Grace McLean by Zack Johnston!!