Welcome to SMHS Drama's
2010–2011 Mainstage Season!
Fall
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY
SPELLING BEE
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Thursday, November 4, 2010 @ 7:30 PM
Friday, November 5, 2010 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 6, 2010 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 7, 2010 @ 2:00 PM
Audition Dates: Monday, August 23, 2010, 3:15pm, Performing Arts Center
Meet Chip, Schwarzy, Coneybear, Barfee, Marcy and Olive: six overachievers competing for the spelling championship of a lifetime. As they deal with raging hormomes, parental issues, and mystifying word roots, our six young heroes learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. This hilarious musical will have you cheering for a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.
Directed by Brad Friedman, Musical and Vocal direction by Emily Dunham.
Winter
THE WEDDING SINGER
Music by Matthew Sklar
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy
Based on the New Line Cinema film written by Tim Herlihy
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Audition Dates: Monday and Tuesday, November 9 and 10, 2010, 3:15pm, PAC
Meet Robbie Hart and Julia Sullivan, New Jersey’s answer to Romeo and Juliet. It’s 1985, and Robbie, a rock-star wannabe and wedding singer, has just been dumped by his own fiancée. He finds a friend in Julia, a lovely but insecure caterer’s assistant, only to discover that she has just become engaged to another! Will Robbie and Julia sort out their romantic complications and find happiness together? Join us on their tuneful journey, filled with “Flashdance” inspired choreography, tender ballads and a rapping grandma.
Directed by Brad Friedman, choreographed by Robyn Tribuzi, music and vocal direction by Til Tribuzi.
Spring
ENCHANTED APRIL
By Matthew Barber
Based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Audition Dates: Tuesday, March 3, 2011, 3:15pm, TBA
Meet Lotty and Rose, two neglected wives in Victorian London who decide that renting a villa on the Italian coast is just the tonic to restore a sense of balance in their lives. Joined by a stuffy British widow and a young lady with decidedly modern views, the four women have no idea how a month in Italy will reawaken their passion for life and allow them to find just the romance they need, though perhaps not the romance we – or they – expect to find. You too will fall under the spell of this enchanting romantic comedy.
Directed by Nancy Metzler.