6-PLAY SERIES PRODUCTION
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes
July 7—August 8, 2010
By Jeremy Paul
Directed by Stephen Novelli
STEINBRIGHT STAGE
From their first meeting it was an extraordinary relationship. The brilliant and enigmatic Holmes, acknowledged expert in all matters criminal, and his accomplished chronicler Watson, military doctor and veteran of the second Afghan War, were not only colleagues but close friends. This is the story of that friendship, and the mystery that threatened to destroy it.
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Gossamer
April 29—May 23, 2010
By Lois Lowry, adapted from her book Gossamer
Directed by David Bradley
MAIN STAGE
Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings us the story of Dream-givers, the mystical creatures who collect memories from meaningful belongings and weave them together to create dreams. In this delicate story that tiptoes between reality and imagination, two Dream-givers comfort a lonely old woman and her troubled young foster son. When the boy is haunted by nightmares his Dream-giver, with her gossamer touch, must find the courage to protect him.
Best appreciated by ages 6 and up.
The Emperor's New Clothes
World Premiere!
June 16—July 11, 2010
By Richard Hellesen
Adapted from the tale by Hans Christian Anderson
Directed by Abigail Adams
MAIN STAGE
A slapstick, mad cap, crackpot version of the still-stylish tale of an Emperor with a passion for fashion. In the Empire of Abalonia, the bratty new Royal demands a trendy new wardrobe. Enter two stealing, scamming, flimming and flamming, roguish rogues who are only too happy to fulfill the Emperor's wishes while looting the royal treasury. Best appreciated by ages 5 and up