2023-24 Playbill

DIRECTED BY SARA BECK: Harold and Burt, long-time friends, live in a retirement home and spend their days on a bench in the garden bickering. A once-famous actress has just moved in, giving them something new to argue over. When they learn that the home is about to be sold and they will have to find a new residence, the three join forces to prevent this upsetting development.

DIRECTED BY JEN BUDER: Frederick Knott's mid-century melodrama had a highly successful run on Broadway and later gained popularity as a major motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This psychological thriller unravels an elegant mystery about an ex-tennis star who plots to kill his wealthy wife.

DIRECTED BY DALE JONES: Humourist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker on his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself. All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here.

DIRECTED BY RACHAEL McDONALD: The moving story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who longs to escape the cramped Houston apartment where she lives with her protective son and her authoritarian daughter-in-law. Carrie wants to return to her beloved hometown of Bountiful, Texas, one final time before she dies. Carrie gets to the bus station, befriends a young woman, and the new friends travel toward Bountiful together, but Carrie begins to learn that her beloved town isn’t the same as she remembered it.

DIRECTED BY PETER ASTON: Duke Senior, forced into exile by the usurping Duke Frederick, takes refuge in the Forest of Arden. His daughter Rosalind is kept at court as a companion to her cousin Celia, Frederick's daughter. There she meets Orlando and the two fall in love. The Duke banishes Rosalind, fearing a threat to his rule. Celia, refusing to be parted from her cousin, flees with Rosalind to the Forest of Arden. They disguise themselves - Rosalind as the boy Ganymede and Celia as his sister. Hearing of a death threat, Orlando also flees to the forest and encounters Rosalind disguised as Ganymede, who challenges him to prove his love by wooing Ganymede as if were his beloved Rosalind.

DIRECTED BY MARTHA BAILEY: A portrait of the Great Depression and its effect upon this country, Ten Lost Years suggests a variety of scenes “from farmyards to highways, from kitchens to boxcars, from shop floors to hobo jungles, from spiritual deserts to centres of government” as it views the economic catastrophe on personal and national scales.

DIRECTED BY PENNY NASH: Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his wordly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, except 2:00 p.m. on the final Saturday of each production. at the Domino Theatre, 52 Church St. Admission is $20.00 for adults, $10.00 for students and children. Senior citizens and members can buy discount tickets at the door for $16.00 on Thursday evenings only. For tickets, contact the Grand Theatre Box Office, 613-530-2050.