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Center Stage Theatre

Lost in Yonkers by Niew Simon

Auditions:
1-3 p.m. Aug. 16 and 7-9 p.m. Aug. 18
Call backs: 7-9 p.m. Aug. 19

Show times:

8 p.m. Oct. 1-4 and
2 p.m. Oct. 5

School matinee: 10 a.m. Oct. 2

Directed by Pamela Cilek

Eddie leaves his two young sons in Yonkers in 1942 to stay with their strict Grandma Kurnitz while he leaves to earn money to pay back a debt.  While reluctantly staying with “Grandma,” the boys get to know an assortment of their emotionally crippled relatives:  an uncle who may have mob connections, an aunt who is afraid to speak with Grandma in the room, and Aunt Bella, who is a handful.  Through their experiences, the boys come to understand what it is to be “Lost in Yonkers.”  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

What I Did Las Summer by A.R. Gurney

Auditions:
1-3 p.m. Oct. 4 and 7-9 p.m. Oct. 6
Call backs: 7-9 p.m. Oct. 7

Show times:

8 p.m. Nov. 19-22 and
2 p.m. Nov. 23

School matinee: 10 a.m. Nov. 20

Directed by Lynn Snyder

Set on a well-to-do vacation colony during the final stages of WWII, the story revolves around a rebellious 14-year-old boy named Charlie Higgins who defies societal and parental expectations by deciding to follow his heart.  Wanting to earn some extra money, Charlie answers an ad for a handyman from Anna the ‘Pig Woman’ – an unconventional soul and local outcast. Taking a liking to Charlie, she urges him to find his hidden potential with art lessons, and to live freely, as she does. This poignant, humorous play makes a statement about the conflict between materialism and idealism that is so basic to the American Dream.

Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas

Auditions:
1-3 p.m. Jan. 17and 7-9 p.m. Jan. 20
Call backs: 7-9 p.m. Jan. 21

Show times:

8 p.m. March 4-7 and
2 p.m. March 8

School matinee: 10 a.m. March 5

Directed by Deborah Phillips

The laughs come fast in this ever-popular Victorian comedy of errors and disguise.  Jack and Charley, two undergraduates at Oxford University, invite their girlfriends to lunch with them – properly chaperoned, of course, by Charley’s wealthy aunt from Brazil.  All’s well until Charley’s Aunt sends a telegram informing the boys that she has been detained on business.  Without Charley’s Aunt, there can be no date. Jack and Charley panic and, in their haste, determine to invent a “new” aunt, convincing their friend to play the part.  The masquerade sails smoothly – that is, until the real aunt shows up, resulting in hilarious confusion for all involved.

Loot by Joe Orton

Auditions:
1-3 p.m. March 7and 7-9 p.m. March 9
Call backs: 7-9 p.m. March 10

Show times:

8 p.m. April 22-25 and
2 p.m. April 26

Directed by David Marshall

Oscar Wilde meets Monty Python in this lethal farce.  Characters “often act like prim, well-mannered, God-fearing representatives of their bourgeoisie, even as their every private deed and thought reek of greed, blasphemy, sadism, and lust,” according to Frank Rich of the New York Times in his 1986 review of the play.  Come join the madness, and be provoked to outrage, laughter, or both.

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? by Jon R. Powers

Auditions:
7 p.m. May 19-21

Show times:

8 p.m. July 21-25 and
2 p.m. July 26

Directed by Lynne Snyder
Musical Direction by Gene Ditch

Focusing on eight children during their Catholic elementary and high school education in the 1950s, this delightful musical captures the funniest aspects of youthful growing pains and the trying moments of adolescence.  The universal subject matter will tickle the funny bone, bringing audiences nostalgic memories of school, friendships, and growing up.