The Theatre Program at Blair Academy offers the serious actor and the newcomer to the stage opportunities all year round. Craig Evans and Michele McMillan direct several productions each year, in addition to teaching theatre and English classes.

The Blair Academy Players 2009-2010

THE DINING ROOM
by A.R. Gurney
This play is a brilliantly conceived and richly humorous theatrical tour de force (and Off-Broadway success). The performers portray a wide array of diverse characters as they delineate the dying lifestyle of wealthy WASPdom, and the now neglected room which was once a vital center of family life. The New York Times says “…often funny and rueful and, by the end, very moving.”
October 29, 30 & 31, 7:30 PM

LEADING LADIES
by Ken Ludwig
Playwright Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) brings two down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors to York, PA to try to gain an inheritance by disguising themselves as the rightful heirs, two English women.
November 5, 6 & 7, 7:30 PM

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Music by Mary Rogers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, book by Jay Thomposn, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller
Based upon the princess and the pea fairy tale, “Once Upon a Mattress” is one of the musical theatre’s most beloved shows.
February 18, 19 & 20, 7:30 PM

THE NERD
by Larry Shue
The action centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by a man he’s never met but who saved his life in Vietnam. The visitor turns out to be an incredibly inept, hopelessly stupid “nerd” who outstays his welcome with a vengeance. “…the audience almost never stops laughing—handkerchiefs wiping away tears of merriment…” says Variety.
May 6, 7 & 8, 7:30 PM

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
by Mary Zimmerman
“A celebration of the salutary powers of storytelling” said the New York Times of this adaptation of the ancient tales that Scheherazade must tell for a thousand and one nights to delay her murder by King Shahryar.
May 13, 14 & 15, 7:30 PM
The Robert J. Evans Open Air Theatre

TICKET INFORMATION
Unless otherwise noted, drama performances will be held in the DuBois Theatre or the Wean Studio Theatre, both located in the Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts. An $8 donation is requested at the door. For information and ticket reservations, call 908-362-6121 ext. 5682.

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