[NEohioPAL] The North Canton Playhouse announces its 2009-2010 Season!

[North Canton Playhouse]

The North Canton Playhouse, Center for the Performing Arts announces its amazing 2009-2010 Season!
Please contact the office administrator, Brenton Cochran for more information on these productions at (330) 494-1613. Or visit us on the web at www.northcantonplayhouse.com.
“CONFESSIONS FROM THE LADIES ROOM”
Directed by Jay Spencer
September 11th – 27th, 2009
McManaway Studio Theatre
STORY: The premise of the play focuses on the reunion of four television actresses at the home of their former producer. The four principle characters once starred in a hit television show together and have now gathered to discuss the possibility of planning a reunion special for a new network.
 
“MONSTER IN THE CLOSET”
Directed by Brenton Cochran 
(In collaboration with Cochran Productions)
October 9th – 25th, 2009
Youth Theatre
STORY: Emily has a big problem. Not only is she sent to bed just as she reaches the highest level of her new video game, but there's a monster in her closet! It's not just her imagination. Her friend Stephanie saw it, too. Suffering the teasing of her brother and his friends, Emily and Stephanie recruit some of their own friends to help capture the monster. What they don't know is that Murray, the closet monster, doesn't mean any harm—he only wants to play Emily's new video game. He's too scared of kids to even think about trying to frighten them. Murray's boss, the Dream King, has heard about his goofing off on the job, and now Murray is on probation. Murray's supervisor, fellow monster Wanda, is not happy with him either. After all, every monster knows that when a child is born, a monster is assigned to watch over her—not to play with her toys and especially not to get caught in the act! What will happen when Emily has all her friends over for a
 sleepover to try to capture Murray? Even with Emily's friend Brain's careful analysis and planning, the girls wind up trapping the Dream King and his secretary, Toady, instead of Murray. With other wonderfully entertaining characters like Sandy the Sandman and his dream weavers, the solution to Emily's monster problem brings humor, a bit of ingenuity and a little magic to this charming and delightful family show.

“NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD”
Directed by Ted Paynter
October 23rd – November 1st, 2009
Mainstage
STORY: Fall out from a satellite probe shot to Venus returns to Earth carrying a mysterious radiation that transforms the unburied dead into flesh-eating zombies. Seven people trapped in an isolated farmhouse, held hostage by the ravenous ghouls, begin to turn on each other as the dead encroach. A gripping terror-filled monochromatic play that brings all the fright of the cult classic to life. This blend of thrilling horror laced with touches of black humor envelops the audience in the action and unfolds into a shocking theatrical ending.
 
“THE LITTLEST ANGEL”
Directed by Lisa Paynter
December 3rd – 13th, 2009
Mainstage
STORY: There was, in Paradise, a most unruly small boy known throughout Heaven as the Littlest Angel. He sang off-key and his halo was tarnished. Then he meets the Understanding Angel and explains how difficult it is for a boy who suddenly finds himself transformed into an angel and that he's unhappy because he longs for a box of toys that he left under his bed. A Heavenly Messenger brings the box and the Littlest Angel is overjoyed. But his isn't the only joy in Heaven, for Jesus is to be born. The Littlest Angel has only one thing to give and he places his box among the other splendid presents. It shines out from the heavens, becoming what men will forever call the Shining Star of Bethlehem.
 
“DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR.”
Directed by Brenton Cochran
(In collaboration with Cochran Productions)
January 21st – 31st, 2010
Mainstage
STORY: Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST includes all of the wonderful songs from the film, written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, (the team responsible for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS), plus new songs written especially for the Broadway version by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice (ALADDIN, AIDA). Audiences will be transported to a lovely French provincial town where the beautiful Belle lives with her father – a dotty inventor. When her father doesn’t return from a trip to the local fair, Belle rushes off to find him. To her dismay, she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible beast. She trades her freedom for his and the “tale as old as time” begins. How Belle tames the unfortunate Beast and his ultimate transformation into a handsome prince continues to enthrall audiences. Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jr. offers a great opportunity to bring your
 entire community together for family theatre at its best.
 
“STRANGE SNOW”
Directed by Mary McManaway
February 5th – 21st, 2010
Studio
STORY: It is 5 am. on the first day of the fishing season and Megs is determined to get his buddy up, but David has a terrible hang over that is not entirely from last night's drinking. Megs and David served together in Vietnam, and David still blames himself for the death of their pal Bobby. David lives with his sister Martha, a high school teacher who is enjoying a budding romance with the delightful Megs. Together, they endeavor to convince David he has to get past the war and get on with life. A success at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Strange Snow became the motion picture Jackknife which starred Robert DeNiro and Ed Harris.
 
“FROM SCRIPT TO YOU: 2010 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL”
Directed by Jeremy Lewis
March 5th – 13th, 2010
Studio
STUDIO: This festival features short plays written by local authors. This is the fourth year that this festival has taken place. Don’t miss a great evening of theatre as well as a first look at the work of several area playwrights!
 
“ANYTHING GOES”
Directed by Brenton Cochran
(In collaboration with Cochran Productions)
April 22nd – May 2nd, 2010
Mainstage
STORY: The age-old tale of Boy-Meets-Girl and the complications which ensue intrigue every audience, and no musical puts it on stage better than ANYTHING GOES. This show is an amusing story wrapped around one of Cole Porter's magical scores. Terrific Cole Porter songs include It's De-Lovely, Friendship, I Get A Kick Out Of You, All Through The Night, Anything Goes, You're The Top and Blow, Gabriel, Blow. It's a wonder that all the romances are sorted out and disaster is averted aboard the magical ship where ANYTHING GOES!
 
“THE CRUCIBLE”
Directed by Marci Lynn Saling
May 21st – June 6th, 2010
Mainstage
STORY: The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.
 
“THE WEDDING SINGER”
Directed by Lisa Paynter
August 6th – 22nd, 2010
Mainstage
STORY: In THE WEDDING SINGER, it's 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Heart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party, until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With a brand new score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980's, THE WEDDING SINGER takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.
 
WALSH UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONS:
 
TBA
Directed by Mary McManaway
November 5th – 14th, 2009
TBA
Directed by Mary McManaway
March 19th – 27th, 2010


Brenton Cochran
Office Administrator
North Canton Playhouse
330-494-1693
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