2017-2018 Season Almost, Maine By John Cariani Directed by Kathyrn Stirling September 22 – October 1, 2017 The Underpants By Carl Sternheim / Adapted by Steve Martin Directed by Karen Fleming January 26 – February 4, 2018 Radium Girls By D. W. Gregory Directed by Tristan Poje April 27 – May 6, 2018
Sherlock’s Veiled Secret By K.C. BrownDirected by Laura W. Andruski May 3 – 12, 2019 Violet Sheridan, a young sculptress, is summoned to meet a retired Sherlock Holmes and learns some distressing information concerning her birthright. A case of blackmail puts in peril the life of Mr. Holmes as well as her parents, leaving Violet…
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 By John BishopDirected by Michael Abendshein February 1 – 10, 2019 When the creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop assemble for a backer’s audition for a new musical on a suburban estate, things turn deadly with plenty of confusing murders and knotty plots to unravel in John…
A Christmas Story Adapted by Philip Grecian / Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob ClarkDirected by Ken Kemp November 24 – December 9, 2018 At the Gaithersburg Arts Barn Christmas is just around the corner, and Ralphie Parker wants a shiny, new Red Ryder Air Rifle more than anything in the world. In…
The Diary of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett / Adapted by Wendy KesselmanDirected by Pauline Griller-Mitchell September 28 – October 7, 2018 This new adaptation brings us into the secret annex where 13-year-old Anne and seven other Jews evade Nazi deportation. For over two years, all that will stand between them and…
2018-2019 Season The Diary of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich and Albert HackettAdapted by Wendy Kesselman Directed by Pauline Griller-Mitchell September 28 – October 7, 2018 A Christmas Story Adapted by Philip GrecianWritten by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark Directed by Ken Kemp November 24 – December 9, 2018 The Musical Comedy Murders…
The Spitfire Grill Music and Book by James Valcq / Lyrics and Book by Fred Alleybased on the film by Lee David ZlotoffDirected by Terri Magers March 6 – 13, 2020 At the Gaithersburg Arts Barn The run of this show was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic A feisty parolee follows her dreams to a…
A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine HansberryDirected by Kevin Sockwell September 27 – October 6, 2019 Set in Chicago’s South Side in the 1950s, this racially relevant classic depicts the dreams and ambitions of the Younger family as they await and then receive a life-altering insurance check. Faced with daily tensions, prejudice and a…
Arsenic and Old Lace By Joseph KesselringDirected by Tristan Poje September 27 – October 6, 2019 Murder! Mayhem! Madcap fun! Meet the Brewsters! Two charming sisters live in the family home in Brooklyn, offering rooms-to-rent, while populating their cellar with the remains of ‘acceptable’ lodgers. The nephew who lives with them thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt,…
2019-2020 Season Arsenic and Old Lace By Joseph Kesselring Directed by Tristan Poje September 27 – October 6, 2019 A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Kevin Sockwell January 24 – February 2, 2020 The Spitfire Grill Music and Book by James Valcq / Lyrics and Book by Fred Alleybased on the…