Broadway Bound

by Neil Simon

Samuel French, Inc. (Concord Theatricals)
Comedy
2f, 4m

Auditions: Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, June 24, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

Performances: August 23, 2024 through September 8, 2024
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Synopsis: Part three of Neil Simon’s acclaimed autobiographical trilogy finds Eugene and his older brother Stanley trying to break into the world of show business as professional comedy writers while coping with their parents’ breakup and eventual divorce. When their material is broadcast on the radio for the first time, the family is upset to hear a thinly-veiled portrait of themselves played for laughs.

“Broadway Bound” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. http://www.concordtheatricals.com

The Licensee acknowledges that the Play is intended for an adult audience and it may contain adult language and situations. As a material condition to this license, the Licensee represents and warrants that it will not permit any language in the Play to be softened or omitted for the purpose of the Licensee’s production.

Dial M for Murder

Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
From the original by Frederick Knott

Samuel French, Inc. (Concord Theatricals)
Drama
2f, 3m

Auditions: Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Performances: October 11, 2024 through October 27, 2024
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

Synopsis:  A new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece! Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination and murder.

“Dial M for Murder (Hatcher)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. http://www.concordtheatricals.com
Note: This performance contains alcohol, mild adult themes, and smoking. 

Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

by Ken Ludwig

Samuel French, Inc. (Concord Theatricals)
Full-Length Play, Comedy
2w, 3m

Auditions: Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Performances: November 22, 2024 through December 8, 2024
Thursday – Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

Synopsis:‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” But wait! A mouse is stirring – because Santa missed his house last year. Before you can say “Merry Christmas!”, we’re off on the wild adventures of a mouse, an elf, and a spunky little girl who just won’t take no for an answer. Don’t miss this joyful tribute to the holiday season!

“Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. http://www.concordtheatricals.com

‘Night, Mother

by Marsha Norman

Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (DPS)
Drama
2f

Auditions: Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, November 4, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Performances: January 10, 2025 through January 26, 2025
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

Synopsis:  Jessie is an epileptic with a failed marriage and a delinquent son who decides to take control the only way she can with thoughts of taking her own life. Thelma, her widowed mother, is oblivious to her daughter’s depression until she becomes frightfully aware of her plans. It’s a heart-wrenching, riveting power struggle as Thelma tries everything within her power to convince Jessie to find hope.

“…honest, uncompromising, lucid, penetrating, well-written, dramatic, and…unmanipulatively moving…” —New York Magazine.

“It is sparse and concise, introspective and penetrating, powerful and uncompromising, intense and intelligent, warm and theatrical. It is THE American tragedy.” —New England Entertainment Digest.

“Something I hadn’t seen in a long time happened at ‘NIGHT, MOTHER: The audience still sat applauding after the house lights came up, as if waiting for the cast to come round and join them.” —Village Voice.

“…a shattering evening…” —The New York Times.

NIGHT, MOTHER is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)”

Note: The performance contains discussion of sensitive topics such as mental illness, depression, and suicidal ideation. 

Murder by Membership Only

by Thomas Hischak

Dramatic Publishing
Comedy
9f

Auditions: Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, December 16, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Performances: February 21, 2025 through March 9, 2025
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

Synopsis: This murder mystery-comedy occurs in the exclusive Orczy Club, an “inner sanctum” for women mystery writers in London. Most of them hate the arrogant Octavia Sturges, the most successful mystery writer of the day, so it is no surprise when she is found dead—poisoned by one of the poisons she was so fond of using in her stories. But what happens now? Should these specialists in murder try to solve the case themselves—at the risk of their own lives, since obviously the murderer is one of them—or should they call Scotland Yard?

“How would it look if a roomful of mystery writers had to go to the police to solve a murder that took place under their very noses?” one of the characters in this play asks. The group decides to solve the murder themselves.

“Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois”

Jeffrey

by Paul Rudnick

Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (DPS)
Comedy
7m, 1f

Auditions: Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, February 3, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Performances: April 4, 2025 through April 19, 2025
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

Synopsis: Jeffrey, a gay actor/waiter, has sworn off sex after too many bouts with his partners about what is “safe” and what is not. In gay New York, though, sex is not something you can avoid. Whether catering a ditzy socialite’s “Hoe-down for AIDS” or cruising at a funeral; at the gym or in the back rooms of an anonymous sex club; at the annual Gay Pride Parade, or in the libidinous hands of a father-confessor, Jeffrey finds the pursuit of love and just plain old physical gratification to be the number-one preoccupation of his times—and the source of plenty of hilarity. Suddenly, just after he’s reconciled himself to celibacy, Jeffrey’s flamboyant friends introduce him to the man of his dreams, who also happens to be HIV-positive. What follows is an audacious and moving romantic comedy with a difference—one in which the quest for love and really fabulous clothes meet, and where unflagging humor prevails even when tragedy might be just around the corner.

“JEFFREY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)”

Note: This performance contains sexual situations and sexual humor.

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

by Betsy Kelso (Book), David Nehls (Music & Lyrics)

Broadway Licensing Global
Musical
5f, 2m

Auditions: Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, March 24, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Performances: May 23, 2025 through June 8, 2025
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

Synopsis: There’s a new tenant at Armadillo Acres—and she’s wreaking havoc all over Florida’s most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Phil–loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband—the storms begin to brew.

“The Great American Trailer Park Musical is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC. (www.broadwaylicensing.com)”

Note: This performance contains crude language and adult situations.