2008 - 2009 Season

Special Note for the 2008 - 2009 Season:

This season we will be performing at the Bushnell Congregational Church located at 15000 Southfield Fwy, Detroit, Michigan.

All Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 pm. Sunday matinees are at 2:00 pm. Ticket Prices are $14.00. Student and senior tickets are $13.00. Season tickets are available for $35.00. Reservations are encouraged.

Please call Margaret Bross at (313) 537-7716 to make reservations.

The Rainmaker
A comedy by N. Richard Nash

At the time of a paralyzing drought in the West we discover a girl whose father and two brothers are worried as much about her becoming an old maid as they are about their dying cattle. For the truth is, she is indeed a plain girl. The brothers try every possible scheme to marry her off, but without success. Nor is there any sign of relief from the dry heat. When suddenly from out of nowhere appears a picaresque character with a mellifluous tongue and the most grandiose notions a man could imagine. He claims to be a rainmaker. And he promises to bring rain, for $100. It's a silly idea, but the rainmaker is so refreshing and ingratiating that the family finally consent. Forthwith they begin banging on big brass drums to rattle the sky; while the rainmaker turns his magic on the girl, and persuades her that she has a very real beauty of her own. And she believes it, just as her father believes the fellow can actually bring rain. And rain does come, and so does love. An excellent play for all groups.

Show dates: November 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 (2008)

A Nice Family Gathering *
A comedy by Phil Olsen

* Winner of the 2000 Rochester Playright Festival

"A Nice Family Gathering" is a story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her. It's Thanksgiving Day and the first family gathering at the Lundeen household since the patriarch died. At the gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission: to tell his wife he loved her, something he neglected to tell her while he was alive. After all they were only married for 41 years. The problem is she can't see or hear him. The trouble begins when Mom invites a date for dinner.

Show dates: February 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 (2009)

Don't Dress for Dinner
A comedy by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon

This comedy was a smash hit in both London and Paris.

Bernard is planning a weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in a French farmhouse. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, is packing his wife Jacqueline off to her mother's, and has even invited his best friend to provide the alibi. It's foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers? What happens if the cook is mistaken for the mistress, and the mistress doesn't know how to cook? An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert race to improvise.

Show dates: April 24, 25, and May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 (2009)