Dear Theatre Lovers:

Do you need to be entertained? We thought so! Let us entertain you with our exciting 2009-2010 Season!

We open our season with the hilarious, political farce Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party. You get to participate in the evening by voting on the order in which we perform the scenes! Next comes our holiday show, the childhood classic The Wizard of Oz. In late January, you will be thrilled by Stories by Barbara Kingsolver. We will be staging verbatim adaptations of her two provocative, multicultural short stories “Rose-Johnny” and “Why I am a Danger to the Public.” In March, get ready to giggle with Shakespeare’s raucous farce of mistaken identity, The Comedy of Errors. In late April we’ll be dancing our bobby socks off with the teenage, rock and roll classic, Grease! And finally, don’t miss our ever-popular Spring Dance Concert.

Throughout this past year, you have generously supported our student performers, technicians, and designers by coming to see our shows, making donations, and writing letters of support. Please keep it up! We need your support now, more than ever. In turn, we promise to give you a year’s worth of laughs, tears, intriguing ideas, and sassy dance numbers!

Leslie McCauley
Theatre Arts Artistic Director

The SRJC Theatre Arts Department welcomes you and would like to give you a preview of this season's productions. If you are interested in purchasing tickets to our performances ahead of time, eliminating box office lines, please use our online ticket order system or the printable ticket order form. We have listed this season's performance dates and times for your convenience under each performance title. Thank you for your patronage and enjoy your theatre experience.

• All Evening performances begin promptly at 8:00pm. All matinee* performances begin promptly at 2:00pm. Box Office opens one hour before curtain on performance dates.

Special Matinee Performance - Grease
Sunday, May 2nd at 3:00pm

• Season tickets will go on sale in August. For more information call the Box Office at 527-4343.
  
  
• SRJC Faculty, Staff, and Associated Student Members are entitled to one (1) free voucher for each production. Vouchers are available in Pioneer Hall during regular business hours. Prior to the performance date listed on the voucher, take the voucher to the Burbank Theatre Arts Box Office to exchange for a reserved seat ticket.
  
  
• We now offer a special $5 Saturday matinee for each production. Please see the link to online tickets for more information.
  

By Aaron Loeb
Photos by Zabrina Tipton

Directed by Leslie McCauley

The nation’s eyes are on Menard County, Illinois when 4th grade teacher, Harmony Green, is put on trial after her class Christmas pageant portrays a gay Honest Abe. Part hilarious farce, part provocative socio-political satire, and part campy Vegas variety act, this rollicking new comedy by a Bay Area playwright is 100% All-American zaniness! Even the order of the play’s three acts is determined by audience vote so come let your voice be heard!

Recommended for age 16 and above. Adult content. Particulate matter will be used.

Burbank Auditorium
October 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10*, 10, 11*, 2009

*2:00pm Matinee

By L. Frank Baum, with Music and Lyrics of the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg; Background Music by Herbert Stothart; Book Adaptation by John Kane from the motion picture screenplay.

Directed by  Leira Satlof                   Choreography by Lara Branen

Fly once again Over the Rainbow and dance down the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy and her little dog Toto! Join us in celebrating the 70th anniversary of the beloved MGM movie with this magical stage production featuring all your favorite characters and cherished songs. This is an enchanting musical adventure for the whole family…ruby slippers optional!

Recommended for age 7 and above. Particulate matter will be used.

Burbank Auditorium
November 27, 28*, 28, 29*December 2, 3, 4, 5*, 5, 6*, 2009

*2:00pm Matinee

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Why I am a Danger to the Public
and Rose-Johnny

Directed by John Shillington

Every word of these two multicultural short stories by this renowned novelist (The Bean Tree and The Poisonwood Bible) will come to life on the Newman Stage. In the first, an outspoken Mexican-American single mother is unjustly jailed during a copper mine strike, while the second tells the story of a young girl, in 1950s rural Tennessee, and her unusual friendship with the town outcast. At turns funny, insightful, and deeply moving, both stories raise big questions in little packages.

Recommended for age 15 and above. Contains strong language.

Newman Auditorium
January 29, 30 February 3, 4, 5, 6*, 6, 7*, 2010

*2:00pm Matinee

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Wendy Wisely

Take two sets of identical twins, separate them in infancy with a shipwreck, give them the same names, let them grow up far apart, have them finally end up in the same city without realizing it, and what do you have? A maelstrom of marvelous madcap mayhem that only Master Shakespeare could muster! Clad in classical Elizabethan costumes, this crazy comedy will make you laugh until you’re seeing double.

Recommended for age 12 and above.

Burbank Auditorium
March 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13*, 13, 14*, 2010

*2:00pm Matinee

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Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Directed by Laura Downing-Lee                   Choreography by Lara Branen

Rev your engine and blast back to 1959, when Rock & Roll was the hottest, leather jackets the coolest, and D.A.s the greasiest. Centered around the rebels of Rydell High, Grease follows the unlikely romance between “greaser” Danny and newly arrived “good girl” Sandy. A record-setting Broadway show, as well as a hit movie, this high-octane musical roars onto the stage with a tank full of unforgettable songs that will have you dancing in the aisles!

Recommended for age 14 and up. Contains some adult content. Particulate matter will be used.

Burbank Auditorium
April 23, 24*, 24, 25*, 28, 29, 30 May 1*, 1, 2**, 2010

*2:00pm Matinee
**3:00pm Matinee

All Evening performances begin at 8:00pm.
Curtain time for matinee* performances are at 2:00pm.
Box Office opens one hour before curtain on performance dates.
Special Matinee Performance - Grease - Sunday, May 2nd at 3:00pm