Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling

Truvy’s beauty salon is where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when Shelby has to make some tough choices. Her actions affect the others, but also draw on their underlying strength and love.

March 12, 13, 18,19, 20 at 8:00 PM
March 14 at 2:00 PM

Annie
Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by
Charles Strouse. Lyrics by Martin Charnin. Based on the Tribune Media Service Comic Strip “Little Orphan Annie”

Leapin’ Lizards! The spunky comic strip heroine takes our center-stage this summer! Annie is a spunky orphan determined to find the parents who abandoned her on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. Well known and well loved songs include “Little Girls,” “Hard Knock Life,” and, of course, “Tomorrow.” It may be more than just a day away, but there’s not long to wait for our production of this musical classic.

July 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24 at 8:00 PM
July 11 at 2:00 PM

Disney's
Alice In Wonderland Jr.
Music and Lyrics by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard, Oliver Wallace and Cy Coban, Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert, Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle. Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by David Simpatico. Based on the 1951 Disney film “Alice in Wonderland” and the novels “The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll.

Our popular Kids at CP program celebrates its 10th year with this family classic, newly realized for the stage!
Join Alice’s madcap adventures in Wonderland as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with a bubble-blowing Caterpillar, and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game! Roles are plentiful, including three Cheshire Cats and dozens of other wonderfully wacky characters. This fast-paced stage adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
features updated dialogue and new arrangements of such classic Disney songs as “I’m Late,” “The Un-birthday Song” and “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.”

September 10, 11, 17, 18 at 7:00 PM
September 12 & 19 at 2:00 PM

The Emperor's New Clothes
by Michele L. Vacca

EmEmperor Abu Abdullah Abdul spends all his time and country’s gold on clothes, to the point that the treasury is almost empty and the Prime Minister is forced to put a tax on peanut butter. A Pompous Proclamation lures two swindlers who brag that the clothes they create will possess a “mysterious, peculiar quality:” they will be invisible to the “dull and foolish” and to those “unfit for their positions.” The Emperor’s wife and Granny discover the plot, but decide to let him find out for himself. Maybe all this will teach him a good lesson. Will the swindlers get away with it? Will the Emperor like his new clothes? Will peanut butter ever be affordable again?

April 30 & May 1 at 7:00 PM
May 1 & 2 at 2:00 PM