2008-2009 Mainstage Season

THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
By Martin Mc Donagh
Directed by Chip Decker

September 24 – October 11, 2008
Previews: September 19 & 20

Dripping in bloody good fun…

Winner of a 2006 OBIE for Best Playwriting

Plot twists, riotous humor and a carnage level rivaling Quentin Tarantino.

Martin McDonagh (known for dark comedies like THE PILLOWMAN, as well as the recently released film “In Bruges”) brilliantly mines comedy gold from the blackest of places in this story about a ruthless Irish Liberation Army enforcer and his beloved kitty, Wee Thomas.
 

RABBIT HOLE
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Dennis Delamar

November 12 – 29, 2008
Previews: November 7 & 8

Sometimes the silence is deafening…

Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Corbett’s had it all…the perfect marriage, the perfect jobs and the perfect family…until the day a life-shattering accident turned their world upside-down. An emotional examination of grief, laced with much humor, wit, compassion and searing honesty, RABBIT HOLE explores the hidden truth of love, the bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places, and a path that will lead them back into the light of day.

BLUE
By Charles Randolph-Wright
Music by Nona Hendrix
Lyrics by Nona Hendrix & Charles Randolph-Wright
Directed by Sidney Horton

February 18 – March 7, 2009
Previews: February 13 & 14

Hot nights, cool jazz and more secrets than Dynasty…

Travel with us to fictional Kent, SC, where we meet the Clark’s, an affluent African-American family who runs the local funeral home. Here we meet Peggy, the mom who rules the roost, a nosy mother-in-law who tells it like it is, two boys who try to keep the peace, and a mysterious jazz singer, Blue Williams, who keeps them all together. BLUE is about family, music and the experience of both together in a show that wraps you up in a warm theatrical blanket.

SOUTHERN RAPTURE
By Eric Coble
Directed by Chip Decker

April 15 – May 2, 2009
Previews: April 10 & 11

A slightly cracked jewel in Charlotte’s crown!

A special World Premiere commissioned by Actor’s Theatre and made possible through a generous gift from Michael Lakoff
Take a trip back in time to when Charlotte was coming of age in the heart of the Culture Wars of the 1990’s. SOUTHERN RAPTURE is a sidesplitting fictionalized comedy based on the defining battle between the city’s artists, politicians and innocent bystanders over a local production of ANGELS IN AMERICA.

EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL
Book & Lyrics by George Reinblatt
Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris & George Reinblattt
Directed by Billy Ensley

June 19 – 27, 2009
Previews: June 5 & 6

Singing zombies…what more can we say!

What can go wrong when 5 college students break into an abandoned cabin in the woods? Apparently a whole hell of a lot! They unleash demons, become the un-dead, and…(OMG!) sing showtunes. Sam Raimi’s Cult Classic 1980’s films are brought to life in a hilarious, campy show that is to die for. So, come see the musical everyone will be taking about…it will literally kill you to miss it!