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All Main Stage productions run for three weekends: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 2:30 PM—matinée performances the last two weekends only

All Dreyling Stage productions run for two weekends: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 6:00 PM

2010-2011 Season

Shows marked with an asterisk (*) indicate those productions being judged by the Encore Association.

The Crucible*
By Arthur Miller
On our Main Stage October 1-17
Directed by Amy Kern-Smith
Auditions: August 9 & 10 at 7:00 PM

Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, The Crucible tells the story of the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem and what happens when the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence is unleashed on a people. It is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society.

Animals Out Of Paper*
By Rajiv Joseph
On our Dreyling Stage January 28 – February 6
Directed by Mac Bellner
Auditions: December 6 & 7 at 7:00 PM

Spotlight brings to life this highly acclaimed drama about finding the perfect fold. When a world-renowned origami artist opens her studio to a teenage prodigy and his school teacher, she discovers that life and love can’t be arranged neatly. Relationships always leave a mark, like a new memory, etching a groove into our brains.

The Exonerated
By Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
On our Main Stage March 18 – April 3
Directed by Molly Bellner
Auditions: January 31 & February 1 at 7:00 PM

Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and public records, The Exonerated tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted individuals who spent 2 – 22 years on death row. Monologues and scenes are interwoven to paint a picture of an American criminal justice system gone wrong – and of six brave souls who persevered to survive it all.

Visiting Mr. Green*
By Jeff Baron
On our Main Stage May 6 - 22
Directed by Brent Wooldridge
Auditions: March 21 & 22 at 7:00 PM

Visiting Mr. Green has been translated into 22 languages and has won numerous best play awards throughout the world. What starts as a comedy about two men who do not want to be in the same room together becomes a gripping and moving drama as the men get to know each other, come to care about each other, and open old wounds they’ve been hiding for years.

Greater Tuna*
By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard
On our Dreyling Stage June 17 – 26
Directed by Jeremy Tuterow
Auditions: May 9 & 10 at 7:00 PM

Set in Tuna, Texas’ “third smallest town”, Greater Tuna introduces us to some of the town’s most colorful characters. This long-running Broadway hit features two actors who portray the entire population of the town with lightening-speed costume and character changes as they take us through a day in the life of Tuna.

Boy Gets Girl*
By Rebecca Gilman
On our Main Stage August 5 – 21
Directed by Jim LaMonte
Auditions: June 20 & 21 at 7:00 PM

What kind of life can a woman lead when she knows she is being followed, obsessively and perhaps dangerously? Boy Gets Girl is a fascinating stalker drama detailing the dark side of relationships and what happens when a woman in full control of her life suddenly feels everything around her becoming a threat.

Plus Special Performances!

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Adapted by Joe Landry from the screenplay by
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Jo Swerling
On our Main Stage December 3 – 12
Directed by Jim LaMonte

This beloved American holiday classic story comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast complete with music of the era and vintage commercials.

Second Annual Twelfth Night with
The Mudd Flatt Missionary Quartette
On our Main Stage January 7 at 8:00 PM

The Mudd Flatt Missionary Quartette is a group of more than a dozen members with Spotlight’s own Mac Bellner at the helm. Join us for an evening of old time traditional gospel songs from across the ages and around the world as we celebrate Twelfth Night.