Artists Collaborative Theatre 2009-2010 Season
After such a glorious inaugural season in the new black box theatre in Elkhorn City, Artists Collaborative Theatre, Inc. is excited to announce the season schedule for 2009-2010! The lineup looks to be packed with wonder, imagination and the magic of theatre. The season features real life lessons, laughs, and love while we journey from a small town in Indiana to somewhere over the rainbow. We will revisit the Little Women of the Civil War for a limited engagement before we take that beloved production on the road to the Kentucky Theatre Association Festival. ACT will do double duty with two Christmas productions sure to please every age. Watch our ACT Kids grow up through this ACT tradition of Best Christmas Pageant Ever as well as the regional premiere of Appalachian writer Silas House’s play about the yearning of being home for Christmas in the mountains. We then travel through the magic of a young girl’s imagination beyond Kansas into a classic for all ages to enjoy. ACT is proud to announce we will be revisiting a name from our past as we welcome the writing of Michael Odom, son of Dr. Odom. Then the laughs and love will take us right into Truvy’s beauty shop as we see just how funny and strong the women of Steel Magnolias are and much like our women of east Kentucky. Our season runs from September through July and one day into August. You can check in on our website anytime for updates, find us on Facebook, or call the theatre office.
2009-2010 Mainstage Season & Synopses
And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson by Jim Leonard
Sept 24 – Oct 18
In Jackson, a small town in rural Indiana, Elizabeth Ann Willow lives with her father and mother. Crippled as a baby with polio, Elizabeth Ann is confined to a wheelchair and must wear leg braces, which cuts her off from the other children and prevents her regular attendance at school. The play is a moving and poetically evocative plea for understanding and compassion in a world where prejudice and casual cruelty are too often the norm. “Powerful!”
Little Women by Paulette Laufer
Oct 22 – Nov 1 Limited Engagement – Two Weekends Only!
ACT Theatre will be restaging last year’s hit in preparation to attend Kentucky Theatre Association’s Competition. Make plans to see the wonderful cast revisit Elkhorn City on their way to Morehead State University. Don’t Miss it!
The Hurting Part by Silas House
Nov 27 – Dec 20 Appalachian Premiere
Follows Commonwealth-rooted family members as they deal with Christmas away from the familiarity of home and family. Set during Christmas 1962, “The Hurting Part” centers around a rural Southern family who has been forced to move north to find work. Battling homesickness, painful memories, and pride, the main characters look back over their past in their struggle to get back home. With Bluegrass music by local musicians, innovative storytelling devices, and a compelling story, “The Hurting Part” is sure to become a Christmas classic.
Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
(Sun, Mon, Tues) Nov 29, 30, Dec 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 All Shows @ 7:30
In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids-- probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! Now an ACT Christmas Tradition!
The Wizard of Oz by C.S. Lewis/Rights & Royalties through Tams Witmark March 18 - April 11
Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy’s imagination. Everything that audiences expect with The Wizard of Oz and enjoy the musical that speaks to both the young and young at heart with a score of famous songs including ‘Over the Rainbow,’ ‘Off to See the Wizard’ and ‘Ding, Dong the Witch Is Dead.’
The Magic Well by Mike Odom
May 13 – June 6 Appalachian Premiere
The Magic Well is a one-act play originally written in 1995 by Mike Odom. A father and a son, “Daddy” and “Earl,” in Southeastern Kentucky during the mid-seventies find hostility in their relationship as they deal with what to do with the family land. There is a new-found feeling between the two and they both must make a life-changing decision regarding the sale of the family property. THE MAGIC WELL has been produced in Gulfport Mississippi and during the Mississippi Theatre Conference.
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
July8 – Aug 1
If you loved last summer’s hit, Dearly Departed, this one is sure to please! The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle, 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, is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions. The ladies soon learn their underlying strength—and love are the special qualities that make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
Shows run Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 7:30 Sundays @ 3:00
Exception: BCPE Runs Sun – Tues @ 7:30 Little Women runs only two weekends! All Tickets are $8.00 Call 606.754.4228 or see visit our web site for more info www.act4.org Find us on Facebook!
