Announcing our 2011-12 Season...
Comedy
Written by Jeff Daniels
September 1-18, 2011
Return to the days-gone-by of the American Wild West in this fresh new comedy by film and Broadway star Jeff Daniels.
Thrown together by unfortunate circumstances, an ornery vagrant outlaw and a singing cowboy argue the virtues of
mayhem, music, true love, and the meaning of life as they try to live by the cowboy code.
This prairie showdown features original songs, as well as scoundrels, six-guns and a horse named Buttermilk.
Musical
Book & Music by Tajlei Levis
Music by John Mercurio
November 3-20, 2011
This sparkling romantic music and dance extravaganza follows the jazzy whirl of New York society in the “Roaring 20’s.”
Popular but penniless Susy and her friend Nick devise a get-rich-quick scheme to marry and live off the wedding presents while they help one another
look for suitable millionaires. The plan works perfectly … until they fall in love.
Based on Edith Wharton’s 1922 novel, this delightful Jazz Age romp asks the age-old question:
marry for love … or for the love of money? Don’t miss this exciting musical that will send you clamoring for your nearest ballroom dancing class!
Romantic Comedy
Written by Stephen Dietz
January 5-22, 2012
“When a woman says she needs new shoes, what she really wants is a new job.
When she says she needs a new house, she wants a new husband. And when she says she wants a new car, she wants a new life.”
Meet Becky Foster, a modern day American Everywoman stuck in middle age and middle management with no prospects for change.
Enter a socially inept millionaire who offers Becky an enticing new life.
You are invited to ride shotgun with Becky as she faces her own fork in the road on a wickedly funny,
inventive and touching ride through the perils of middle age.
Comedy
Written by Larry Shue
February 23 - March 11, 2012
The Foreigner may be one of the funniest American plays ever written as it uses every device in the comedy
storehouse to make you laugh yourself silly!
Charlie’s shyness renders him helpless in conversation – so when a friend covers for him by telling the other guests in a rural
Georgia mountain lodge that he is an exotic foreigner and speaks no English,
Charlie ends up hearing more – MUCH more – than he should – and the hilarity begins!
Ring of Fire
The Johnny Cash Musical Show
Musical Revue
Created by Richard Maltby, Jr.
Conceived by William Meade
April 12 - 29, 2012
We’re gonna raise the roof with this barn-burner of a musical that celebrates the songs of an American legend, The Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash.
This thrilling show will feature an ensemble of many of your favorite GET singers and musicians who will make
Ring of Fire an extraordinary theatrical event to add to our rich history of high energy, sold-out, foot-stomping musicals!
Titles and order of plays are subject to change and based on artist availability and licensing requirements.