September 2019 – May 2020*

*our season ended on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors

Directed by Ron Newell
Show Dates: Sept. 13 – Oct. 6, 2019
One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? It’s 1930’s Paris and the stage is set for the concert of the century – as long as producer Henry Saunders can keep Italian superstar Tito Merelli and his hot-blooded wife, Maria, from causing runaway chaos.
As a sequel to the original Lend Me A Tenor, prepare for an uproarious ride, full of mistaken identities, bedroom hijinks, and madcap delight.

Our Cast:

photos by Terry Schordock

Here’s a review from Mark Horning at Talkin’Broadway.com

The Christmas Express

by Pat Cook
Directed by Douglas A. Farren
Show Dates: Nov. 8 – Dec. 8, 2019
“This is the most hopeless place in the world!” Hilda intones as she and Satch argue over what time it is. Hilda dreams of faraway places to fight the tedium of running the Holly Railway Station until, that is, Leo Tannenbaum drops in out of nowhere just before Christmas. Suddenly an old radio springs to life and the local group of carolers begins to sound like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The whole town now gets into the Christmas spirit. Coincidence? This nostalgic story is full of eccentric small-town characters who begin to discover the true wonder of Christmas, making us all wish that we, too, could take a ride on the Christmas Express.

Our Cast:

photos by Terry Schordock

Review from Mark Horning: Clague Playhouse’s ‘The Christmas Express’ is a simple message of hope and kindness

 

Heroes

by Gerald Sibleyras
Translated by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Anne McEvoy
Show Dates: January 17 – February 9, 2020
It is August 1959, France, in a home for retired military men, where World War I vets Henri, Philippe and Gustave pass their days gossiping, reminiscing and exasperating one another with harebrained schemes to escape.
The play is a softly heroic treatment of three war heroes for whom death is a familiar presence. They decide to take on one final adventure – granted, an impossible and faintly ridiculous adventure – before the outside world completely forgets them.
Our cast:

 

photos by Terry Schordock

*Mr. Newell appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Review from Bob Abelman:  Clague Playhouse’s ‘Heroes’ attacks from the rear
Review from Christine Howey:  Sterling Cast and Crisp Direction Elevate Tale of WWI Vets in ‘Heroes’ at Clague Playhouse
Review from Mark Horning: Clague Playhouse’s production of ‘HEROES’ is nuance theater at its best

An Act of the Imagination

by Bernard Slade
Directed by Rose Leininger

Performances Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

This masterful suspense tale involves a successful mystery writer whose latest work has strangely turned into a romance – a vivid and adulterous romance. His son, his second wife, and his editor marvel at the truthfulness of the work, remarkable since it is inconceivable that he could ever have had such an affair. Enter a woman intent on blackmail: it appears that Arthur has been trysting away from home. Death stalks: the other woman disappears, and evidence incriminates Arthur in her murder. There is a conspiracy to do Arthur in, a conspiracy that entails cunning, deceit, and ingenious plotting.

Our Cast:

photos by Terry Schordock