Season 61 - Edmonds Driftwood Players


	A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak September 13 -29, 2019 Directed by: Adam Othman A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is the knock-'em-dead, uproarious hit and the most-nominated show of the 2014 season. With ten Tony nominations and four wins, including Best Musical, Book, Direction and Costumes, it also earned seven Drama Desk Awards (including Best Musical), four Outer Critics Circle Awards (including Best Musical) and one Drama League Award (Best Musical). When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he's eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D'Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives without being caught and become the ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what of love? Because murder isn't the only thing on Monty's mind.... A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is a murderous romp filled with unforgettable music, non-stop laughs and a scene-stealing role for one actor playing all eight of the doomed heirs who meet their ends in the most creative and side-splitting ways. This is a must-produce for any theatre looking for a truly original and fresh new comedy that will delight audiences and leave them begging for more. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is part of our mainstage series and patrons will select their seats upon purchase. A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.
	Death Tax By Lucas Hnath October 17 - 27, 2019 Directed by: Curtis Rawls This is a dark comedy about death and taxes and how we deal with both. A woman (Maxine) in a nursing home suspects that her daughter is paying a caretaker to “nudge” her into the grave before the new year. Maxine takes matters into her hands and offers the caretaker a portion of her sizable estate to assist her in living past the 1st. But, the plan doesn’t go according to plan. Death Tax is a part of our TIPs series (Theater of Intriguing Possibilities) and tickets are General Admission. Patrons will have the freedom to choose their seats upon arrival. Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.
	A Christmas Story, The Musical Book by Joseph Robinette. Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Based upon the motion picture A Christmas Story distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, and upon In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash written by Jean Shepherd. November 29 - December 22, 2019 Directed by: Chadwick Taylor This musical, which received rave reviews on its Broadway run, is based on the movie classic that runs round-the-clock on television every Christmas. Set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his quest for the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts—an Official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Rebuffed at every turn with a similar echoing response, Ralphie plots numerous schemes to achieve his desperate desire for the coveted BB gun. All the iconic scenes from the movie are here: Ralphie's friend, Flick, getting his tongue stuck to the flagpole; his brother, Randy, getting dressed in his snowsuit; the bullies, Farkus and Dill; the leg lamp award; the bunny suit; the Chinese restaurant; Christmas dinner; and many others. The delightfully versatile score ranges from gentle ballads to show-stopping full-ensemble numbers such as "Ralphie to the Rescue!", "A Major Award," "Sticky Situation," "Up on Santa's Lap," "Somewhere Hovering Over Indiana" and the inevitable "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!" A Christmas Story, The Musicalwill bring an exciting new dimension to those who have seen the movie and will certainly stand on its own for those who haven't. A Christmas Story, The Musical is part of our mainstage series and patrons will select their seats upon purchase. Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.
	[Miss] By W. L. Newkirk January 16 - 19, 2020 Directed by: Joe Goins Based on true events, this play tells the story of Dr. Frances Kelsey’s battle with a powerful drug company to prevent thalidomide from being approved for release in the United States.  Concerned about the drug’s potential effect on pregnant women, she resists the drug company’s attacks to forces her to back down. Miss is about the challenges women face in science and the ability of one uncompromising woman to change history and save lives. [Miss] is a part of our TIPs series (Theater of Intriguing Possibilities) and tickets are General Admission. Patrons will have the freedom to choose their seats upon arrival.	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.
	Pride & Prejudice Adapted by Jon Jory February 14 - March 1, 2020 Directed by: Elizabeth Hershly All of the wit and romance of Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel come to life in this refreshingly fast-paced and engaging new adaptation. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet's most urgent priority. But with four sisters, an overzealous match-making mother, and a string of unsuitable suitors, it's difficult to escape the subject. When the independent-minded Elizabeth meets the handsome but enigmatic Mr. Darcy, she is determined not to let her feelings triumph over her own good sense -- but the truth turns out to be slipperier than it seems. In a society where subtle snubs and deceit proliferate, is it possible for Elizabeth and Darcy to look beyond his pride and her prejudice, and to make the best match of all? Pride & Prejudice is part of our mainstage series and patrons will select their seats upon purchase. Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.
	The 10th Annual Festival of Shorts July 5-7, 2019 Come and be a part of our annual festival where the audience, chooses a winner at each performance from among eight finalists. These 8 shows have been selected from submissions from around the globe, and have never before been produced for an audience. Past winners have later been developed into full-length award-winning plays! Four performances of all eight short plays that includes eight directors and eight casts. See how your votes compare with a panel of professional judges at the Sunday matinee performance, followed by cake and sparkling cider for all! Join us to celebrate these new works. The Festival is part of our TIPs series (Theater of Intriguing Possibilities) and tickets are General Admission. Patrons will have the freedom to choose their seats upon arrival. There will be a 15 minute intermission at each performance.	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.
	The Producers A New Mel Brooks Musical Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks Original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman By special arrangement with StudioCanal April 17 - May 10, 2020 Directed by: Dan Posluns Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks' classic cult comedy film. Now as a big Broadway musical, The Producers once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humor. It is a truly "boffo" hit, winning a record twelve Tony Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night. The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive "Springtime for Hitler"), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends. With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (Annie) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an "equal opportunity offender!" THE PRODUCERS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www. MTIShows.com	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.
	Unnecessary Farce By Paul Slade Smith June 12 - 28, 2020 Directed by: David Alan Morrison Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next-door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's being videotaped, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes. Unnecessary Farce is part of our mainstage series and patrons will select their seats upon purchase. Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)	Click here to purchase tickets! Please note that all ticket sales are final.