Paradise Community Theater’s 25th Anniversary
2012 Faribault Daily News Theater Season
Show Sponsor
Noises Off
February 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 7:30pm
February 12 at 2:00 pm
Written by Michael Frayn
Directed by Dan Rathbun
Tickets: $13 Adults and $8 for children 12 and under. Groups of 10 or more, $1.00 off per ticket.
Groups for same performance only, payment in full at time of purchase.
Sponsored by Faribault Foods
Called the “funniest farce ever written,” by the New York Post, NOISES OFF is about an ambitious director and his troupe of mediocre actors. The cast and crew are putting together a silly sex comedy titled, Nothing On – a single-set farce in which lovers frollic, doors slam, clothes are tossed away, and embarrassing hi-jinks ensue. The missed marks, the going ons behind the curtain, and bad timing keep the laughs rolling.
In
to the Woods
July 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 at 7:30pm
July 22, 29 at 2:00pm
August 2,3,4 at 7:30pm
August 5 at 2:00pm
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Directed by Gary Briggle
In collaboration with The Northfield Arts Guild Theater
Tickets: $15 Adults and $10 for children 12 and under.
Groups of 10 or more, $1.00 off per ticket.
Groups for same performance only, payment in full at time of purchase.
Sponsored by Faribault Foods
This activity is funded by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council through the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A Witch…who raps? They’re all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone’s wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.
The Car
September 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 at 7:30pm
September 16 at 2:00pm
Written by Carol Wright Krause
Directed by Gabe Talamantes
Tickets: $13 Adults and $8 for children 12 and under.
Groups of 10 or more, $1.00 off per ticket.
Groups for same performance only, payment in full at time of purchase.
Sponsored by Faribault Foods
Meet the Banners, a picture perfect postcard of a 1950s American family, with an all-American son, a doting mother and an honest car salesman of a father, who does everything by the book and has just recently, purchased the car—a 1954 Hudson Hornet. But when their son suddenly joins the military, only to return with a Japanese wife the family’s world is suddenly turned upside-down. Things may not be as picture perfect as they seem. THE CAR hits a few potholes along the way, takes some sharp turns, but takes you on an engaging and entertaining ride.
Willy Wonka
December 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30pm
December 9, 16 at 2:00pm
Lyrics and music by Leslie Bricusse and
Anthony Newley
Adapted for the Stage by Timothy A. McDonald and
Leslie Bricusse
Based on the book,
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl
Directed by Palmer Huff
Tickets: $14 Adults and $8 for children 12 and under. Groups of 10 or more, $1.00 off per ticket.
Groups for same performance only, payment in full at time of purchase.
Sponsored by Faribault Foods
Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. This new stage musical adaptation is a scrumdidilyumptious musical guaranteed to delight everyone’s sweet tooth. In a troubled world looking for escape, Willy Wonka takes you on a fantasy ride into the land of pure imagination!
These activities are made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State’s general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
