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THE BARN PLAYERS....
2010 DIRECTORS....
In our 55th consecutive season, The Barn Players is proud to
announce THE DIRECTORS for our exciting 2010 season of shows to be performed on
The Margaret Godfrey Stage in Mission, KS.....
1.
THE WIZ January
15 – 17....
Here
is a hip, musical version of the classic novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Dorothy's adventures in
the Land of Oz have been set to music in a dazzling, lively mixture of rock,
gospel and soul music. All your favorite characters are here: Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the
Cowardly Lion, the Wicked Witch of the West (Evillena), Glinda, the Good Witch,
The Wiz, Toto and more… Everybody
knows the story, but now it's a contemporary fantasy for today-- mysterious,
opulent, and fanciful. Join
The Barn Players as we “ease on down the road” with THE WIZ!....
A BARN JUNIOR PRODUCTION (for ages 13 –
18)....
Music & Lyrics by Charlie Smalls....
Book by William F. Brown....
Directed by Jason Coats....
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2.
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS March
5 – 21 ....
Based on the 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels centers on two competing
con men living on the French Riviera. At first, the suave and experienced
Lawrence Jameson takes the rookie con man, Freddy, under his wing. But soon,
Freddy tries to compete directly with Lawrence. The competition comes to a peak
when they agree that the first con man to extract $50,000 from the female
heiress, Christine Colgate, wins and the other must leave town forever. Nominated for 11 Tony Awards with a
score by, David Yasbek, composer of THE FULL MONTY, the show earned a Tony
Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Norbert Leo Butz as “Freddy”, and
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS delighted audiences for over a year and half on
Broadway.....
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek....
Book by Jeffrey Lane....
Directed by
Barb Nichols....
3.
PIPPIN April
16 – May 2....
Pippin is the story of Prince Pippin (son of
King Charlemagne) and his quest to find purpose and meaning in his life. A mysterious leading player is blessed
with the gift of magic who, with the help of a traveling troupe of players,
narrates this classic musical comedy.
Pippin traverses through the trials of war, sex and politics before
finding himself out amongst the peasants away from the wealth and privilege of
royal life where he meets a good widow, Catherine, and her lovable son,
Theo. Despite advice from his
power-hungry father, his scheming step-mother, Fastrada, his muscle-headed
half-brother, Louis, and his frisky grandmother, Bertha, will Pippin find his
purpose, meaning, and happiness in his life? PIPPIN features classic musical theatre songs like: “Corner
of the Sky”, “Magic to Do”, “Morning Glow”, “No Time at All” and “Love Song”
with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (WICKED, GODSPELL, CHILDREN OF EDEN),
and was originally directed and choreographed on Broadway by the legendary Bob
Fosse.....
Music &
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz....
Book by Roger O. Hirson....
Directed by
Nathan Norcross....
4.
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR June
4 – 20 ....
The place is a communal residence in a New England
city, where four mentally challenged men live under the supervision of an earnest,
but increasingly "burned out" young social worker named Jack. Norman,
who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet
pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his
waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is
able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the
ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers
from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a
brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his
brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the
daily lives of these four characters, where "little things" sometimes
become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when,
with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the disabled, like the rest
of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the
brief time that they are allotted on this earth.....
By Tom Griffin....
Directed by
Nancy Eppert....
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5.
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES July
23 – August 1 ....
An
Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old
girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who
witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a
feminist happy to have found a man who "liked to look at it." One of the most controversial and relevant
theatre pieces of the last decade, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES “confront words to
demystify and disarm them” (AP), in order to empower women to understand and
appreciate their own body and, in turn, themselves.....
By Eve Ensler....
Directed by
Shelly Stewart....
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6.
A YEAR WITH FROG & TOAD,
KIDS July 27 – 29....
Arnold Lobel's well-loved characters hop from the
page to the stage in Robert and Willie Reale's musical A YEAR WITH FROG AND
TOAD, KIDS. Conceived by Mr.
Lobel's daughter, Adrianne Lobel, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD remains true to the
spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful
and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad through four fun-filled seasons.
Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim,
rake leaves and go sledding. The
two friends learn valuable life lessons along the way about friendship and
rejoice in the attributes that make each of us different and special.....
A BARN JUNIOR PRODUCTION (ages 8 – 12)....
Music by
Robert Reale....
Lyrics &
Book by Willie Reale....
Directed by Jason Coats....
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7.
ASSASSINS Sept.
17 – Oct. 3 ....
ASSASSINS’
is the curious story of nine individuals who over time have attempted to
assassinate the President of the United States. The show explores the inner
motives of each assassin. Eventually, each individual must confront the fact
that committing the ultimate crime failed to assuage their personal
problems. With a score by Stephen
Sondheim, ASSASSINS takes an unflinching, uneasy and sometimes funny look at
individuals who are so disenfranchised, lost, and alone in their own country
that they attempt the most unthinkable of crimes. Thought-provoking and controversial, ASSASSINS is a show
that forces us to take a look at the very people in our country who often times
go unnoticed.....
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim....
Book by John Weidman....
Directed by
Damron Russell Armstrong....
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8.
RENT November
5 – 21 ....
Based
loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, RENT follows a year in the life of a group of
young friends struggling with love, drugs and AIDS in New York’s lower east
side right before the end of the 20th Century. Among the group are
the narrator - nerdy filmmaker Mark; his former lover, Maureen; Maureen's
public interest lawyer lesbian lover, Joanne; Mark's roommate HIV+ former drug
addict, Roger; Roger's lover the HIV+ drug addicted exotic dancer, Mimi; their
former roommate HIV+ computer genius, Tom Collins; Collins' HIV+ drag queen
street musician lover, Angel; and Benjamin Coffin III, a former member of the
group who, after marrying a wealthy woman, has since become their landlord and
the opposite of the group's Bohemian values. RENT opened on Broadway in 1996 and ran for over 12 and half
years, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for
Drama. RENT became a feature film
in 2005, featuring most of the original cast from the Broadway production.....
Music, Book & Lyrics by Jonathan
Larson....
Directed by
Eric Magnus....
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9.
THE BARN PLAYERS 3RD
ANNUAL 6 x 10: TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL December
3 – 5....
Six
new stories by six local playwrights, staged by six area directors and performed
by Kansas City’s best actors. All
of those things added together equal one memorable weekend of theatre.....
NOTE: Plays and
Directors for this production will be selected in the summer of 2010.....
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR 2010 DIRECTORS!....
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