Announcing the 2022 Phoenix Stage Company Season

Naugatuck CT

26 November, 2021

2:07 PM

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ALIBIS by Peter KennedyMarch 5, 11, 12, 18 & 19 at 8pmMarch 6 & 13 at 3pmWhodunit, howdunit. When famous actress Primavera Donna throws a party and winds up dead, it's up to the guests to figure out who and how, and why the hired help is so annoying. Shades of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Ten Little Indians. As the storm outside rages and the body count mounts, the guests must contend with interruptions, shocking revelations, and the arrival of a mysterious visitor. THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lauren GundersonApril 23, 29, 30, May 6 & 7 at 8pmApril 24 & May 1 at 3pmFour beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It's a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection… ALABAMA STORY by Kenneth JonesJune 4, 10, 11, 17 & 18 at 8pmJune 5 & 12 at 3pmAs the Civil Rights movement is flowering, a controversial children's book about a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit stirs the passions of a segregationist State Senator and a no-nonsense State Librarian in 1959 Montgomery, Alabama. A contrasting story of childhood friends--an African-American man and a woman of white privilege, reunited in adulthood--provides private counterpoint to the public events swirling in the state capital. Political foes, star-crossed lovers, and one feisty children's author inhabit the same page in a Deep South of the imagination that brims with humor, heartbreak and hope. Inspired by true events. ROMEO & JULIET by William ShakespeareJuly 16, 22, 23, 29 & 30 at 8pmJuly 17 & 24 at 3pmAn age-old vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing a Capulet party. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father's choice, the County Paris. With the help of Juliet's nurse, the women arrange for the couple to marry the next day, but Romeo's attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of Juliet's own cousin, Tybalt, for which Romeo is banished. In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar's plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb. Juliet wakes to find Romeo's corpse beside her and kills herself. The grieving family agree to end their feud. HEAD OVER HEELS Songs by The Go Go'sConceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitney, Adapted by James Magruder. Based on "The Arcadia" by Sir Philip SydneyAugust 20, 26, 27, September 2 & 3 at 8pmAugust 21 & 28 at 3pmHEAD OVER HEELS is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980's all-female rock band The Go-Go's, including the hit songs, "We Got the Beat," "Our Lips Are Sealed," "Vacation," Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "Mad About You."A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, HEAD OVER HEELS follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm's survival lies within each of their own hearts. VARNEY THE VAMPIRE or "The Feast of Blood" by Tim KellyBased on the melodramatic novel by Thomas PrestOctober 15, 21, 22, 28 & 29 at 8pmOctober 16 & 23 at 3pmThis wild and clever spoof is based on a melodramatic novel attributed to Thomas Prest, the creator of Sweeney Todd. In 1900 weary vampire Sir Francis Varney shows up at an inn in Italy. He plans to visit a haunted grotto and ask forgiveness from a lost love whose ghost is doomed to roam the landscape wearing a thin veil over her face. Varney forgets his mission and proceeds to snarl and snap at everyone in sight, especially an English damsel. Varney is shot, stabbed with a wooden stake and hanged. Still he survives! EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (and then some)By Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald & John K. AlvarezDecember 2, ,3, 9, 10, 16 & 17at 8pmDecember 4, 11 & 18 at 3pmInstead of performing Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic for the umpteenth time, three actors decide to perform every Christmas story ever told -- plus Christmas traditions from around the world, seasonal icons from ancient times to topical pop-culture, and every carol ever sung. A madcap romp through the holiday season! The existence of an iconic Christmas figure is debated in this show and so it may not be appropriate for young audiences. BONUS PRODUCTION (included with a Full Subscription) INTERNATIONAL ONE ACT FESTIVALSeptember 15, 16 & 17 at 8pm15 Original one act plays performed over 3 evenings. This years festival is being produced in partnership with Phoenix Theatre Company, Bolton, England.