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Fantastic Mr Fox
by Roald Dahl
adapted by David Wood
Directed by Jennifer Kenneally
2 PM Saturday, November 7th
2 PM Sunday, November 8th
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $8
($35 family ticket - up to 6 family members)
Available online or at the door.
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"Boggis and Bunce and Bean, One short, one fat, one lean. These horrible crooks, so different in looks, were nonetheless equally mean."
Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all their fox babies live under a hill under a tree, along with Badger, Rabbit, Weasel, and all of their families. To make ends meet, every night, Mr. Fox steals a meal from one of the three crooked farmers--Boggis, a chicken farmer, Bunce, who has a little bit of everything but only eats duck liver, and Bean, who farms turkeys and apples and subsists solely on apple cider. With his keen sense of smell, and the farmers' distinctive diets, Mr. Fox has no problem evading them. After so much treatment, the greedy farmers band together to end Mr. Fox. They ambush him at the base of his hole in the hill, and while Mr. Fox survives, his tail does not. Thus begins an obsession on the part of the farmers. They first try to dig the foxes out, but they are outdug by eight sets of paws. Then, they move to starving them out. This is unfortunate, as no other creatures living under the hill (though now more of a valley; a bulldozer was involved at one point) can get out, either. Mr. Fox is not a very popular figure until he chances across the idea of digging under the farmhouses...
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The Skin of Our Teeth
by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Colleen Rua
7 PM Friday, October 23rd
7 PM Saturday, October 24th
2 PM Sunday, October 25th
Arlington Masonic Temple
19 Academy Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10
Available online or at the door
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Disrupting traditional notions of linear time, Wilder's play tells the story of the twentieth-century American Antrobus family in three acts which recount such epochal events as the onset of the Ice Age, the start of Great Flood, and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Ending exactly as it began, the play illustrates the cyclical nature of existence, celebrating humanity's resilience, inventiveness, and will to survive. Although the play offers an age-old message, it does so in an untraditional form, rejecting the conventions of naturalistic drama and using both comedy and drama to tell the story. Not only do the characters appear to be both middle-class Americans and allegorical figures, but they also repeatedly drop out of character and speak directly to the audience, breaking theatrical illusion and reminding viewers that they are watching a play. Combining modern theatrical experiments and timeless human themes, Wilder produced a work that would both challenge and entertain generations of Americans. Along with Our Town (1938), The Skin of Our Teeth is considered Wilder's theatrical masterpiece and an invaluable cornerstone of modern American drama. For our production, to show this passage of time, some characters will be played by different actors in each of the different acts.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. New York City
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Rhinoceros
by Eugène Ionesco
Directed by Matt Lundeen
7PM Thursday, December 3rd
7PM Friday, December 4th
2PM Saturday, December 5th
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10 at the door or online
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Rhinoceros is a commentary on what is absurd about human nature. In a café, Jean, spotless and organized, attempts to help Berenger, messy and disorganized, get his act together. Berenger does not believe he can improve but says he will try. Near them, the Logician and the Old Gentleman discuss how many paws a cat has and deduce that anything with four paws is a cat. As the conversations go on, a rhinoceros unexpectedly barges through the town, killing a cat. In Berenger's office we meet his co-workers, and his love interest, Daisy. One co-worker cannot believe that the rhino event happened. Meanwhile, the wife of another worker arrives in tears. Her husband has turned into a rhinoceros! Berenger visits Jean and notices that he is acting differently, and has a lump on his head that is getting larger and larger until Jean turns into a rhinoceros. Dudard, another worker, comes to visit Berenger. Several days have passed, and by now, rhinoceroses have been cropping up all over town. Dudard reveals that Mr. Papillon, their boss, decided to "join" the rhinoceros crew. Dudard eventually becomes a rhino as well. Berenger realizes that he and Daisy are the only two humans left on earth and sees it as their duty to repopulate the planet. But Daisy starts to doubt their position, and becomes a rhino. Left alone on stage, Berenger grapples with his own sanity. For the first time, he contemplates becoming a rhinoceros himself, but ultimately, will not give in.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. New York City
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An Evening of Alumni
and Improv
Friday & Saturday, January 8 & 9
featuring:
Kalcium Fortified Improv!
starting at 6:30, and
ACT Alumni Cabaret
at 7:00
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA 02474
Tickets: $7 at the door
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Start off a new year with old friends at ACT on January 8th and 9th! ACT Alumni will perform past
and present ACT/Broadway favorites at 7pm on Friday and Saturday. Arrive at 6:30 to have your
funnybone ticked by ACT's resident improv troupe, Kalcium Fortified Improv!
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This fundraising event marks ACT's first production with adult
actors, and we have some special events planned.
Friday night following the performance, thanks to a generouse donation, we will be
having a wine and cheese reception with the actors.
Saturday is our Family Fun Day starting at 11:30 AM. We will have representatives
from Henry Bear's Park on hand with a variety of word games for the whole family to play. Games will
be $1 each, and we will follow up with a spelling bee for kids at 12:30 PM. Admission to the show for
children under 12 will be $8 for this performance. |
Music and Lyrics
by William Finn |
Book by
Rachel Sheinkin |
Conceived by
Rebecca Feldman |
Additional Material by
Jay Reiss |
Originally produced on Broadway by
David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo
Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre |
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNUM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale
of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent
outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's
Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit
musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of
outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand
out and fit in at the same time.
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Seussical
Directed by Colleen Rua
7PM Friday, March 12
2PM Saturday, March 13
7PM Saturday, March 13
2PM Sunday, March 14
Regent Theatre
7 Medford Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $15
available at the Regent box office or online
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Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty ("Ragtime," "Once On This Island") have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination--Jojo. "Oh, the Thinks You Can Think" captures the show's spirit of imagination, as the colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
by Joseph Robinette
based on the stories of C.S. Lewis
7PM Friday, April 30th
2PM Saturday, May 1st
7PM Saturday, May 1st
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10
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This new dramatization of C.S. Lewis' classic, set in the land of Narnia, faithfully recreates the magic and mystery of Aslan, the great lion, his struggle with the White Witch, and the adventures of four children who inadvertently wander from an old wardrobe into the exciting, never-to-be-forgotten Narnia. The intense action features chases, duels and escapes as the witch is determined to keep Narnia in her possession and to end the reign of Aslan. This story of love, faith, courage and giving, with its triumph of good over evil, is a true celebration of life.
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Hamlet
Directed by Matt Lundeen
7 PM Friday, May 14th
7 PM Saturday, May 15th
2 PM Sunday, May 16th
Arlington Masonic Temple
19 Academy Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10
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One of the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies, this play revolves around themes of indecision, revenge and retribution, deception, ambition, loyalty and fate.
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