Educating, Enriching and Entertaining our Community
Arsenic and Old Lace is back January20!
General Admission: $20
Students and Seniors: $15
Showtimes below:
Thursday, Jan. 20 7:30pm
Friday, Jan. 21 7:30pm
Saturday, Jan . 22 – 2:00pm
Saturday, Jan. 22 – 7:30pm
Sunday, Jan 23 – 2:00pm
Thursday, Jan 27 – 7:30pm
Friday, Jan 28 – 7:30pm
Saturday, Jan 29. – 2:00pm
Saturday, Jan 29. – 7:30pm
Due to the recent spike in Covid cases in our area, the board of directors at Magnolia Arts Center has decided to stop all rehearsals and postpone performances for ALL productions at this time. The board of directors will re-evaluate in two weeks.
You have received an invitation to S.P. Keasy’s place, a private club near the headquarters of notorious gangster Hal Cappone. Cappone was released today from Awsume State Penitentiary after serving a six-month term. But upon arriving, Hal is discovered murdered! The question “whodunnit”? The suspects: Molly M. Awbsterr (society dame from NY, the ultimate flapper in Chicago); Ernie (Bet-a-million) Ernie G. Ambler (Chicago’s most colorful millionaire), Silky M. Adame (shady owner-operator of Chicago’s most prominent private establishment), Eddie (Socks) R. Gyle (smooth and fashionable, owns the Green Tables gambling house), Malissa F. Orrthot (a crime reporter for the city’s leading paper The Trumpet, her beauty and charm helped further her career on both sides of the law), S. Treighton Harrow (US District Attorney), Anna Maria Carlotta Sassine (her sultry voice and her traditional blues renditions have earned here the nickname “Torchy”), this smoldering beauty) Billy (The Kid) Thrower (star pitcher for the Stock Kings; he is fun-loving, hard-drinking, warm-hearted, and hell-raising).
Everyone is a suspect, has a motive, and an opportunity (or two). If you haven’t been to a murder mystery before, we suggest you give it a “shot”.
This caper is also a coffee and dessert production. Everyone attending will get complimentary coffee/beverage. Several dessert choices will be available.
· SHOW DATES:
· Thursday, September 9 @ 7 p.m.
· Friday, Sept. 10 @ 7 p.m.
· Saturday, September 11 @ 7 p.m.
· Friday, September 17 @ 7 p.m.
· Saturday, September 18 @ 7 p.m.
· Sunday, September 19 @ 2 p.m.
Between Riverside and Crazy Cast:
Pops Washington– Johnie Hamilton
Junior Washington- Jason Brown
Lulu– Ronnie Parker
Oswaldo– Monte Franklin
Detective Audrey O’ Conner– Virlika Prayer
Lieutenant Caro– Tim Messina
Church Lady- Michelle Joyner
THE STORY: Ex-cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his newly paroled son Junior have spent a lifetime living between Riverside and crazy. But now, the NYPD is demanding his signature to close an outstanding lawsuit, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed—and the church won’t leave him alone. When the struggle to keep one of New York City’s last great rent-stabilized apartments collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum, it seems that the old days may be dead and gone.
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize. “…somewhere south of cozy and north of dangerous, west of sitcom and due east of tragedy…a dizzying and exciting place to be…Blurring lines between the sacred and profane has always been a specialty of Mr. Guirgis…fresh and startling…RIVERSIDE traffics in paradoxes, which is to say it deals with the walking contradictions that are human beings…Mr. Guirgis has a splendid ear for these various languages of deception.” —NY Times. “You can’t always believe your eyes or ears during Stephen Adly Guirgis’ vivid group portrait, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY. [Guirgis’] dialogue is believable and lived-in.” —NY Daily News. “…wonderful…a genuine original, one that deserves to be seen by anyone hungry for a smart, exuberantly funny urban dramedy with a spirit as shrewd and forgiving as its motor-mouth language is wild and lush.” —Newsday. “[A] love/hate song to this impossible town and its outlandish citizenry…Everyone’s bound to be captivated by Guirgis’s loudmouthed locals…[and] warm, rich dialect that comes right off the city streets.” —Variety. “RIVERSIDE explores, with both street-smart, sometimes-profane wit and disarming tenderness, the different ways in which we cling to, reject and exploit faith. Never one to settle for simple answers or snarky observations, Guirgis portrays his characters, and their twisting journeys, with humor and compassion.” —USA Today.
Auditions are as follows:
Saturday, Sept. 11 @ 9 am for all ages
Sunday, Sept. 12 @ 2 – 4 pm: For those under 15
Sunday, Sept. 12 @ 4 pm: For those 15 or older(Youth or Adults)
Little orphan Annie charms everyone with her positivity despite living a next-to-nothing life in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC.
In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations… and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt! She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, the staff at Warbuck’s mansion, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
You have received an invitation to S.P. Keasy’s place, a private club near the headquarters of notorious gangster Hal Cappone. Cappone was released today from Awsume State Penitentiary after serving a six-month term. But upon arriving, Hal is discovered murdered! The question “whodunnit”? The suspects: Molly M. Awbsterr (society dame from NY, the ultimate flapper in Chicago); Ernie (Bet-a-million) Ernie G. Ambler (Chicago’s most colorful millionaire), Silky M. Adame (shady owner-operator of Chicago’s most prominent private establishment), Eddie (Socks) R. Gyle (smooth and fashionable, owns the Green Tables gambling house), Malissa F. Orrthot (a crime reporter for the city’s leading paper The Trumpet, her beauty and charm helped further her career on both sides of the law), S. Treighton Harrow (US District Attorney), Anna Maria Carlotta Sassine (her sultry voice and her traditional blues renditions have earned here the nickname “Torchy”), this smoldering beauty) Billy (The Kid) Thrower (star pitcher for the Stock Kings; he is fun-loving, hard-drinking, warm-hearted, and hell-raising).
Everyone is a suspect, has a motive, and an opportunity (or two). If you haven’t been to a murder mystery before, we suggest you give it a “shot”.
This caper is also a coffee and dessert production. Everyone attending will get complimentary coffee/beverage. Several dessert choices will be available.
· SHOW DATES:
· Thursday, September 9 @ 7 p.m.
· Friday, Sept. 10 @ 7 p.m.
· Saturday, September 11 @ 7 p.m.
· Sunday, September 12 @ 2 p.m.
· Friday, September 17 @ 7 p.m.
· Saturday, September 18 @ 7 p.m.
Scholarships are available!
WEBSITE REFRESH COMING SOON!
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales features many of your favorite characters from familiar fairy tales. Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is uproariously derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s quintessential children’s book of fractured fairy tales. Everything from “Chicken Little” to “The Gingerbread Man” gets a complete makeover. Fun music and witty narration accompany the likes of ineloquent giants, sassy barnyard animals, colossal cow pies, and enough stinky cheese to go around.
This production is performed by the Magnolia Arts Center’s Youth Ensemble Theatre and features a cast from Greenville, NC to Ocean City, NJ!
YOU CAN WATCH THE PERFORMANCE ANY TIME STARTING ON
NOVEMBER 20TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 21ST!
