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On Stage June 1-17 ...

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Red Scare on Sunset

Red Scare on Sunset
by Charles Busch

June 1 - 17, 2012
Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8:00 pm
Sunday @ 3:00 pm
Tickets:
     Thu & Sun: $10
      Fri & Sat: $15     

Directed by Jim Richardson

Stage Managed by Steven Disney

The time: The 1950s
The place: Hollywood

Film star, Mary Dale, finds the Red Menace invading her own Beverly Hills backyard. When she discovers that her husband has been lured into the local Communist party by way of a method acting class and that there is a left wing plot afoot to abolish the star system, Mary wages a private war to save her husband, her country and billing over the title. The McCarthy era is turned on its head in this novel take on a serious subject.

"Mr. Busch is a first-class satirist and farceur and Red Scare on Sunset is definitely Busch at his best.
Mimi Kramer, The New Yorker

"You have to champion the ingenuity of Busch's writing which twirls twist upon twist and spins into Comedy heaven."
Newsday

Cast:

  • Amy Dale
  • Gary Mullins
  • Adam Hill
  • Rebecca Drone
  • Bill Howard
  • Greg Wytiaz
  • Joe Jaynes
  • Gregg Roberts
  • Courtney Woolard

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.


Announcing our 2012-2013 Season ...

Click here to see all the great shows that we have planned for next season!


Next Up ...

Kick off our 2012-2013 Season with:

Tuna Does Vegas
by Williams, Sears and Howard
Aug 3-19, 2012

Tuna Does Vegas re-unites the lovable and eccentric characters from the 'third smallest town in Texas' as they take a rambling romp in Sin City.

The hilarity begins when oddball-conservative radio host Arles Struvie announces on air that he and his wife Bertha Bumiller are heading to Vegas to renew their wedding vows ... but everyone in Tuna, Texas goes along for the ride!

Written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, Tuna Does Vegas festures the favorite characters from the award-winning Greater Tuna productions with some new characters too!

Angel Street (Gaslight)
by Patrick Hamilton
Sep 7–23, 2012

A Broadway hit first produced on the West End under the title Gaslight and filmed twice, Angel Street tells the story of the Manninghams who live on Angel Street in 19th Century London.

As the curtain rises, all appears the essence of Victorian tranquility. It is soon apparent however, that Mr. Manningham, a suavely handsome man, is slowly driving his gentle, devoted wife Bella, to the brink of insanity with an insinuating kindness which masks more sinsister motives. While he is out, Mrs. Manningham has an unexpected caller: amiable, paternal Inspector Rough from Scotland Yard. Rough is convinced that Manningham is a homicidal maniac wanted for a murder committed fifteen years earlier in this very house. Gradually the inspector restores Bella's confidence in herself and as the evidence against Manningham unfolds, the author has built and sustained some of the most brilliant, suspenseful sequences in modern theatre.

Patron Testimonial

"We absolutely LOVED the show ... it was a delight, perfectly cast, costumed so well that additional sets were not needed, could have been an off Broadway production right here in K-ville. When I was in NYC in Dec., I saw 3 off Broadway shows which made me appreciate TKD even more ... including the venue! When I tell people that TKD is as good as NYC, I know what I am talking about!"
- L. Denton, Knoxville

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