2007-08 SEASON Bonus Show!
Tuesdays With Morrie
By Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom
8 PM,
May 31, June 6-7 2008*
Kanawha Players Theater
Corner of Washington St. E & Beauregard St.
The autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch (Jeff Haught)happens to catch Morrie’s (Jim Lewis) appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.
*A special opening night performance and post-show party will be held on May 30 for season ticket holders and invited donors.
2008-09 Season
October, 2008
- Bright Ideas by Eric Coble
- Some parents will stop at nothing to give their children an advantage. "Coble’s deliciously black comedy benefits from hilariously funny, psychologically astute portraits…the near surreal spoof hits home with rib-tickling acuity…” —NY Times. “Funnier than anything on Broadway!” —NY Post. “A tidy little gem of comic insanity.” —Variety. “A tour de force with physical and verbal comedy to spare.” —The New Yorker. “A comedy that is, of all things, genuinely funny.” —NY Newsday. “Wickedly funny.” —Broadway.com.
December, 2008
- A Christmas Carol by John Jakes
- Jim Volz, former managing director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival where the play received its professional premiere, says of it: "In John Jakes' hands, A Christmas Carol recaptures the magic and mystique of the Dickens original. It is a brilliant script."
February, 2009
- Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
- Winner of the 2004 New York Drama Critics Circle and the Outer Critics Circle Awards. “…a deeply moving portrait of Esther, a middle-aged African-American woman…Nottage’s play has a delicacy and eloquence that seem absolutely right for the time she is depicting…New York has no richer play…” —NY Daily News.
April, 2009
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Book by Ken Ludwig, Music and Lyrics by Don Schlitz
- Mark Twain's classic story comes to exuberant musical life in this Broadway adaptation of America's favorite book.