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Based in the heart of downtown Frederick, Maryland, the Fredericktowne Players is a nonprofit community theatre organization dedicated to providing opportunities to participate in and enjoy quality theatrical productions.

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of hundreds of volunteers, the Fredericktowne Players stages three shows a year. Through these productions, we seek to educate, enlighten and entertain.

On stage or behind the scenes, we welcome all interested parties, regardless of age, race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, color, political views or nationality.

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  Inherit the Wind

  September 30, October 1, 7, 8, and 9, 2011

  Directed by Jack Wibbe
  Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

  Inherit the Wind portrays, in partly fictionalized form, the famous and dramatic courtroom “Scopes Monkey Trial” battle between two famous lawyers who volunteered to heatedly argue both sides of the case. The story centers around the issue of evolution vs. creationism, in the prosecution of a high school teacher, for violating state law by teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in a state-funded school. The title was taken from the Biblical book of Proverbs 11:29: “He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.” One of the most outstanding dramas of our time.
  
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  The Best Christmas Pageant Ever:

  November 25, 26, 27, December 2, 3, 4, 2011 All performances will be held at the Cultural Arts Center, 15 West Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701

  Directed by Sarah Marusich
  By Barbara Robinson.

  In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids, probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem (and the fun!) when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book and is one of the most successful shows FtP has ever produced! Please note that this show is not part of our season subscription plan.

  To order tickets please call The Frederick Arts Council (301) 662-4190.

   
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  The Musical of Musicals: The Musical

  January 27, 28, February 3, 4, and 5, 2012

  Directed by DC Cathro; Written by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell

  The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is actually FIVE short musicals, Each in the style of various American and British musical theatre composers (Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Kander & Ebb) all dealing with roughly the same plot: "I can't pay the rent!" It’s a fast-paced musical extravaganza AND it’s like getting 87 musicals for the price of ONE!

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  Carousel

  July 20, 21, 27, 28, and 29, 2012

  Directed by Bill Kamberger. Music and Lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

  In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent "up there." Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love.

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