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2008-2009 Season

The Fredericktowne Players is proud to announce its 2008-2009 season, our 40^th year! The shows have been chosen to appeal not only to our audiences but also to directors, performers and those with technical interests.

We feel that we have a great selection of shows for you to choose from this season. As usual, we still offer the $500.00 stipend to directors.

If you are interested in Directing, please contact Scott Beadle. Download Director's Guidelines.

If you are not interested in directing for us at this time, please keep in mind that the Play Selection Committee is currently working on the 2009-2010 season (can you believe it?) should you have any suggestions or comments.

Fall: October 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 2008

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Comedy. 3 Males, although female actors can be used. All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London 's longest-running comedy - 10 years at the Criterion Theatre. Praised by the Los Angeles Times as "wildly funny" and by the Montreal Gazette as "the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime".

Bare stage. Multiple costumes changes with “suggested” costumes. Audience interaction.

Director's Presentation: April 30, 2008

Winter: January 30, 31 February 6, 7, 8, 2009*

Grace and Glorie Comedy/Drama by Tom Ziegler. 2 f. Interior unit set. Estelle Parsons and Lucie Arnaz starred on Broadway in this charmer set in the Blue Ridge Mountains . Grace, a feisty 90 year old cancer patient, has checked herself out of the hospital and returned to her beloved homestead cottage to die alone. The volunteer hospice worker who appears with the pain medication Grace willfully left behind is a Harvard MBA recently transplanted to this rural backwater from New York . Glorie is tense, unhappy and guilt ridden, her only child having been killed in an auto accident when she was driving. As she attempts to care for and comfort the cantankerous rustic, this sophisticated urbanite gains new perspectives on values and life's highs and lows.

Director's Presentation: May 28, 2008

Summer: July 24, 25, 31, August 1, 2, 2009*

Book by: Thomas Meehan. Lyrics by: Martin Charnin. Music by: Charles Strouse. Annie Leapin' Lizards! Multiple sets. 25+ males/females. The popular comic strip heroine takes centerstage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. "Annie" is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy . A must for any theatre with a large family audience, "Annie" has proven a sure-fire crowd-pleaser, as its record-breaking Broadway run, star-studded motion picture version, hit 20th anniversary Broadway revival and national tour, and countless productions around the globe each year attest. With its upbeat ending, a bright tuneful score which has become a part of the nation's musical heritage, a cast of characters which includes many scene-stealing roles for children (including the coveted title role) and a classic villainess audiences love to hate, it's no wonder this heartwarming show has become an international sensation.

Director's Presentation: August 27, 2008

* Performance dates are tentatively pending contract negotiation with Frederick Community College .