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The Particulars: Summer Melodramas: Adults - $8.00 Students & Seniors(65) - $7.00
Full Length Shows: Adults - $14.00 Students & Seniors(65) - $12.00
Musicals: Adults - $17.00 Students & Seniors(65) - $15.00
Show Times: Fri & Sat dates are at 7:30PM for all evening shows after June 1, 2008
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Who is a Senior? at least 65 years of acquired wisdom Who is a Student? ages 5-18 or others with a valid student ID card Who pays the Adult price? Everyone else Everyone? Yes. For the enjoyment of our audience members, we encourage parents of younger children to hire a baby sitter and relax. So, children ages 0-4 are charged the adult price (unless, of course, they have a valid student ID card)
Discounts: Mayo Employees and Think Credit Union members enjoy $1 discounts off of the regular adult price of a single ticket with appropriate identification. Groups of 10 or more can receive a $0.50 discount on each summer adult ticket or $1 on each adult ticket for full-length shows, if tickets for the entire group are paid for in one transaction. |
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We're for Rent!!! With sufficient advance notice, any of our shows can be produced for your private event at the Mantorville Opera House. check our our "Shop MTC" page for more information!
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And leading off in 2009, there are still two more wonderful "off season" shows for your pleasure and enlightenment:
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| (Are you planning a gathering for your group or company? Why not consider "renting" us for a special performance on another night?) | |||||||||
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| Our 2007-2008 Season was delightful - for both those on stage and in the audience: | |||||||||
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"The Fourposter", by Jan de Hartog
February 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 Directed by Cheryl Frarck, this delightful comedy follows 35 years of the marriage of Agnes and Michael - from their wedding day when they move into their new home, to the day when they leave it. This Tony-award-winning play starts in the 1890s and carries through the first quarter of the 20th century. Although the times are very much in tune with Mantorville's history (The Opera House was built in 1918), the themes of this show are timeless.
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"Nurse
Jane Goes to Hawaii" by Allan Stratton.
Directed by Kent Griffin. April 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 We've built a tradition of celebrating tax time with a door-slamming (six of them), knee-slapping (usually two of these) farce, and this year is no exception. To begin with, there are no nurses in the show and it takes place several time zones away from Hawaii. The title is that of the latest soon-to-be-written-and-late-at-that romance novel by Vivien Bliss, a woman whose characters have far more worldly experience than she. Vivien is the guest of Edgar Chisholm, who hopes to take advantage of his advice-columnist wife's presumed absence to share a few of the delicacies that Vivien often writes in her novels. Of course, Doris Chisholm isn't traveling, and neither is Bill, a particular fan of Doris' advice. Add in Betty "Zelda" Scant, Vivien's neurotic editor, Peter Prior, an orphan in search of his real parents, and Peggy, a reporter for the United Church Observer - and you have the makings of a great show.
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"Zartan the Mysterious White Jungle Cat" or "Beware of Hairless Monkeys Bearing Wits" Written and Directed by Denise Catherine Ruemping. June 15th through July 1st on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. While on an archeological expedition in the jungle of Africa, the Goodwicks encounter a mysterious jungle girl who appears to have grown up in the wild. While their crazy adventure ensues, they are soon to discover that their guide has a past he is running from and the hunter they have hired to protect them has a few secrets of his own!
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"The Road to Sacramento" or "An Eye for a Tooth" or "Dig This!" Written by Thomas Gall, Directed by Jennifer Gall. July 6th through July 22nd on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Righty and Lefty hit the dusty trail again! On the road ahead lies a villain, the villain's lies and the heroine tied to the villain's lies ("You're a-lyin'" says Lefty; "Nope!, I'm a-standin'", says Righty, "but I think you're a-lyin'"; "Nope!, I'm a human!" says Lefty - - - Well, you get the idea. These guys wouldn't know their left from their right if they weren't born that way.) But gold is in the air; and you, too, will want to join the rush to Sacramento and boo the villain as he hatches his devious plot to steal it all. Cheer our heroes as they entertain with humor, song and daring acts to save the day!
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"Ratcatcher's
Daughter" or "Death Valley Daze" Written by Tim Kelly and Directed by Melisa Ferris. July 27 through August 12th on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Auntie Hush, famous for her "Hush Mush", runs an orphanage in an abandoned stagecoach stop, but is soon to be tossed out by the unscrupulous city slicker, Whiplash Snivel. His arrival has been preceded by the entrance of lovely Sweet Lotta Bliss, from London (She's a foggy type.) She plans to open a school. Seeking her is the infamous Lady Pilfer (driven out of San Francisco for stealing ponies from the Pony Express). She brings news that Lotta's father, a ratcatcher, has been left a fortune by his deceased parent, a Russian nobleman (Lotta didn't know she was a Lady.) Since Lotta refuses Whiplash's oily offer of wedlock, he decides to get her money by hastening her marriage to her one true love, Jack Sunshine, a salesman of wash-and-wear furs. Alas, Jack owes his allegiance to the bottle. Only Lotta's love can save him, but not if Whiplash can help it.
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"No Price on Love" or "Bought and Sold for Tainted Gold" Written and directed by Sandra Hennings Miller. August 17th through September 9th on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Mama Mahoney runs the Mahoney Home for Wayward Girls. Mama believes there is no such thing as a bad girl, only one that has lost her way. She's hired Felicia Felony to help improve the home's bottom line. Little does Mama know that Felicia is lining the bottom of her pockets - - by selling the girls to miners! Will our heroine, Lily, meet the same fate? or will Felicia's plans somehow be undone?
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"Angel Street" (a.k.a. "Gaslight") by Patrick Hamilton, Directed by Cheryl Frarck, October 26, 27, November 2, 3, 9, 10 In their aging Victorian home, Mrs. Manningham fears she is going mad and will need to be committed to an asylum, just as her mother was some years before. Her notions in this direction are encouraged both by her husband's accusations and by all the things that seem to go wrong with her life - not to mention the noises she hears in the attic and the strange behavior of the gas lights.
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"Uh-Oh! Here Comes Christmas"
Based on books by Robert Fulghum; Adapted by Ernest Zulia and David
Caldwell, with music and lyrics by David Caldwell. Directed by Gordy
Handeland. November 23-December 9th on Fridays, Saturdays, and
Sundays. Presented in the same style as "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten", this delightful set of vignettes take a funny, heartwarming and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress and chaos that crashes down every December. Among the many delightful stories is one about a small immigrant child who comes trick-or-treating in a cheap Santa mask a few days before Christmas - inadvertently delivering the true meaning of the season to a grownup with a serious case of "Scroogitis", a moving tribute to the winter solstice and nature's precious annual gift of rebirth, and of course, the ever present holiday poinsettia!
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Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon. Directed by Kent Griffin. February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 2008
In this show Neil Simon found his first recipe for major success: Main ingredients: Love and contrast: Newlyweds, Corie and Paul are settling into their fifth-floor walk-up apartment. Apart from their love for each other, they appear to have little in common – He starts out as straight as a board and getting straighter as he begins his law career; she is a free spirit who believes barriers are meant to be broken. Add to this recipe a sprinkling of catalysts: The budget is miniscule, and so are their quarters. The well-meaning mother/mother-in-law arrives. Toss in a neighbor who is somewhat eccentric (in a charming sort of way). Stir and serve – and voila! You have a romantic comedy that played for over 1500 performances when it first hit Broadway.
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Alone Together, by Lawrence Roman Directed by Kent Griffin. April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 2008.
George and Helene Butler are entering a new phase in their lives – one they have been looking forward to for some time: The empty nest. Retirement. With their first son teaching at MIT, their second happily diving into his own adventures of married life and their third off to begin his college career, it is now time to sit back and enjoy each other’s company – alone, together. Ha! There are four-letter words - - - and then there are four-word phrases that you might consider describing with such an expletive – “Hi Mom, I’m Home” is just such a phrase for George and Helene. Number one son decides he has had it with MIT; Number two son decides he has had it with marriage; Number three seems to be doing OK, but takes pity on a somewhat “dynamic” coed who needs a place to stay and sends her to Mom and Dad! The empty nest is suddenly overflowing! |
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Our 2006 season was one of our most successful, ever, in our 1/3-century history! |
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"Same Time Next Year"
by Bernard Slade. Directed by Kent Griffin February 3, 4, 10,
11, 17, 18
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"Rumors" by Neil
Simon. Directed by Merry Johnson
April 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8:00 PM and April 23, 30 at 2:00 PM
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"Truth or Counterfeit" or "What's My Lie?" Written and Directed by Nan Jonhson June 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and July 1 at 8:00 PM, June 18, 25 and July 2 at 2:00 PM
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"The Road to Mantorville" or "The Left Doesn't Know What the Right is Up To" Written by Thomas Gall, Directed by Jennifer Gall, July 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 8:00 PM, July 9, 16, and 23 at 2:00 PM
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"A Night in the Nutt House" or "The Wedding Will Out"
Written by Greg Miller and Directed by Adam and Kimberly Holst.
July 28, 29, August 4, 5, 11, 12 at 8:00PM and July 30, August 6, 13 at
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"Wheel and Deal" or "No Pedaling Allowed", Written and Directed by Sandra Hennings Miller August 18, 19, 25, 26, September 1, 2, 8, 9 at 8:00 PM, August 20, 27, September 3 at 2:00PM, September 10 following the Mantorville Marigold Days Parade (about 3:00PM).
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"Do
Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" by John R. Powers
with lyrics by James Quinn and Alaric Jans and music by James Quinn.
Directed by Sandra Hennings Miller. October 20, 21, 27, 28, November 3, 4
at 8:00 PM and October 22, 29, November 5 at 2:00 PM.
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"The Roots of the Matter" or, "Fir's Folly" Written and Directed by Cheryl Frarck. December 1, 2, 8, 9 at 8:00 PM and December 3, 10 at 2:00PM |
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"No Sex, Please, We're British!" by Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot
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"Willie Picadilly's Woes" or "Is This How the West Was Really Won?" by Sally Audiss
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"The Ladies' Man" or "Three Weddings and a Criminal" by Nan Johnson
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"She Aspired to Greater Things" or "Up the River Without a Paddle(boat)" by Cheryl Frarck
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"How Now Brown Cow" or "Don't Bully Me" by Sandra Hennings Miller
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"The Foreigner" by Larry Shue |
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"Love, Sex and the IRS" by William VanZandt |
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"Nostrums and Nonsense" or "Not My Marrie Gold, You Don't!" or "Mum's the Word!" Written and Directed by Cheryl Frarck. |
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"Counting Calories in the Pancakes" or "The Crepes of Math" Written by Aaron Rocklyn and Directed by Thomas Gall |
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"The Great Hubbell House Pie Eating Contest" or "Ghost of a Chance" Written by Cheryl Finnegan and Directed by Adam Holst |
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"Courting Trouble" or "What's the Hubbub Hubbell?" Written and directed by Sandra H Miller |
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"Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward |
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"A Nisse for Gudrun" or "The Mail Order Bride" or "Home Is Where the Lefse Is" Written and directed by Cheryl Frarck |
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"The Queen of Bingo" by
Jeanne Michels and Phyllis Murphy directed
by Jon Hayenga |
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"The Star Spangled Girl" by Neil
Simon directed
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"One Last Train
to Nowhere" or "The Best Laid Plans
of Mice and Men are Derailed at the Junction" Written by Cheryl Frarck. Directed
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"Belle of Bisbee" or Written
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"The Sacramento
French Pony" or "It Could'a Happened This Way" Written by Cheryl Frarck Directed by |
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"Professor
Pembrook's Predicament" or Written
by Greg Miller Directed
by Jennifer Gall |
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"Let's Murder Marsha" by Monk
Ferris Directed
by Merry Johnson |
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"Hjemma's Dilemma" or "Who Stole the Lutefisk?" by
Cheryl Frarck Directed
by Cheryl Frarck |
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