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November 18 - December 17 -- Knock 'em Dead presents "The
Best Christmas Pageant Ever". The Herdmans are the worst kids in the
history of the world. They lie, steal, swear, and hit little kids. So
no one is prepared when this family invades church one Sunday and
decide to take over the annual Christmas pageant. The Herdmans have
never heard the Christmas story before. Their interpretation of the
tale has a lot of people up in arms. But it will make this year’s
pageant the most unusual anyone has seen and, just possibly, the best
one ever.
November 18 - January 7 -- Prairie Dog Playhouse presents
"Scrooge, Older but Miser".
November 22 - December 17 -- Boise Contemporary Theater presents
"A Permanent Image" by Samuel D. Hunter, an Obie Award winning
playwright and Idaho native.
Back home for the first time in years
for their father's funeral, Bo and Ally begin to fear for their mother
Carol's sanity after discovering that she has painted everything inside
the house white. But through the course of a few bottles of cheap
liquor, Bo and Ally learn more about what has gone on in the house over
the last fifteen years, and soon discover that Carol has some bigger
plans that have less to do with insanity than they have to do with home
movies, the big bang, and cosmic mediocrity.
November
25 - December 17 -- Boise Little
Theater
presents "A Candle in the Window", by L. Don Swartz, directed by Cheryl
Blauer. A small group of weary travelers discover the power of
the
season while trapped in a lonely train station on Christmas Eve.
December 2 - 17
-- The
Empty Boat Theatre presents Dwayne Blackaller's "The Acheri: An
Experience in Terror". This play/experience invites you to find out
firsthand what horrific thing is happening outside the doors of an
abandoned daycare in Victor, Idaho.
Performances are at 510 Main, Boise. For
tickets and more information visit their website
Suitable for all audiences
December
14 - 30 -- Company of Fools
presents "It's a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play" by Joe Landry. The
setting is Christmas Eve 1946 at station WCOF, where several talented
radio players bring you all the characters (yes, all of them!) in It's
a Wonderful Life, plus commercials, sound effects, and music - an
engaging and memorable way to experience anew the powerful story of
George Bailey, "the richest man in town."
December 18
-- Family
Reading Series presents the stage reading of "A Christmas Carol".
Directed by Carole Whiteleather this is Charles Dickens' timeless tale
of old Ebenezer Scrooge. Recommended for children of all ages (3 to
103!) Come Hear A Play!
2:00 pm & 4:00 pm at the Morrison
Center Recital Hall. $7 ticket.
December 19 -21 -- Daisy's
Madhouse presents "The Eight: Reindeer
Monologues", Jeff Goode's dark Christmas comedy. Scandal erupts at the
North Pole when one of Santa's eight tiny reindeer accuses him of
sexual harassment. As mass media descends upon the North Pole, the
other members of the sleigh team demand to share their perspectives,
and a horrific tale of corruption and perversion emerges.
Performances are at Idaho Outdoor Association, 3401 Brazil,
Boise, Idaho.
2012
January 12 -13 -- Company of Fools,
back by popular demand, presents Chicago's legendary comedy theatre
company The Second City at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey.
2012 marks the ninth consecutive year that
Company of Fools has brought the world-renowned comedy troupe to the
Wood River Valley. As always, The Second City on Tour features the next
generation of comic greats performing a diverse array of sketches and
songs, as well as off-the-cuff improvisation that can provide
completely unexpected comic brilliance. From the battle of the sexes to
the battles at the voting booth, The Second City provides a hilarious
and insightful look into contemporary American culture.
No topic or subject matter is off-limits for
The Second City. If your parents asked you not to speak about it at the
dinner table, chances are, it will be made fun of in an evening with
The Second City.
January 13 - 28 -- Boise Little
Theater
presents "Out of Order" a farce by Ray Cooney, directed by Kevin
Kimsey. When Richard Willey, a government junior minister, plans to
spend the evening with Jane Worthington, one of the opposition's
typists, things go disastrously wrong.
January 13 - 28 -- Stage Coach
Theatre
presents "Unnecessary Farce" by Paul Slade Smith and directed by Ted
Pendleton. Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go! In a cheap motel
room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female
accountant, while in the room next-door, two undercover cops wait to
catch the meeting on videotape. But there’s some confusion as to who’s
in which room, who’s being videotaped, who’s taken the money, who’s
hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes.
Suggestive Situations.
January 20 - February 18
-- Knock 'em Dead
presents "Pride and Prejudice". Is there a more lasting romantic comedy
than the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy? This classic
story set in the Regency era is brought to the stage in an adaptation
that leaves out nothing and remains refreshingly fast paced and
entertaining. Finding a husband among unsuitable suitors consumes
Elizabeth’s mother and sisters, but she remains independent until she
meets Mr. Darcy. Set in a society where snubs and deceit abound, they
match both pride and prejudice to reach a happy ending.
February 15 - March 2 -- Company of Fools
presents "God of Carnage" by Yasmine Reza. Winner of the 2009 Tony
Award. What happens when two sets of parents meet up to discuss the
unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate
between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave
properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and
tears before bedtime? Fast, furious and very, very funny!
February 17 - 19 -- Opera Idaho
presents Puccini’s "La bohème". Sung in
English, at The Egyptian Theatre.
February
24 - March 10 -- Boise Little
Theater
presents "An Evening of One Acts". Directed by Wendy Koeppl, this
evening features "A Candle on the Table" by Patricia Clapp; "Lost" by
Mary Louise Wilson; and "The Traveling Sisters" by John Kirkpatrick.
Suitable for all audiences.
February 24 - 26 -- BSU Theatre
Art Department presents Gilbert and
Sullivan's "Iolanthe". Politics and aristocracy meet the fairies of
Fairyland in Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious comedy Iolanthe. Widely
considered one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s best works, Iolanthe is a zany
ride to a place where romance, politics, money and magic meet – in ways
only Gilbert and Sullivan could imagine!
Performances are at the Special Events Center.
Free tickets for full-time students at BSU, and other tickets available
online at idahotickets.com.
February 26 --
Boise
Contemporary Theater presents it's Children's
Reading Series, "A New Play" by Dano Madden.
Arie and Marcus are trapped in the old locker
room of Foothills Junior High. They can hear the sounds of the
basketball games they should be playing, but escape from this abandoned
space seems impossible. Can their friendship survive the junior high
school pecking order that got them into this mess? Will an unexpected
visit from an Iraqi girl set them free? A play about leaving childhood
behind and finding friendship and stories in an unexpected place.
March
2 - 17 -- Stage Coach
Theatre
presents the romantic comedy "Skin Deep" by Jon Lonoff, directed by
Joseph Wright. Lonely-heart Maureen Mulligan gives in to one last shot
at romance: a blind date arranged by her beautiful sister, Sheila.
Suitable for all audiences.
March 8 - April 15 --
BSU Theatre Art Department
presents William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Tom
Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". Presented on
alternating nights, "Hamlet" is the story of the Prince of Denmark who
struggles to revenge his father's murder, while "Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead" follows two minor characters from the Hamlet
story in a brilliant absurdist comedy. With the shows on rotating
evenings you can see and compare the two while each is fresh in your
mind.
Performances are at the Danny Peterson
Theater.
March 11 -- Boise
Contemporary Theater presents it's Children's
Reading Series, "Moby Dick" adapted by Mark Rosenwinkel from the novel
by Herman Melville.
Ishmael, a young sailor in search of
adventure, first mate, Stubb, and Queequeg, the mystical Polynesian
harpooner (“he’s the son of a cannibal king, they say.”), set off
aboard the Pequod, a whaling ship piloted by the brooding captain
Ahab. As they sail deeper into unknown waters, they discover the
real reason for their quest — to hunt Moby Dick, that legendary white
whale who long ago devoured the captain’s leg. Moby Dick is a
rollicking tale of adventure and obsession, told with extraordinary joy
and theatricality.
March 16 - April 14 -- Knock 'em Dead
presents "Xanadu". This hilarious new musical follows the beautiful
Kira, who travels to earth to inspire a struggling artist named Sonny,
as she helps this aspiring painter to find his voice, discover true
love and build the world’s first roller disco (not necessarily in that
order). A musical adventure on roller skates, Xanadu is an outlandishly
enjoyable spoof of the 1980 cult movie classic starring Olivia
Newton-John and Gene Kelly. Get ready for disco balls, rainbows and a
score that features such pop-rock hits as “Magic,” “Evil Woman” and
“Suddenly.”
April 6 - 21 -- Boise Little
Theater presents the drama "Rabbit Hole" by
David
Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Mike Mullens. This winner of the 2007
Pulitzer Prize is an intensely emotional examination of grief, a
perceptive and poignant study in the day-to-day aches of bereavement.
April 13 - 15 -- Opera Idaho
presents Douglas Moore’s "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at The Egyptian
Theatre.
April
13 - 28 -- Stage Coach
Theatre
presents the drama "The Sweetest Swing in Baseball" by Rebecca Gilman,
directed by Liam Tain. During a gallery show, artist Dana Fielding
secludes herself, belting down glasses of wine to deal with the
rejection by the art critics and her boyfriend. It’s all too much. Her
attempted suicide lands her in a mental institution. There, she finds
safety amid an unlikely coterie: a psychopath, a gay guy, two
sympathetic therapists. About to be booted back into the real world
because her insurance won’t pay for her care, she devises a ploy to
stay put – she becomes talented, troubled Daryl Strawberry, the bad boy
of baseball from 1983 to 1999.
Strong language and situations, not
recommended for younger audience members.
May 11 - June 9 -- Knock 'em Dead
presents "Not Now, Darling". This hilarious Ray Cooney farce set
box-office records in Paris, London and New York. This is the tale of
two unlikely partners in a fur salon, Bodley the philanderer and Crouch
the guileless innocent. The action of the play involves girlfriends,
suspicious husbands and wives, intrigue, scantily clad girls clapped
hurriedly into closets, the usual mistaken identities and non-stop
laughter. It all becomes part of the hilarious doings, as everything
somehow manages to work out as it should.
May 18 -
June 2 -- Boise Little
Theater
presents "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", by William Gleason, directed
by Brad Ooley. The world's most unusual criminologist, Chief Inspector
Jacques Clouseau (a role originally created by Peter Sellers) fights
for his life and for the future of all mankind in the most bizarre and
dangerous caper of his brilliantly successful and utterly clumsy career.
May
25 - June 9 -- Stage Coach
Theatre
presents "Cockeyed, a comedy by William Missouri Downs and directed by
Jeff Thomson. Phil, an average nice guy, is madly in love with the
beautiful Sophia. The only problem is that she’s unaware of his
existence. He tries to introduce himself but she looks right through
him. When Phil discovers Sophia has a glass eye, he thinks that might
be the problem, but soon realizes that she really can’t see him.
Perhaps he is caught in a philosophical hyperspace or dualistic reality
or perhaps beautiful women are just unaware of nice guys. Armed only
with a B.A. in philosophy, Phil sets out to prove his existence and win
Sophia’s heart.
Mild language and suggestive situations.
June 29 - July 1 -- Opera Idaho
presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "Oklahoma in Concert" at the Idaho
Botanical Garden.
July
6 - 21 -- Stage Coach
Theatre
presents "Laughter on the 23rd Floor", a comedy by Neil Simon and
directed by Becky Kimsey. Inspired by the playwright’s youthful
experience as a staff writer on Sid Caesar’s "Your Show of Shows", a
harried writing staff frantically scrambles to top each other with gags
while competing for the attention of star madman “Max Prince”.
Very strong language, not recommended
for younger audiences.
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