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2009/2010 SEASON
MAINSTAGE SHOW TIMES
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM(show times for Alternative Stages performances and other special engagements as indicated)
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November 27-December 20, 2009 Thurs, Fris, Sats @ 8pm, Suns @ 2pm
Adapted by Philip Grecian
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Everyone's favorite Christmas movie on stage. The modern Holiday classic
about a boy and his quest for the perfect Christmas Present.
Drawing upon the original movie and the stories in the book "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" author Philip Grecian has written a hit play. A must-see (and likely sold-out) event for the entire family.
Make your reservations today to avoid disappointment!
Play by Philip Grecian, based upon A Christmas Story, © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Sheppard,
Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, and In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.
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December 4th is unavailable due to a full house booking. Produced by special arrangements with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.
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December 5 - 13, 2009 Sat. Matinees at 2:00, Sunday Eves at 7:00
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KDWP Radio presents H C Anderson's The Snow Queen
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adapted by Carissa Meisner Smit
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Hans Christian Anderson’s classic fairy tale has been reinvented for live radio broadcast, complete with audience participation! Ten-year-old Gerda must break the evil spell of a goblin mirror and embark alone on a quest to rescue her young friend from the clutches of the lovely and terrible Snow Queen. A beautiful story of the healing power of love, “The Snow Queen” is the perfect family outing for the holiday season.
To be recorded live by KMPS radio with DJ Stubbs to be included in their holiday programming!
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Our 2009-2010 Alternative Stages Season provides a home for the small, the off-beat, the unusual show. Full-length productions with a unique perspective! Tickets are $10 each .
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December 11-19, 2009 Fridays & Saturdays at Midnight
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The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
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by Jeff Goode
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Santa has finally gone too far and the Reindeer are mad. Catch a glimpse into the affairs of the famous eight reindeer as they confess how things really go down at the North Pole when the sleigh ride is over. Hilarious, obscene and vicious Eight is sure to get you into the holiday spirit.
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Not recommended for those who believe in Santa or are easily offended. Late Night Shows to satisfy your “Inner Grownup” are not part of our regular season. All tickets are $5.
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Saturday, January 23rd @ 7 pm
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Grease! - The Rockin' Rydell Edition (The Movie!)
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Sing along with your favorite Pink Lady & T-Bird. Do the Hand-jive, Be Hopelessly Devoted.
Come in 50's costume and come early for our Fabulous Fifties pre-show entertainment!
Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door (or $10 if you are in costume!)
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February 5-21, 2010 Thurs, Fris, Sats @ 8pm, Suns @ 2pm
By Tom Stoppard
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Characters find meaning in their own lives as they try to solve a mystery of what happened between 1809 and 1812 as their 1989 counterparts investigate these events in 1989. Entertaining, poignant and inventive drama.
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February 12th is unavailable due to a full house booking.
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February 12 & 13 at Midnight
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Three high school students are trapped in the theater for a mandatory film screening of a flick so bad, it's good! The fun starts when the guys start hurling their insults and riffs at the screen with razor sharp wit and timing to make the following 90 minutes bearable, if not hilarious. Audience members are encouraged to join in the fun to throw in their own two cents... if they dare!
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Late Night Shows to satisfy your “Inner Grownup” are not part of our regular season. All tickets are $5.
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February 26 & 27 @ 8pm
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Spotlight on New Local Playwrights
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Crystal by Machelle Allman & Small World by Keith A. Gehrig
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"Crystal"
A homeless young woman with baggage to spare thrusts herself into Don's apartment just as his own life is falling apart. Maddening, difficult, yet strangely familiar, she is everything he doesn't need right now… or does he?
"Small World"
Eight strangers…(or are they?) stuck on a theme park ride. Who will survive? Who will be tossed over-board? Wanna take a ride?
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Our 2009-2010 Alternative Stages Season provides a home for the small, the off-beat, the unusual show. Full-length productions with a unique perspective! Tickets are $10 each .
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April 9-25, 2010 Thurs, Fris, Sats @ 8pm, Suns @ 2pm
by William Van Zandt & Jane Milmore
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Try to cheat the IRS and look what happens! A wild comedy with twists of fate, sight gags, mistaken identities, and hilarious comic situations. Don’t miss it!
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April 16th is unavailable due to a full house booking.
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April 17-19, Sat at 2, Sun & Mon Eves at 7:30
by Jeff Stilwell
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Shy and mousy Reginald tries desperately to attract the notice of the beautiful Lyla (if only she'd stop dancing!) through winning a mug of tea on the house by reciting "St. Theresa's Teacup Tipsy" (five times, fast)! However, his hapless stutter, the miserly grousings of Mrs. Widdershins, and the iambic pentametered exhortations of the Man In The Box all keep getting in Reginald's way! Enjoy this wacky, heart-warming comedy about love, loneliness, and the lengths to which we go to live out our dreams!
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Our 2009-2010 Alternative Stages Season provides a home for the small, the off-beat, the unusual show. Full-length productions with a unique perspective! Tickets are $10 each .
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June 11-27, 2010 Thurs, Fris, Sats @ 8pm, Suns @ 2pm
by Agatha Christie
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A remote island. No way to get off. Ten people are facing their own death. An unidentified host informs them they have been responsible for someone's demise: now they will all die before the weekend is over. One by one, the guests are killed; one of them suggests that the killer is likely among them.
Will anyone survive and who’s the killer?
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June 18th is unavailable due to a full house booking.
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July 9 & 10, 2010 Fri & Sat @ 8pm
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The First Annual Driftwood Players
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Festival of Shorts * Playwriting Contest
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7-8 short (10-15 minute) plays will compete for audience award and judges award, winners will be announced second evening.
Check back for play submission information
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Our 2009-2010 Alternative Stages Season provides a home for the small, the off-beat, the unusual show. Full-length productions with a unique perspective! Tickets are $10 each .
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Earlier This Season |
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Friday, 7/10/2009 @ 7:30pm & Sunday, 7/12/2009 @ 2pm
Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
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Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza for young and old. "Oh, the Thinks You Can Think" captures the show's spirit of imagination, as the colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant, in a story that makes you laugh and cry.
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This special performance is not part of our regular season. Individual tickets are $20.
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Friday, 7/24 @ 7pm & Saturday, 7/25 @ 2pm
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The Driftwood Players present Missoula Children’s Theatre's original adaptation of the classic fairy tale Pinocchio.
Funny and upbeat; a treat for the entire family! Starring children of the Edmonds community.
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This special performance is not part of our regular season. Individual tickets are $10.
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Friday 7/31, Saturday, 8/01 @ 8pm & Sunday, 8/02 @ 2pm
by Craig Lucas
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Blue Window tells the story of Libby who is hosting a dinner party, her first attempt to socialize since entering therapy. The action of the play begins in five separate apartments eventually bringing everyone together for a funny, heartbreaking, and transformative evening
Starring a cast of your favorite Driftwood actors from Leading Ladies, Auntie Mame, Exit The Body, You Can't Take It With You and Fiddler On The Roof!
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THIS A SPECIAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE DRIFTWOOD PLAYERS! Individual tickets are $15. **Mature Subject Matter**
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September 11-October 4, 2009 Thurs, Fris, Sats @ 8pm, Suns @ 2pm
Book & Lyrics by Marsha Norman, Music by Lucy Simon
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A heart-warming, not-to-be-missed musical, based on the classic novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, best known for “A Little Princess”. The beautiful music unlocks a world where love is found, lives are renewed, spring comes again, and beauty reigns.
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September 18th is unavailable due to a full house booking.
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September 27 - October 5, 2009 Sundays and Mondays at 7:30p.m.
by Robert Nott
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Tough-talking Private Eye, Sting Despondent, has fallen on tough times; even his gal Tuesday is threatening to take her limited typing skills elsewhere. Luckily, in walks a damsel in distress who is willing to pay, at least a little. To solve the case, Sting must confront shifty shipmates, threatening thugs, diabolical doctors, and lions and tigers and… ducks? The pieces of the puzzle keep changing and he is running out of time! Sting must sniff out the truth once and for all or risk losing his sanity altogether.
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Our 2009-2010 Alternative Stages Season provides a home for the small, the off-beat, the unusual show. Full-length productions with a unique perspective! Tickets are $10 each .
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Friday, 10/16 @ 8pm Saturday, 10/17 @ 2pm & 8pm
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A Special Halloween Presentation: Edgar Alan Poe Live
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Starring Duffy Hudson
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Edgar Allan Poe rises from the scene of his mysterious death to tell his life story.
Running time : 50 minutes. Appropriate for ages 10 and up.
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Our 2009-2010 Alternative Stages Season provides a home for the small, the off-beat, the unusual show. Full-length productions with a unique perspective! Tickets are $10 each .
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