Past Performances
2011-12 Season
The Good Person of Szechwan
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by David Harris
October 28 - November 13, 2011
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2pm
Three Stages at Folsom Lake College
A young woman, who is forced into prostitution by poverty, is rewarded handsomely after opening her home to three visiting gods. By disproving the gods' contention that no goodness still exists on earth, the woman is given a small business by the gods, and from there she struggles to work honestly and to provide for the needy. After falling victim to unscrupulous neighbors and a dishonest lover, she is forced to create a fierce, manipulative, and efficient alter-ego - that of her strong-willed business-savvy male "cousin." Will the forces of capitalism overwhelm her, or will she maintain her goodness in a world of corruption?
2010-11 Season
The Skin of Our Teeth
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by David Harris
March 25 - April 10, 2011
Three Stages at Folsom Lake College
This Pulitzer Prize-winner still electrifies audiences nearly 70 years after its first performance, with its epic tale of life on earth and human good and human bad. Crane your neck at Wilder's groundbreaking riffs on genre, chronology, and history. It is exhilirating.
Around the World in 80 Days
Written by Jules Verne, Adapted by Mark Brown
Directed by David Harris
November 5-21, 2010
Oak Hills Church
A groundbreaking satiric fantasy, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning allegory follows the extraordinary Antrobus family through the ages. Presented by the well-regarded Falcon’s Eye Theatre; directed by David Harris. Children under 6 not admitted.
2009-10 Season
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by David Harris
April 30 - May 16, 2010
Oak Hills Church
This hilarious hit musical tale of overachievers' angst chronicles the experiences of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The Tony Award-winning creative team has created a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in.
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Henry V
By William Shakespeare
Directed by David Harris
November 6-22, 2009
Oak Hills Church
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2008-09 Season
Six Degrees of Separation
By John Guare
Directed by David Harris
March 20 - April 5, 2009
Vista del Lago High School
As the New York Times said of Six Degrees of Separation: "Guare transports the audience...to the magical reaches of the imagination...Cyclonic action, ranging from knock-about farce to hallucinatory dreams... Among the many remarkable aspects of Mr. Guare's writing is the seamlessness of his imagery, characters and themes, as if this play had just erupted from his imagination in one perfect piece. ...As conversant with Cezanne and the Sistene Chapel as it is with Sotheby's and 'Starlight Express', this work aspires to the classical esthetics and commensurate unity that are missing in the fragmented 20th-century lives it illuminates. That spirit shines through... A transcendent theatrical experience that is itself a lasting vision of the humane new world of which Mr. Guare and his New Yorkers so hungrily dream."
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The Rimers of Eldritch
By William Shakespeare
Directed by David Harris
November 7-23, 2008
Vista del Lago High School
A small midwestern town is forced to face the consequences of two shocking crimes in this eerie drama. The citizens of Eldritch are exposed during a draining murder trial as the story shifts between past and present events until the puzzle is complete.
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2007-08 Season
Reckless
By Craig Lucas
Directed by David Harris
May 2 - 11, 2008
Vista del Lago High School
Reckless is a comedy about a cheerful suburban housewife, Rachel, who climbs out of the bedroom window of her cozy home, forced to flee into the snowy night. She finds herself living a comic nightmare on a random course of dangerous adventures, eventually attaining a hard-won maturity.
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Late Night Lake Show:
An Evening of Short Plays by David Ives
Directed by David Harris
November, 2007
Stage Nine Theatre's Actor's Theatre of Folsom
Late Night Lake Acts was the first public performance of theatre arts in Folsom Lake College History. Performed at the rehearsal annex of friendly and generous folks of Stage Nine Theatre’s Actor’s Theatre of Folsom in historic Folsom.
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