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Shirley
Valentine
By Willy Russell
Directed by Frank Malle
Jan 29 - Feb 27
One-character play
about a Liverpool housewife who finds herself in a rut
regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's
chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two
to Greece, she packs her bags without a second thought,
leaves a note on the kitchen table, and heads for a
fortnight of rest and relaxation. What she finds is
romance and a new awareness of who she is and what her
existence can be with just a little effort on her part.
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Love Letters
By A.R. Gurney |
Mar 19 - Apr 11
Four couples over four
weekends will each take turns interpreting "Love
Letters," A. R. Gurney's poignant play that follows
two friends' corre-spondence from age seven through
their twilight years. The four are real life couples
who have performance skills and are involved with the
Ojai Art Center Theater. Each couple also has a different
director. Ojai ACT is offering theater lovers the unique
opportunity to pay only once and see one, some, or all
of each couples' interpretations over the four weeks.
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By Roald Dahl
Youth Production
Directed by Gai
Jones
April 30 - May 23
A wonderful fantasy
for the family from the mind of Roald Dahl will be brought
to our stage by director Gai Jones. It is based on Dahl's
own experience in a chocolate factory in which competing
companies tried to steal each other's secrets. |
Music by John Kandor
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Book by Joe Masterooff
Directed by Tracey Williams
Music Director Jimmy Calire
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June 25 - July 25
Willkommen Bienvenue
Welcome!
What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the
music play. For Life is a Cabaret, old chum. So come
to the Cabaret this summer when director Tracey Williams
transforms the Ojai ACT stage into the electrifying
Kit Klub of 1931 Berlin during Hitler's rise to power.
Written by Joe Masterooff with lyrics by Fred Ebb and
music by John Kandor, it has won numerous Tony and Drama
Desk awards – all for good reasons, old chum. |
Other People's Money
By Jerry Sterner
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Directed by Steve Grumette
Aug 13 - Sept 11
This is really a romantic
comedy … honest! The plot follows "Larry
the Liquidater," a corporate raider who aims at
taking over a small town's biggest business run by an
old codger. Yet Larry meets Kate, the codger's
stepdaughter, and he has to decide if he lusts after
Kate more than the money. Written by Jerry Sterner and
directed by Steve Grumette, this timely topic ends with
a dramatic debate at the share-holder's meeting.
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By Frederick Knott
Directed by Tom Eubanks
Oct 1 - Oct 30
Playwright Frederic
Knott is out to scare the living daylights out of you
with this 1966 play. It is a thriller about sinister
crooks terrorizing a blind woman who has something they
want. The prize is a doll full of smuggled heroin, and
the heroine is forced into a deadly charade that she
equalizes by turning off all the lights. You will be
able to see it all unless you close your own eyes.
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Holiday Show
Produced by
Howard Leader
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Dec 3 - Dec 18
We don't know what producer Howard
Leader will come up with yet, but it will be a superb
surprise! |
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Curtain times for performances are:
8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays
2 p.m. or 7 p.m. on Sundays
Thank you for your support!
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