MCT Performances

2009-2010 Season Shows

Cinderella

Music by Richard Rogers
Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by John Butcher

The timeless enchantment of a magic fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television in1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium. Adapted for the stage, with great warmth and more than a touch of hilarity, the hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the slipper fits.

Don't Dress for Dinner

A Comedy by Marc Camoletti
Adapted by Robin Howdon

This boulevard comedy was a small hit in Paris, where it played for over two years, and in London, where critical acclaim greeted the Apollo Theatre production. Bernard is planning a weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in a French farmhouse. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, is packing his wife Jacqueline off to her mother’s, and has even invited his best friend to provide the alibi. An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.

“Hurtling along at the speed of light, (this) breathtaking farce is a near faultless piece of theatrical invention.” —London Sunday Times

Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus

A Drama by Pat Cook
Directed by Chris Rayment

“Dear Editor, is there a Santa Claus?”- a question innocently asked by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. Christmas was coming and all was right with the world until her friends mischievously fill her in on the facts about Old Saint Nick. Who could tell her the truth? Not her father, a doctor who is always fighting against old world cures. Not her teacher, who is already fed up with Christmas even though it hadn’t arrived. So Virginia writes a letter to the editor of The New York Sun, for her father always said, “If you see it in the Sun, it’s so.”

The Boys Next Door

A Comedy by Tom Griffin
Directed by Pat Travis

In this special comedy that will prompt you to wonder about what makes us laugh, you will meet an intriguing ensemble of characters. Norman loves doughnuts, Lucien is hesitant and unsure, Barry is a self-styled golf pro, Arnold is a worrywart. They sound just like us or our friends, but these four loveable mentally challenged young men share a home where little struggles sometimes become momentous and very funny events.

As they strive for a normal life, you will laugh out loud, cry at their setbacks, and cheer their victories. This play surprises you with its genuine humor and gentle tugs at your heart as it gives a startlingly strong and humorous voice to those too rarely acknowledged by society.

The Sunshine Boys

A Comedy by Neil Simon
Directed by Julia Smith

“Lewis and Clark” (Al and Willie) were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS requests a “History of Comedy” retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries and laughs.

Cactus Flower

A Comedy by Abe Burrows
Directed by George Dicken

A philandering dentist keeps his many affairs at bay by claiming to be married with children. When the ruse threatens to catch up with him, he drafts his pretty nurse to pose as his “wife”. She blossoms and he finds himself falling in love with the lovely “cactus flower” right under his very nose.