2008 - 2009 SEASON
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
By Oscar Wilde
Three romances, three deceptions, and enough great lines to fill any number of lesser plays. Mobile Theatre Guild is delighted to offer you this Victorian romp in a performance by the award-winning troupe Players' Theatre from Wales.
August 21-24
SORDID LIVES
by Del Shores
All kinds of skeletons leap out of the closet when a dysfunctional Texas family is forced to come together for granny's funeral.
This is an encore performance of our 2004 hit that Press-Register critic Lawrence F. Specker called "an uproarious comedy" that ran "like a Swiss watch. The payoff, from a large and supportive audience, was regular applause."
October 3, 4 , 5, 10, 11, 12
THE KITCHEN WITCHES
by Caroline Smith.
You'll think you're on a reality show watching this riotously funny comedy that puts you in a studio audience as two TV chefs who've hated each other for thirty years are thrown together on the same show. This is one food fight you'll never forget!
November 14, 15 21, 22, 23
HATS: THE MUSICAL
Book by Anthony Dodge and Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Is there life after fifty? This funny and touching musical revue inspired by the Red Hat movement celebrates the Golden Years with great songs by Carol Hall, Melissa Manchester, David Friedman, Gretchen Cryer, Kathie Lee Gifford, Amanda McBroom and others.
January 30, February 1, 2, 5, 7, 8
KANDER & EBB MAYFEST
We don't know yet whether the rights to the long-running Chicago will be available this spring. If not, we'll do Kander & Ebb's other musical comedy masterpiece, Cabaret, and reschedule Chicago for next year. Either way, you're guaranteed a night of show-stopping tunes written by two of Broadway's best..
May 1,2,3, 8,9,10