2014-2015 Season Calendar

2015-2016 Season 18

GREAT Theatre Company
Ragtime - Mary Poppins - Grease

GREAT Children’s Theatre
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Best Christmas Pageant Ever! - Diary of Anne Frank - Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Oct. 16-25, 2015 @ Paramount Theatre
Season Tickets: $12

Non-Musical

Stephen Duckham's version of the classic Grimm's fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is brought to life with comedy and magic. Enter the world of the beautiful Snow White as she makes seven new friends, yearns for true love and battles the evil intentions of the Wicked Queen. This is a timeless story for the young and the young at heart, told with merriment, frivolity and hilarious gusto as good triumphs in the end as Prince Rupert rescues his Princess and puts an end to the Queen once and for all.

Recommended for all ages.

Never before performed by GREAT Theatre.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
Nov. 20-Dec. 6, 2015 @ Paramount Theatre
Season Tickets: $12

Non-musical Play

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! (non-musical)  They’re baaack!   When the 6 Herdman kids, considered the terror of teachers, parents, and students, show up at the auditions and manage to snatch the major roles in the pageant, everyone is convinced that this Christmas pageant, if it is presented at all, will be “the worst Christmas pageant ever.”  As the spirit of the season comes alive in the Herdmans the audience learns that things are not always what they seem and all discover that there are still lessons in kindness, tolerance, and humanity to be learned from the story of the stable in Bethlehem.

Recommended for all ages.

Last performed by GREAT in 2007. 

The Diary of Anne Frank
Jan. 29-Feb. 7, 2016 @ Paramount Theatre
Season Tickets: $12
Non-musical Play

In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This is a new adaptation for a new generation.

Recommended for ages 10+ due to dramatic content

Never before performed by GREAT Theatre.

Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Feb. 26-March 6, 2016 @ Stephen B. Humphrey Theater
Season Tickets: $12
Musical

This charming tale based on the classic book by Richard and Florence Atwater touches the heart – with lots of laughs along the way! It is hard enough for Mr. Popper, a simple painter, to support himself and his family. The addition of twelve penguins makes it impossible to make both ends meet – until Mr. Popper has a splendid idea. He will turn the talented penguins into a traveling vaudeville act! And that’s exactly what he does. The entire family will delight in the adventures of Mr. Popper and his “performing” feathered friends.  

Recommended for all ages.

Never before performed by GREAT Theatre.

Ragtime
Sept. 11-27, 2015 @ Paramount Theatre
Season Tickets: $15

This sweeping musical portrait of early 20th century America tells the story of three families in the pursuit of the American Dream.

Broadway Musical

E.L. Doctrow’s novel was voted by Time Magazine as among the Top 100 Best novels of the last century, this sweeping musical portrait of early 20th century America tells the powerful tale of a white, upper-middle class family, an African American couple, and an Eastern European immigrant escaping to America with his daughter, as they all confront the timeless contradictions of wealth, poverty, freedom, prejudice, hope, and despair in pursuit of the American Dream. Unfolding through the fiery rhythms of Harlem and Tin Pan Alley, and the vibrant klezmer of the Lower East Side, this vivid and unforgettable Tony-winning score bursts onto the stage “on the wheels of a dream” in what will be an epic production from the director of GREAT’s Les Misérable.  

Recommended for ages 12+ due to adult situations and violence

Never before performed by GREAT Theatre. 

Disney’s Mary Poppins
Jan. 15-24, 2016 @ Benedicta Arts Center Escher Auditorium
Season Tickets: $15

Practically perfect in every way, this tale of everyone’s favorite magical nanny will sweep you off your feet.

Broadway Musical

Watch Mary Poppins fly over the rooftops of London, and feel like a kid again! Remember, anything can happen if you let it. Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS delighted Broadway audiences for over 2,500 performances and received seven Tony Award® nominations, including Best Musical. This enchanting mix of irresistible story, breathtaking dance numbers, astonishing special effects and unforgettable songs including “Let’s Go Fly a Kite,” “Step in Time” , “A Spoonful of Sugar”, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”—and more.

Recommended for all ages.

Never before performed by GREAT Theatre.

Grease
April 1-17, 2016 @ Paramount Theatre
Season Tickets: $15

Get ready to hand-jive the night away with the show that'll make you want to stand up and shout, "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop A-wop-bam-boom!"

Broadway Musical

Get out your leather jackets, pull on your bobby socks and take a trip to a simpler time with the original high school musical, GREASE! Danny is the hunky 'bad boy' and Sandy is 'the girl next door.' They meet and fall in love. But will their different worlds keep them apart? This new production features all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie, including "You're The One That I Want," "Grease Is The Word," "Summer Nights," "Hopelessly Devoted To You," "Greased Lightnin'" and many more! It's GREASE, the most "electrifyin'" musical extravaganza on stage! Be there or be square!

Recommended for ages 12+ due to adult content and language.

Last performed by GREAT Theatre in 2005.