Incorruptible
By Michael Hollinger
A Comedy Directed By Sarah Sperling
Opening Friday Sept 09, 2011
Welcome to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D.: The river flooded again last week. The chandler’s shop just burned to the ground. Nobody’s heard of the wheelbarrow yet. And St. Foy, the patron of the local monastery, hasn’t worked a miracle in thirteen years. In other words, the Dark Ages still look pretty dark. All eyes turn to the Pope, whose promised visit will surely encourage other pilgrims to make the trek and restore the abbey to its former glory. That is, until a rival church claims to possess the relics of St. Foy—and “their” bones are working miracles. All seems lost until the destitute monks take a lesson from a larcenous one-eyed minstral, who teaches them an outrageous new way to pay old debts.

“A lightning-fast farce, rich in both verbal and physical humor.” —American Theatre. ”Everything fits snugly in this funny, endearing black comedy. Hollinger understands how to balance verbal and physical humor, how to sketch personality in a few deft strokes, how to pause here and there to allow his audience to catch its breath, how to bring on a new character at just the right time, and how to write dialogue that’s an artful blend of the mock-formal and the anachronistically breezy. A piece of remarkably dexterous craftsmanship.” —Philadelphia Inquirer. “A farcical romp, scintillating and irreverent.” —Philadelphia Weekly.

Wait Until Dark
Frederick Knott
A Mystery/Drama Directed by Carl Lotz
Opening Friday Oct 21, 2011
A sinister con man, Roat, and two ex-convicts, Mike and Carlino, are about to meet their match. They have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his blind wife, Susy. Sam had apparently been persuaded by a strange woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing that sewn inside were several grams of heroin. When the woman is murdered the situation becomes more urgent. The con man and his ex-convicts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in the woman’s murder, and the doll, which she believes is the key to his innocence, is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbor, figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade. But when Roat kills his associates, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between the two. Susy knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights leaving both of them to maneuver in the dark until the game ends.

“A Broadway hit, this masterfully constructed thriller moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath-stopping final scene. “WAIT UNTIL DARK is a tense thriller.” —NY World-Telegram & Sun. “Frederick Knott is a master craftsman…” —Women’s Wear Daily. “…a first rate shocker…the suspense drama we’ve long awaited eagerly.” —NY Post.

A Christmas Carol—A Ghost Story of Christmas
Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Wilson
Directed by Kirk Paul
Opening Friday Dec 2, 2011