2010-2011 Season

Gallery Players Announces 2010-2011 Season

Gallery Players will present four Columbus premiere productions - including a comedy, a children's show, a musical and a drama - during its 62nd season starting this fall. The troupe also is announcing its Pre-Season Ticket special pricing - two for the price of one!

"Gallery Players patrons may purchase a pair of season tickets for $40 now through July 16," said Jared Saltman, JCC Artistic Director. "This makes Gallery Players one of the best entertainment deals in the city. If you break it down, the price comes to $5 per show per person - where can you find a better value than that?"

Season tickets may be purchased via the Gallery Players box office at (614) 559-6248. All productions will take place in the JCC's Roth-Resler Theater.

From Door to Door

Comedy written by James Sherman
Saturdays, Oct. 16, 23 @ 8 p.m.
Sundays, Oct. 17, 24 @ 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct.21 @ 7:30 p.m.

The season will open with the James Sherman comedy, From Door to Door, a heartwarming, bittersweet tale about three generations of American women. From Door to Door tells the tale of Mary Goodman, a woman of the "greatest generation," who is mourning the loss of her husband. Her daughter, Deborah, is encouraging her to move on with a new independence. In a series of scenes between them and Mary's mother, Bessie, Mary reflects on her life as a daughter, wife and mother. As her life progresses from childhood to matrimony to motherhood, Mary realizes that each of the three women stand as links in a chain made of faith, love, and understanding.

Auditions for three women of separate generations will be held on Monday, Aug. 23 and Tuesday, Aug. 24, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the JCC's Roth-Resler Theater.

Captain Noah

Children's musical written by Hindi Brooks,
With music and lyrics by Charles Feldman
Saturdays, Dec. 4, 11 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sundays, Dec. 5, 12 @ 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 9 @ 7:30 p.m.

Next on the roster is the children's Hanukkah production, Captain Noah, written by Hindi Brooks, with music and lyrics by Charles Feldman. Captain Noah is the biblical story of the Ark as told from the animals' point of view, with a bit of a comical twist in this play. According to Leon the Lion, president of B.E.A.S.T., it was the animals who received word from above about the impending flood. But the animals needed someone to build, navigate and provide food and other necessities for the 40-day cruise. They chose Noah and his family.

Curtains

Musical written by Rupert Holmes
With music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb
Saturdays, March 12, 19 @ 8 p.m.
Sundays, March 13, 20 @ 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 17 @ 7:30 p.m.

The winter musical is Curtains, written by Rupert Holmes, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. Curtains, based on the original book and concept by Peter Stone, is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots. Set in 1959 Boston, the play follows the fallout when an untalented star is murdered during her opening night curtain call. Can a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting himself killed?

The Action Against Sol Schumann

Drama written by Jeffrey Sweet
Saturdays, May 14, 21 @ 8 p.m.
Sundays, May 15, 22 @ 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 19 @ 7:30 p.m.

Rounding out the season will be Jeffrey Sweet's drama, The Action Against Sol Schumann. Sol Schumann, a devout American Jew and beloved father of two grown sons, is accused of unspeakable crimes he allegedly had committed many years earlier. The two central forces of the drama are his sons, who in the course of tracking through the maze of legal, moral and personal issues on the sins of their father, also must come to terms with their relationships with him as their father's children.