Our 2022 Season
December 2021.
Dear Playhouse Members, Supporters and Friends,
The holiday season is here, and we have something special planned for you. This weekend, December 4th, and 5th, we will be presenting A Visit from St. Nicholas or The Night Before Christmas. This is our Christmas Reading and the comedy takes place on Christmas Eve, 1822, at the home of Clement Clarke Moore, the author of the infamous poem, written for his nine children, and how they saved the poem for posterity.
Location:
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street
P.O. Box 354
Fort Mill, SC 29716
Phone: (803) 548-8102
e-mail: admin@FortMillPlayhouse.org
Web: www.fortmillplayhouse.org
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Upcoming Shows
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Music By: Jimmy Roberts
Directed By: Scott Albert
Book and Lyrics By: Joe DiPietro
August 27 – September 19
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
*On 18th September Two Performances @ 3 pm and @ 7:30 pm
This show rated “R”
Presented in the form of a series of vignettes that are connected by the central theme of love and relationships, this play is ” Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit”.
All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten
Written By: Robert Fulghum
Directed By: Susan L. D. Smith
November 05 – November 21
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and On November 20, two Performances at 3 PM and @ 7:30 PM
All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten is a funny insightful and heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life. Conceived and Adapted By Ernest Zulia Music and Lyrics by David Caldwell.
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinios.
Ken Ludwig’s THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
Directed By: Erica Owens
June 3 – June 19
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
A tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, this play takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club.
Native Gardens
Written by Karen Zacarias
Directed by Polly Adkins
September 09 – September 25
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
Generational neighbors class over boundary lines, fences and long-held beliefs.
Native Gardens
Written by Karen Zacarias
Directed by Polly Adkins
September 09 – September 25
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
Generational neighbors class over boundary lines, fences and long-held beliefs.
Native Gardens is Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French,Inc., a Concord Theatricals Co.
The 25th Annual Putnam County
SPELLING BEE
Directed By: Scott Albert
Music and Lyrics By: William Rinn
November 4 – November 20
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
An eclectic group of sixth-graders arrives at the spelling bee, each eager to win for different reasons. In hilarious, touching, and catchy songs, each speller reveals his/her hopes, struggles, and passions as they make their way through the competition.
Musical Comedy Music and lyrics by William Rinn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss Produced with special arrangement with Music Theatre International .
Proof
Written by David Auburn
Directed by Polly Adkins
March 25 – April 10
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
Proof is the story of an enigmatic young woman, Catherine, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father and an un unexpected suitor, her father’s former student. All four are pieces of the puzzle in the search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof. David Auburn was awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with the “both elegant and simple” writing. The show opened on Broadway in 2000 to raves. Adult situations.
Til Beth Do Us Part
Written By: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten.
Directed By: Ginger Heath
January 28 – February 13
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
This is a comedy about marriage and career driven Suzannah needs a lot more help on the home front than she’s getting from her husband. Lately, nurturing his marriage hasn’t been the highest priority for Gibby, but soon he’ll wish it had been when Suzannah hires a new assistant, Beth, who decides, for efficiency’s sake, Gibby must go!
Exit Laughing
Written by David Stern
Directed by Susan L.D. Smith
January 24 – Feb 09
Fri & Sat 7:30 PM / Sun 3:00 PM
What do you do when, after 30 years together for weekly bridge, one of the “girls” inconveniently dies? You “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police ride a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have you’re truly living.
Christmas Reading:
Written by: Lowell Swortzell
December 04 – December 05
On Christmas Eve, 1822, Clement Clarke Moore’s house is not as quiet as a mouse-in fact, everyone is stirring. This is a comedy about Moore authoring the famous poem and how his children saved it for posterity.
Audition Notice
Fort Mill Community Playhouse hosting auditions for its upcoming show
The Fox on the Fairway
by Ken Ludwig
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Sunday, April 10th, 7 pm and
Monday, April 11th, 7 pm
at
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street Fort Mill, SC 29715
Production dates: June 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18 @ 7:30 and Directed By: Erica Owens 1. Justin - Offbeat, sweet, nervous young golfer. M 18-30 For more information visit us at www.fortmillplayhouse.org Call 803-548-8102 Or E-Mail:admin@FortMillPlayhouse.org
June 5, 12 and 19 @ 3:00 pmThe Fox on the Fairway includes six roles, 3 male/3 female :
2. Louise - Ditzy, good-natured waitress at the golf club. F 18-30
3. Bingham - Competitive Executive Director at a local country club. M 35-50
4. Pamela - Sharp and sophisticated country club board member who is drawn to Bingham. F 35-50
5. Dickie - Rival Executive Director who has a penchant for golf themed sweaters and gambling. M 45-50
5. Muriel - Bingham’s wife. A sturdy woman who runs an antique shop in town. F 35-50
Please come to auditions with a headshot, or recent photo, and your acting experience. The show contains occasional adult language.
The Fox on the Fairway is a charming, madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with ….golf.
Over The Counter Improv
Presents
The “I Love My Pet” Improv Show
Please join us on Saturday, June 25th at 8pm
It’s a little known fact that half of our improv team has too much testosterone which makes them funny but also quite furry; not to mention, the more genteel side of our team has blown through cases of Electrolysis and Nair products, therefore, what better way to honor my evolving improv petting zoo than having a show dedicated to all types of pets.
If you have a pet, hope to get a pet, or consider your loved one a pet; please join OTC improv on Saturday, June 25th, for the “I love my pet” improv show.
Feel free to submit a picture (.JPG, .GIF, .PNG) by June 20th of you and your pet for a pre-event slideshow to be shown at 7:15pm on June 25th. Send the picture, your name, email address, and the pet’s name to: OTCimprov@aol.com
Here is the link to purchase tickets or use the QR code shown
Tickets: $11.00 Advance $15.00 at Door
Tickets: petshow2.eventbrite.com
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Location:
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street
P.O. Box 354
Fort Mill, SC 29716
Phone: (803) 548-8102
e-mail: admin@FortMillPlayhouse.org
Web: www.fortmillplayhouse.org
Audition Notice
Fort Mill Community Playhouse hosting auditions for its upcoming show
EXIT LAUGHING
On Sunday, December 8th , 6:30 pm &
Tuesday, December 10th , 6:30 pm
**(Rehearsals begin December 12 th )
Exit Laughing
Production dates:
January 24, 25, 26, 31, February 1, 2, 7, 8 (2 shows) and 9, 2020
Comedy By : Paul Elliott
Directed By: Susan L.D. Smith
Produced By: Special Arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., of Woodstock, Illinois.
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street Fort Mill, SC 29715
Synopsis:
When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night with the girls, what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? You “borrow” the ashes for one last card game and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’re truly living.
Three’s A Crowd
Presents
The BACK TO SCHOOL
improv show
Saturday, August 24th 2019, 8 PM – 9:47 PM
The BACK TO SCHOOL
Along with The Canterbury Tales, The Grapes of Wrath, and Wuthering Heights, come three classics written by the greatest authors of our time. Whether your child wants to read about pre-mature aging and playing Santa at thirty-five; how to piss everyone off and never find a mate; or, living with leaking (pictures included), these autobiographical novels are sure-fire page turners for your high school student.
Come see the three authors hit the stage for their annual Back to School show.
Tickets are 8.00 in advance; 10.00 at the door. Click here to purchase your tickets in advance: tacauthors.eventbrite.com
Location
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street
Fort Mill, SC 29715
Tree’s A Crowd
Dec, 14th 8pm – 9:47pm
RECESS
Dec, 21st 8pm – 9:47pm
TAC for the holidays
In 2014 Madison (our daughter) was in the 7th grade and still fully believed in Santa. How could this happen? The kids in school had told her Santa wasn’t real. It seems Madison had equated Jesus and Santa together. To her, you couldn’t see either one of them and that meant complete faith in both. And apparently, Santa may have died for our sins!
So on Christmas night that year, Kelly told her the truth: “Mommy” is Santa.
Madison cried for hours. At times she was almost inconsolable. Around midnight,
she finally calmed down, relaxed, and after we explained everything, she went to bed
with a new understanding of the spirit of Christmas. She was going to be fine.
But at two in the morning Madison came in our room and said in a defeated tone,
“That…that means the Easter Bunny isn’t real”, then she paused for a second, fell
face first on our bed, and said, “Oh god, the tooth fairy is fake too”.
Later that morning she did crack a smile and say, “At least Mermaids are good”.
Fast forward to 2019 and Madison is a well-adjusted teen with no residual effects
from that “scarring” moment in 2014. Although now she hates the
Holidays, scoffs at the mall Santa, and is a devout atheist.
Madison will play her clarinet at both shows in December!! Come a little early
(7:15pm) see the atheist get her groove on!
Location
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street
Fort Mill, SC 29715
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