PAST PRODUCTIONS

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

April 13,14,25,26,27,28
May 2,3,4,5
(MainStage)
 
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
 
Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including “Best Musical,” SPRING AWAKENING celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that you will never forget. Adapted from Frank Wedekind’s 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, it has been hailed as the “Best Musical of the Year” by the New York Times, New York Post, Star Ledger, Journal News, New York Observer, and USA Today. This production contains language and subject matter not appropriate for all audiences.

 
Schoolhouse Rock Live

Schoolhouse Rock Live!

2pm April 14,28
2pm May 5
(MainStage)
 
Book by Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall and George Keating
Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
Based on the ABC-TV educational animated series which aired from the 1970s-1980s
 
This award-winning musical teaches history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs, instructing a whole new generation to “Do the Circulation,” “Unpack Your Adjectives” and meet up at “Conjunction Junction”!

 
The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage

March 30,31
April 6,7*
(MainStage)
 
Adapted for the stage by John McDonald
From the novel by Stephen Crane
 
Henry Fleming’s illusions are shattered when he comes face to face with the bloodshed and horrors of The Civil War. Telling of the experience of war from the point of view of an ordinary soldier, Stephen Crane’s tale of heroism is considered the first modern war novel. The second production in our four-part series celebrating the Sesquicentennial of The Civil War.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

March 21,22,23,24
(TheOtherSpace)
 
By Moisés Kaufman
 
In three short months, Oscar Wilde, the most celebrated playwright and wit of Victorian England, was toppled from the apex of British society into humiliation and ruin. Drawing from trial documents, newspaper accounts, and writings of the day, Moisés Kaufman ignites an incendiary mix of sex and censorship, with a cast of characters ranging from George Bernard Shaw to Queen Victoria. Presented in theotherspace.

 
The Winter's Tale

The Winter’s Tale

March 9,10,16,17*
(MainStage)
 
By William Shakespeare
 
In this, one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful romances, a king, a queen, and their daughter are reunited — both physically and spiritually — through the power of forgiveness. A jealous king nearly topples his own kingdom when he falsely accuses his queen of adultery with his childhood friend. In his foolishness and rage, he loses his wife, his son, and his baby daughter. The cycle of life and the power of true love come alive onstage, in a world filled with magic, wonder and prophecy.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

February 10,11**,15,16,17,18*,22,23,24,25,29
March 1,2,3
(MainStage)
 
Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music by Jimmy Roberts
 
“Say, what are you doing Saturday night?” A hilarious musical revue pays tribute to those who have loved and lost and to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance. This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as “the relationship.”

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
** Special Valentine’s Performance
 
Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

2pm January 14,21,28
2pm February 4,11
(MainStage)
 
Adapted for the stage by John McDonald
 
Tales of The Brothers Grimm, including “Snow White,” “The Bremen Town Musicians,” “The Hare and The Hedgehog,” “The Elves and The Shoemaker” and “Hansel and Gretel,” adapted for the stage by John McDonald. The children in the audience will have a say in choosing the order of these classic children’s stories.

 
The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues

January 6,7,12,13,14,19,20,21,26,27,28
February 2,3,4
(TheOtherSpace)
 
By Eve Ensler
 
Spread the word! We’re back for the tenth year! Eve Ensler’s touching, often hilarious series of monologues about women and performed by women has played to packed houses around the country. Presented in theotherspace.

 
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

November 25,26
December 2,3,7,8,9,10*,14,15,16,17*
(MainStage)
 
Adapted by John McDonald
From the story by Charles Dickens
 
A Roxy tradition, this rollicking holiday morsel will sweeten your taste buds and warm even the hardest of hearts. Ebenezer Scrooge meets the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future while finding redemption and rediscovering the true meaning of the holiday in this Charles Dickens classic.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

November 4,5,11,12*,18,19
(MainStage)
 
Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens
 
“Recalled to life!” Charles Dickens’ famous epic novel of the French Revolution comes to the stage in this thrillingly ingenious adaptation of the moving and exciting story of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay, the English lawyer and French aristocrat caught up inextricably in the violence and bloodshed of the Revolution.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Standing on Ceremony

Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays

7pm November 7
(mainstage)
 
Written by Jordan Harrison, Jeffrey Hatcher, Moises Kaufman, Joe Keenan, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick and Doug Wright
Conceived by Brian Shnipper
 
Responding to one of the defining issues of our day, the ongoing battle for marriage equality throughout the United States, some of America’s most illustrious and award-winning playwrights have created a heartfelt, funny and altogether illuminating evening that celebrates the courage to be in a relationship — any relationship.

The Roxy Regional Theatre is pleased and honored to be one of the participating theatres in this worldwide event.

Reserved seating is available for $20; all remaining tickets go on sale at 6:30pm for pay-what-you-can.

This production is recommended for mature audiences.

 
War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

October 28,29*
(MainStage)
 
Adapted for the radio by Howard Koch
With input from Orson Welles and the staff of CBS’s “Mercury Theatre on the Air”
From the novella by H.G. Wells
 
The infamous Mercury Theatre 1938 radio broadcast, recreated live on stage, is one of the earliest depictions of an alien invasion which caused public outcry as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Mark Twain

Mark Twain: Adventures in American Humor

October 21,22*
(mainstage)
 
Adapted and directed by Cecilia Rubino
 
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Life lessons have never been more fun than when they are taught by Mark Twain! Celebrating more than 100 years of humor, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and many other Twain characters spring to life through the amazing acting skills of Ashton Crosby, Carl Howell and Cary Hite. When audience members are invited on stage to join the actors in various scenes, hilarity is sure to follow.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Beehive

Beehive: The ’60s Musical Sensation

September 16,17**,21,22,23,24*,28,29,30
October 1,5,6,7,8,12,13,14,15
(MainStage)
 
Created by Larry Gallagher
 
Five hot women, a six-piece band, 50 outrageous costumes, and 15 cans of hairspray a week can only mean one thing — BEEHIVE, The ’60s Musical Sensation. The Chiffons, The Supremes, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin are just some of the ’60s pop stars singing such favorites as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “One Fine Day,” “Where the Boys Are,” “Proud Mary,” “A Natural Woman” and “Respect.”

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
** Gala Evening Celebrating 29 Years of Live Theatre
 
The

The Sound Of Music

July 15-16, 20-23*, 27-30
August 3-6*, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27
(mainstage)
Music by Richard Rogers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Suggested by “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers”

This final collaboration between Rogers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Featuring such standards as “Climb Every Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going On Seventeen” and many more.

*denotes Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Shakespeare Abridged

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

6pm August 19,20,26,27
(theotherspace)
 
Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
 
“Shakespeare as written by Reader’s Digest, acted by Monty Python, and performed at the speed of the minute waltz” … Join Andrew Hulse, Haedyn King and Hugh Poland as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.

 
 
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

6pm June 24,25*,29,30
6pm July 1,2*,6,7,8,9*,13,14,15,16*
(MainStage)
 
Presented by Roxy Regional School of the Arts
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
 

Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calpyso to disco and rock ‘n roll, the Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable.

 
* Saturday matinee at 2pm
 
Almost Heaven

Almost Heaven: Songs of John Denver

June 10-11, 15-18*, 22-25, 29-30
July 1, 2
(MainStage)
Original Concept by Harold Thau
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangement by Jeff Waxman

Weaving together the songs of John Denver to create a uniquely theatrical narrative that reflects upon the country during the years in which he wrote them twenty-nine of Denver’s songs including “Rocky Mountain High,” “Sunshine On My Shoulders,” “Annie’s Song,” “Leaving On A Jet Plane,” “Calypso” and more are rediscovered and reinvented, performed against a backdrop of stunning visual images of America in the late 60′s and early 70′s, a time of social unrest and political protest.

*denotes Saturday matinee at 2pm
Big River

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

6pm May 20-21*, 25-28*
June 1-4*, 8-11*
(mainstage)
Presented by the Roxy Regional School of the Arts
Music and lyrics by Roger Miller
Book by William Hauptman
Based on the novel by Mark Twain

Twain’s timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi where adventures along the way are hilarious, suspenseful and heartwarming, bringing to life your favorite characters from novel Jim, the faithful friend: the Widow Douglas and her stern sister, Miss Watson; the uproarious King and Duke; Huck’s partner in crime, Tom Sawyer; and their rowdy gang of pals.

*denotes Saturday matinee at 2pm
The Civil War

The Civil War

April 22-23, 27-30
May 4-7, 11-14*, 18-21
(mainstage)
Book by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy

Drawing on letters, diaries, firsthand accounts, and the words of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman, this thrilling, gut-wrenching and awe-inspiring musicla covers the enormous emotional landscape of the most difficult test our nation has ever endured. Reminiscent of Ken Burns’ acclaimed documentary, THE CIVIL WAR puts a human face on the greatest tragedy of American history and passionately asks us to consider our beliefs about freedom, honor and faith.

*denotes Saturday matinee at 2pm
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Bea(u)tiful in the Extreme

April 1, 2, 8, 9*
(mainstage)
By Leon Martell
In this new play by Leon Martell, the epic adventure of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is relived in flashbacks as Meriwether Lewis struggles to come to grips with his experience and the meaning of America. As Lewis sets out to edit his final report, he is haunted by visions of Thomas Jefferson, Sacagawea, the hospitable but doomed Mandan people, raging rapids, suspicious Lakota warriors, frozen mountain passes, and York, the slave seeking his own definition of freedom.

*denotes Saturday matinee at 2pm
Doubt

Doubt: A Parable

March 23, 24, 25, 26
(Mainstage)
Written by John Patrick Shanley

In this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama, Leslie Greene stars as Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, who takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn, Tom Thayer, of improper relations with one of the students.

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Hamlet

March 11,12,18, 19*
(Main Stage)
Written by William Shakespeare

Who’s there?…is the question scholars have been asking since 1600. Now considered the greatest play in the English language, Hamlet is the story where a ghost and a prince meet and everyone ends in mincemeat.

*denotes Saturday matinee at 2pm
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Ain’t Misbehavin’

February 11-12**, 16-19*, 23-26
March 2-5
(mainstage)
Music by Thomas Fats Waller
Based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Lyrics by Various Artists

The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway’s best. Thomas Fats Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin’ new beat, SWING! Featuring “Ain’t Misbehavin”, “Honeysuckle rose,” “This Joint Is Jumpin’” and many more.

*denotes Saturday matinee at 2pm
**Special Valentine’s performance
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Once Upon A Time

2pm January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12
(mainstage)
Adapted by John McDonald
Famous tales from childhood, including The Emperor’s New Clothes, Little Red Riding Hood, The Princess and the Pea, Rumpelstiltskin and more, adapted from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson and others. The children will have a say in choosing the order of the stories.
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The Vagina Monologues

January 7-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 & February 3-5
(theotherspace)
Book by Eve Ensler
Spread the word! We’re back for the ninth year! This touching, often hilarious series of monologues about women and performed by women has played to packed houses around the country.
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A Christmas Carol

November 26-27, December 3-4, 8-11*, 15-18*
(mainstage)
Adapted for the stage by John McDonald
From the book by Charles Dickens
This rollicking holiday morsel will sweeten your taste buds and warm even the hardest of hearts. Ebenezer Scrooge meets the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future while rediscovering the true meaning of the holiday in this Charles Dickens classic.
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Around the World in 80 Days

November 5-6, 12-13*, November 19-20
(mainstage)
Adapted by Mark Brown
From the novel by Jules Verne
Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race! Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they set out to circle the globe in an unheard-of eighty days! Danger, romance and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as five actors portraying thirty-nine characters traverse seven continents int his new adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time.
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Dracula

October 8-9, 13-16*, 20-23, 27-30*
(mainstage)
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Book and Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
At twilight you will drink deep … and by the new moon live forever! Justin Barnum stars in Frank Wildhorn’s terrifying and passionate new musical based on one of the most frightening novels ever written. Following Dracula’s lust for new blood and a small band of mortal men and women who must face his overwhelming seduction and mesmeric supernatural powers, this musical eclipses all other horror stories.
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SHOUT! The Mod Musical

September 17-18**, 22-25*, 29-30, October 1-2
(mainstage)
Created by Phillip George and David Lowenstein
Continuity by Peter Charles Morris
With its irresistible blend of hip-swiveling hits, eye-popping fashions and psychedelic dances from the ‘60s, this fun-filled musical will make you want to throw your head back and SHOUT! Using letters to an advice columnist, true confessions, quizzes and advertisements as a frame for such chart-topping hits as “To Sir With Love,” “Downtown,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” “Son of A Preacher Man,” “Goldfinger” and many more, this smashing revue tracks five groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing!