2007 Winner RABBIT HOLE - CLOSED!
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Director: KEN KLINGENMEIER
2 men, 3 women

THE STORY: Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting apart. RABBIT HOLE charts the bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.

October 15-18 and 22-25, 2009
at CARMEL COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE

1954 Winner CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF - CLOSED!
by Tennessee Williams
Director: R. BRIAN NOFFKE

8 men, 5 women

THE STORY: A plantation family celebrates the 65th birthday of Big Daddy, but the mood is somber. Greed, sins of the past and desperate hopes are brought to the forefront as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. By evening's end, Maggie, the daughter-in-law tries to save her marriage and set things right with her husband Brick and hopefully save him from himself and his family.

February 11-21, 2010
at CARMEL COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE

1981 Winner CRIMES OF THE HEART
by Beth Henley
Director: LORI RAFFEL
2 men, 4 women

THE STORY: The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of their grandfather, who is dying. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach.

April 15-25, 2010
at CARMEL COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE

1997 Winner HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
by Paula Vogel
Director: BRIAN HARTZ
2 men, 3 women

THE STORY: This story follows the strained and evocative relationship between a young woman and the man who teaches her how to drive, her Uncle Peck, from her adolescence through her teenage years into college and beyond. Using the metaphor of driving, the play explores the ideas of control, manipulation and temptation.

June 3-13, 2010
CARMEL COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE

1961 Winner HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrowsn
Director: PATTY KELLER
Large cast with 5+ leads

THE STORY: Broadway musical that won 7 Tony Awards, J. Pierpont Finch, a New York City window washer, who takes the advice of a how-to-succeed book, and quickly ascends the corporate ladder. The songs are forceful and original. The dialogue is sharp-witted. The plot is a hoot.

July 22-August 1, 2010
Location To Be Determined