Welcome to
The Wilton Playshop’s web site!
Our Annual Announcements are in the Mail!
Corrections:The Shadow Box auditions are Nov. 7 and 9,
and Anna Raimondi’s Dec. 9th event
falls on a Thursday, not a Friday.
A Staged Reading of a New Award-Winning Musical
Presented in cooperation with Troupers Light Opera, Inc. of Darien.
Book and lyrics by Charles Veley, Esq.
Music based upon the songs of Gilbert and Sullivan
Directed by Marjorie Janeway
Musical Direction by Eric Peterson
Welcome to Wall Street, a new musical comedy of passion, betrayal, global domination... and office romance. When music conductor Frederick Freemarket inherits his uncle's $12 Billion investment company, he discovers that golden dreams can hold hidden surprises. Twenty-four new songs, all based on wonderful melodies from eight Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, bring today’s Wall Street milieu to a whole new level of hilarity! Presented in cooperation with Troupers Light Opera, Inc. of Darien, Wall Street is the winner of the Academy for New Musical Theatre Search for New Musicals first prize award for 2010.
Auditions: Friday, September 3, 7-10 pm
Saturday, September 4, 10 am - 1 pm
at The Wilton Playshop.
Performances: October 1 and 2, 2010.
Music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Lyrics and book by Greg Kotis
Directed by Stacie Moye, Musical Direction by Anna DeMasi
Choreography by Marjorie Janeway.
Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. A 20 year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Our hero decides he’s had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.
Auditions: Wednesday, September 1, 7-10 pm,
Tuesday, September 7, 7-10 pm,
and Wednesday, September 8, 7-10 pm (or by appointment)
at The Wilton Playshop.
Callbacks, if needed: Thursday, September 9th
Performances: October 29, 30, 31,
November 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13, 2010.
By Michael Cristofer
Directed by Jackob G. Hofmann.
Middle-aged blue-collar family man Joe, English professor Brian and cantankerous Felicity all find themselves in a bucolic hospice. The story follows their sometimes humorous and always illuminating exchanges with their families and caregivers, as they come to terms with their past and present lives. Beautifully written, it has won numerous awards and was made into a movie starring Christopher Plummer as Brian and Joanne Woodward as his ex-wife.
Auditions: Sunday, November 7, 7-10 pm
and Tuesday, November 9, 7-10 pm
at The Wilton Playshop
Performances: January 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 and 29, 2011.
By Noel Coward
Directed by Scott R. Brill
Noel Coward’s immortal play holds up well as one of the best-written comedies of the 20th century. A writer, Charles Condomine, searching for new material, decides to hold a seance in his home conducted by the local eccentric medium, Madame Arcati. During the seance, she accidently conjures up his first wife, Elvira. Comic mayhem ensues as Charles tries to juggle Elvira’s ghostly appearances with the growing mental anguish of his current wife, Ruth.
Auditions: Sunday, April 10, 7 pm
and Monday, April 11, 7 pm (Details to come.)
at The Wilton Playshop.
Performances: June 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11, 2011.
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