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Produced by arrangement with Heuer Publishing & Dramatists’ Play Service
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Ten Minute Play Festival |
Canker Sores & Other Distractions
and DMV Tyrant
by Christopher Durang
English Made Simple and Sure Thing
by David Ives
Green Eggs & Hamlet by F. Reed Brown
Old Mother Hubbard and Three Little Pigs
by Paula Chase
The Celebrity by Paul Patton
Directed by:
Colleen Rua
Matt Lundeen | Rebecca O'Leary
Sarah Smith |
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7 PM Friday October 14th
7 PM Saturday October 15th
2 PM Sunday October 16th
Arlington Masonic Temple
19 Academy Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10
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We start our year with something new for ACT, a festival of short plays offering our actors the
opportunity to work on characters in more depth than they might be able to in a larger production.
Through eight different productions, we will take you from fairy tales to the DMV, through a
fantastical almalgamation of Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss and many other stops along the way.
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Artwork: Hannah Allen |
Produced by special arrangement with
THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois |
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Charlotte's Web |
| Adapted from the book by E. B. White by Joseph Robinette |
| directed by Colleen Rua |
7 PM Friday, November 4
7 PM Saturday, November 5
2 PM Sunday, November 6
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $8 or $35 for up to 5 family members
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Our fourth year of collaboration with Arlington Center for the Arts brings E.B. White's
classic to the stage. All the enchanting characters are here: Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher; Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other; Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; the Zuckerman family; the Arables; and, most of all, the extraordinary spider, Charlotte, who proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.” Determined to save Wilbur, Charlotte begins her campaign with the “miracle” of her web in which she writes, “Some pig.” It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship.
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Artwork: Hannah Allen |
| Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. New York City |
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by Tom Stoppard |
| directed by Matt Lundeen |
7 PM Friday, December 2
7 PM Saturday, December 3
2 PM Sunday, December 4
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10
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Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is
the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of the
bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. In
Tom Stoppard's best-known work, this Shakespearean laurel and hardy finally get a chance
to take the lead role, but do so in a world where reality and illusion intermix.
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Arlington Children's Theatre
Presents
The 3rd Annual ACT Alumni Performance
brought to you by
Jess Couture and Ryan Finnegan
7 PM Friday, January 6th
7 PM Saturday, January 7th
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Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $7 at the door |
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ACT is so proud of the hard work our children put into every
performance. It is especially gratifying to see how they mature into
amazing young adults. Our annual alumni performance is a chance to
catch up with friends and marvel at their talent once again. For our
3rd annual performance we will showcase songs from musicals including
Wicked, Avenue Q, Next to Normal and many more. Join our
talented alumni crew as they showcase their talents through voice and
dance.
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Artwork: Hannah Allen |
| JOSEPH AND
THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR® DREAMCOAT is presented through an exclusive arrangement with R & H
Theatricals and The Really Useful Group Limited. www.rnh.com |
| TM 1991 The Really Useful Group Limited |
® Technicolor is the registered trademark
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The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph,
his father's favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers
and taken to Egypt, Joseph endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged.
He is purchased by Potiphar where thwarting advances from Potiphar's wife lands him in jail. When news of Joseph's
gift to interpret dreams reaches the Pharaoh (wryly and riotously depicted as Elvis), Joseph is well on his way to
becoming second in command. Eventually his brothers, having suffered greatly, unknowingly find themselves groveling
at the feet of the brother they betrayed but no longer recognize. After testing their integrity, Joseph reveals himself
leading to a heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel. Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from countrywestern
and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock 'n' roll, this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless.
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Artwork: Hannah Allen |
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Cinderella
Book and Lyrics by Edna Kuder
Music and Lyrics by Peter Larson
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7 PM Friday, April 27
2 PM Saturday, April 28
2 PM Sunday, April 29
Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10
Available online or at the door
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The timeless fairy tale of Cinderella is retold in a fun and engaging
musical. Join Cinderella on a journey of surviving her horrible family,
finding her true love, and remembering to always believe in her dreams.
As always, many laughs are to be had at the expense of the stepsister's
ridiculous behavior, and many magical moments are to be had at the ball.
This show is engaging for a wide age range of actors and audiences
alike. Running time is one hour.
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Artwork: Hannah Allen |
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As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
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| Colleen Rua, Director |
7 PM Friday, May 11
7 PM Saturday, May 12
2 PM Sunday, May 13
Arlington Masonic Temple
19 Academy Street
Arlington, MA
Tickets: $10
Available online or at the door
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As You Like It is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare.
The heroine, Rosalind, is one of his most inspiring characters and has
more lines than any of Shakespeare's female characters. Rosalind, the
daughter of a banished duke falls in love with Orlando the disinherited
son of one of the duke's friends. When she is banished from the court by
her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick , Rosalind takes on the appearance of
a boy calling herself Ganymede. She travels with her cousin Celia and
the jester Touchstone to the Forest of Arden, where her father and his
friends live in exile. Themes about life and love, including aging, the
natural world, and death are included in the play. New friends are made
and families are reunited. By the end of the play Ganymede, once again
Rosalind, marries Orlando. Orlando and Rosalind, Oliver and Celia,
Silvius and Phebe, and Touchstone and Audrey all are married in the
final scene. Oliver becomes a gentler, kinder young man so the Duke
changes his ways and turns to religion and so that the exiled Duke,
father of Rosalind, can rule once again. Act II, Scene 7 features a
great soliloquy by William Shakespeare which begins:
"All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages..."
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