 Our 2009-2010 mainstage season ... Love it!
Fall in love with theater at Centre Stage! Your season membership entitles you to 6 tickets, one for each production in our mainstage season, and includes savings of up to 35% off regular ticket prices.
Members receive advance notice for every production and may use their 6 tickets in any combination throughout the season (limit 2 admissions for any musical).
Members also receive a parking pass for the Citi Smith Barney lots that may be used any weekday after 5 p.m. and all day on Saturday and Sunday.
| Membership levels |
| Adult |
$125 |
| Senior (65+) |
$110 |
| Student (to 25) |
$75 |
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| Donor levels |
| Friend |
$25-99 |
| Contributor |
$100-299 |
| Backer |
$300-499 |
| Sustainer |
$500-1,999 |
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Two ways to join!
Choose either a printable membership form (PDF) or use the drop-down menu at right to select your membership level. Then click the "Add to Cart" button to pay for your membership online using Paypal. (Please note that a $5 convenience fee has been added to each membership level to cover processing costs.) |
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MAURITIUS: OCT 2009 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
Mauritius
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Chip Egan
(October 15 - 31, 2009)
After their mother's death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while the other resists for sentimental reasons. In this gripping tale, a seemingly simple sale becomes dangerous when three seedy, high-stakes collectors enter the sisters' world, willing to do anything to claim the rare find as their own. Variety says “Unsurprisingly for a writer with extensive experience in TV police procedurals like ‘NYPD Blue’ and ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent,’ one of Rebeck's strengths is her skill at stitching tension into every exchange.”
CHRISTMAS: DEC 2009 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
A Christmas Memory
By Truman Capote
Directed by Benjamin P. Robinson
(December 3 - 19, 2009)
First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama boyhood has become a modern-day classic. We are proud to be staging this warm and delicately directed production of A Christmas Memory--"a tiny gem of a holiday story". Seven-year-old Buddy inaugurates the Christmas season by crying out to his cousin, Miss Sook Falk: "It's fruitcake weather!" Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd but enduring friendship between two innocent souls … one young and one old … and the memories they share of beloved holiday rituals.
ROCK: FEB-MAR 2010 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
Rock ‘n Roll Heaven
Musical direction by Joe Wehunt
Directed by Kimberlee Ferreira
(February 18 - March 13, 2010)
Continuing in the tradition of last year’s wildly popular Clear Lake: The Rock ‘n Roll Reunion, Centre Stage takes you on a trip to the place where music legends live forever … Rock ‘n Roll Heaven! This original musical review will be crafted by nationally-recognized composer/arranger/musician Joe Wehunt, who was the creative force behind Clear Lake. Vocalists and musicians hand-picked by Wehunt will recreate the signature sounds of rock legends who dominated the charts during the 50s, 60s and beyond. Reserve your seats early for this high-energy glimpse of the greatest talents in the great beyond.
LADY: APRIL-MAY 2010 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
Our Leading Lady
By Charles Busch
Directed by Benjamin P. Robinson
(April 15 - May 1, 2010)
Set in Washington, DC, in 1865, the play is about Laura Keene, the British-born stage actress whose company was performing Tom Taylor’s Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth. In classic Charles Busch fashion, Our Leading Lady is a backstage comedy in which a presidential assassination is not merely a national tragedy but also a vexing interruption in a powerful woman’s quest for fame and glory. Imagine the collision of the Civil War era with Noises Off.
DAISY: JUNE 2010 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
Driving Miss Daisy
By Alfred Uhry
Directed by Chip Egan
(June 10 - 26, 2010)
Starring Shirley Sarlin and Clark Nesbit
The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son that she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer's patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play. A warm-hearted, humorous and affecting study of the unlikely relationship between an aging, crotchety white Southern lady, and a proud, soft-spoken black man. A long-run Off-Broadway success and an Academy Award-winning film. "The play is sweet without being mawkish, ameliorative, without being sanctimonious." —NY Times. "…a perfectly poised and shaped miniature on the odd-couple theme." —NY Post. "A winner … gives off a warm glow of humane affirmation." —Variety. "A total delight." —NY Daily News.
CITY: AUGUST 2010 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
See Rock City
By Arlene Hutton
Directed by Nancy Halverson
(August 5 - 21, 2010)
A struggling but innately optimistic writer and his beautiful Appalachian wife have just returned from their honeymoon during the final days of WWII. The bucolic tone of their new life together is soon interrupted by a family tragedy and a choice that must be made to save their marriage. This tender portrayal of married life, set against the background of sweeping global change, shows the best of the human spirit and its ability to overcome any and all obstacles. The recipient of the MacLean Foundation's "In the Spirit of America" Award, See Rock City stands alone as a funny, touching and universal portrayal of a young couple very much in love.
Special non-season productions
DARROW: NOV. 2009 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
Clarence Darrow
By David W. Rintels
Directed by Nancy Halverson
Based on Irving Stone’s Clarence Darrow for the Defense
November 12 – 21, 2009
Here is the famous attorney reminiscing over his long and renowned career, touching on many of his famous trials including the "Monkey" trial and the sensational Leopold Loeb case. Darrow reviews much of America's legal history with salty humor, courtroom gusto and human relish. His private life and many contemporary events, including labor conditions, are woven into this story of a man who accepted unpopular cases and defended unpopular causes. This champion of dissenters and underdogs was also a writer and lecturer and he conjures up many famous people of his life and times. A study guide is available for teachers whose students attend the show.
NPF WINNER: JAN 2010 |
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Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
 Winner of New Play Festival
Directed by Dr. Brian Haimbach
January 21 – 30, 2010
Four finalists will be chosen from among hundreds of entries during our nationally-recognized New Play Festival September 14-19, 2009 and the winner will be given a full production January 21-30, 2010., Previous winners include Peter Snoad's Guided Tour (2007 winner), Adam Siegel's The Legacy.(2008 winner). Find out more about the Festival here. |
