2012 - Attic Theatre’s 62nd Year
Please note: Curtain for all shows is 7:00 p.m.
CRIMES OF THE HEART
by Beth Henley
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service
June 19-23 and 26-29, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
UW-Fox Valley, Lucia Baehman Theatre – 1478 Midway Rd, Menasha
Opening the season is this Pulitzer Prize winning tragic comedy. Laugh and cry with three sisters reunited in the family kitchen after the youngest shoots her husband. Each of the sisters must face her own crimes of the heart.
DON'T DRINK THE WATER
by Woody Allen
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
July 11-14 and 17-21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
UW-Fox Valley, James Perry Hall – 1478 Midway Rd, Menasha
Caution: audience members may roll in the aisles when Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water" comes to Attic's stage. The uproarious comedy is set behind the Iron Curtain, where a hapless American family of tourists is accused of spying.
ART OF MURDER
by Joe Di Pietro
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service
July 25-28 and July 31-Aug 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
UW-Fox Valley, Lucia Baehman Theatre – 1478 Midway Rd, Menasha
This 2000 winner of the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play features schemes within schemes and plots within plots. The comic murder mystery takes on the world of art and artists. Attic audiences will remember Di Pietro for the Attic sellouts "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," and "Over the River and Through the Woods."
MAME
Composer and Lyricist: Jerry Herman
Librettist: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Produced by special arrangement with Tams Witmark
August 8-11 and 14-18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
UW-Fox Valley, James Perry Hall – 1478 Midway Rd, Menasha
The season closes on a high note, as "Mame" comes to town, decked out in all her finery. Based on the novel "Auntie Mame" by Patrick Dennis, it relates the madcap life of Mame Dennis, whose eccentric lifestyle is upset by the arrival of her orphaned nephew. It features Jerry Herman's memorable score, including "Bosom Buddies," "If He Walked Into my Life," "We Need a Little Christmas," and of course the title song, "Mame.".