SSCCTheatre is very pleased to announce their upcoming 2012 – 2013 season. This fall, Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama, A Doll’s House, will kick off the season on November 2 – 4, 2012. Lend Me a Tenor, a hilarious farce by Ken Ludwig, takes the stage March 29 – 31, 2013. And then the season closes out that summer with the family comedy, Over the Tavern, by Tom Dudzick. Season tickets are available now, for only $15, and can be purchased only online here. For more information about upcoming productions, past productions, auditions, and more, please visit www.sscctheatre.com.

A DOLL’S HOUSE
By Henrik Ibsen          Translated by Christopher Hampton
November 2 – 4, 2012

 

This epochal drama of marriage and the individual portrays a controlling husband Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora, a submissive young woman who, when their idealized homelife collapses, comes to the realization that she must finally close the door on her husband, children, and life in “a doll’s house” in order to find and live as her true self. A Doll’s House kicks off the 2012 – 2013 season on November 2 & 3 at 7:30 p.m. and on November 4 at 3:30 p.m. Directed by Rainee Angles.

LEND ME A TENOR
By Ken Ludwig
March 29 – 31, 2013

 

This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. World famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the harried General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the cultural map. Morelli is nowhere to be found; when he finally arrives drunk, it is too late for any rehearsal. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, ‘Il Stupendo’ is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Saunders coaxes Max into Morelli’s costume, intending to fool the audience with this fake ‘Il Stupendo’, blackface and all. Nervous amateur Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli revives and dresses for his second act. With two Otellos now in costume and two women en dishabille, each thinking she is with ‘Il Stupendo’, the farce spins out of control onstage and off. Lend Me a Tenor plays March 29 & 30 at 7:30 p.m. and again on March 31 at 3:30 p.m. Directed by Rainee Angles.

OVER THE TAVERN
By Tom Dudzick
July 26 – 28, 2013

 

In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped Buffalo apartment. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Rudy, is a smart, wise-cracking kid who’s starting to question family values and the Roman Catholic Church. When Rudy goes up against the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa and announces that instead of being confirmed he’d rather shop around for a more “fun” religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm and hilarious look at family, growing up, and God. Over the Tavern closes the season out on July 26 & 27 at 7:30 p.m. and on July 28 at 3:30 p.m. Directed by Rainee Angles.