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Community theatre in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania |
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Past Productions 2003 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS This bizarre off-Broadway sensation by Menken and Ashman took a bite out of Susquehanna County in the summer of '03. Like the original, non-musical film of "Little Shop", this show tells the story of the nebbish floral assistant who promises human flesh and blood to a magical plant, in exchange for the woman he loves. The musical version takes the macabre absurdity to another level, with a score of campy production numbers that twist the "girl-group" sounds of early 60's AM radio into a darkly comical, sing-along score. It's mayhem with a backbeat -- plus a couple of tender musical moments, as the crazy action stops for "Somewhere That's Green" and "Suddenly, Seymour".
Presented at Blue
Ridge High School on July 11-13, 18-19, 2003. Cast: Click the links
below for video clips from one of EMTC's "Little Shop" performances!
[You'll need Windows Media Player.] FIGMENTS The plot of Billy St. John's Figments is really quite simple. It's just about this guy named Rick, who writes mystery plays. And the play he's writing now . . . well, he's not writing it. He can't come up with the ideas. Partly because he's distracted by his mother, who comes and goes from his apartment like she runs the place. Mama takes up a lot of space . . . because Rick also has an imaginary version of Mama in his head, whom he constantly argues with. Only it's not the real Rick who argues with the imaginary Mama . . . it's an imaginary Rick, who's a little more outspoken. Got that so far? "Where's Rick's father?" you might ask. Pop, alas, is no longer with us . . . except that he is with us, in a cremation urn that Mama carries everywhere. And, in Rick's imagination, Pop is still very much alive (though he wears a giant urn in place of a sport jacket or cardigan). You know it's a funny play when the dead guy has some of the best lines.
Presented at Blue
Ridge High School on August 15-17, 2003, and at Tunkhannock's Carriage Inn (in conjunction with the Endless Mountains Council on the Arts) on Sept. 13-14, 2003.
THE WAFFLE TRUTH The Waffle Truth, by EMTC's own Jonathan Caws-Elwitt, is not only one of the few waffle-driven comedies in the annals of modern theater . . . it was also the first locally-authored full-length show to be produced by Endless Mountains Theatre Company. Though "Waffle" dates from the new millennium, it's classic farce. Through a maze of half-baked schemes, interpersonal rivalries, mistaken identities and general tomfoolery, the play revolves around the wholesome nonsense of one family's attempt to sell the world a better waffle machine. The home of inventor Maxine Manx and her three daughters becomes a crossroads for dithering business executives, an eccentric professor, and a couple of overly-helpful friends and relatives. The nonstop verbal comedy is punctuated by hasty entrances and exits, as well as an unidentified squeaking noise.
Presented at Blue
Ridge High School on October 10-12, 2003. Cast: |
