Last updated April 30, 2008   

Albany Civic Theater

ACT's 57th season, 2007-2008

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Note: All productions are tentative until performance rights are secured

Sept. 7-22, 2007: The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare. Directed by Gregg Burgess. Two young suitors seek to woo the fair Bianca, but her father will have none of it until her shrewish older sister, Katherine, is wed. Enter Petruchio, who vows to capture the reluctant Kate - and watch the fireworks fly!

Oct 19-Nov 3, 2007: Wonder of the World, by David Lindsay-Abaire. Directed by John Elliott. When Cass discovers a shocking secret about her husband, she flees to the honeymoon capital of the world search of the life she thinks she missed out on. A wild ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel of laughs.

Nov 30-Dec 15, 2007: Goodbye, Charlie, by George Axelrod. Directed by Jackie Tasker. Charlie was a demon lover, a connoisseur of wines and the possessor of a fine backhand. He met his end trying to escape through a porthole on a cuckold's yacht. Now Charlie has returned - as a woman. 4 men, 3 women.

Jan 11-19, 2008: Dinner with Friends, by Donald Margulies. Directed by Pat Kight. What happens to two married couples - best friends for years - when one of the marriages breaks up? Margulies 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winner brings intelligence and spiky humor to an all-too-common circumstance of modern life, creating a deeply affecting story that resonates with life, warmth and wisdom. 2 men, 2 women.

Feb. 15-Mar 8, 2008: Hello, Dolly, by Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman, based on the play by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Christi Sears. Large cast. "And what do you do for a living, Mrs. Levi?" asks a character in the first scene of this most delightful of musical comedies. "Some people paint, some sew ... I meddle," replies Dolly. And we're off on a whirlwind race around New York at the turn of the twentieth century, Following the adventures of America's most beloved musical matchmaker. Large cast musical, many roles large and small.

Mar 28-Apr 5, 2008: The Drawer Boy, by Michael Healey . Directed by Don Taco. A young actor arrives on a small Canadian farm to research a play about country life. His encounter with two middle-aged bachelor farmers - Morgan and Angus, who has a profound brain injury that leaves him unable to remember anything - launches a chain of events that reveals a secret and the ultimate power of friendship. 3 men.

Apr 25-May 10, 2008 - The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman, directed by Kay Roth. Newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank, as well as survivor accounts, are interwoven to create an impassioned, contemporary story of the lives of people persecuted under Nazi rule. A new adaptation for a new generation. 4 men, 3 women, 3 teens (1 male, 2 female), plus 3 extras.

May 30-June 14, 2008 - Fawlty Towers, by John Cleese and Connie Booth. Directed by Harriet Nixon. Fans of Monty Python and Britcoms in general will roar at this stage adaptation of three episodes from the hilarious BBC TV series: The Hotel Inspectors, Communications Problem and Basil the Rat. Fawlty Towers is the best-loved bad hotel in the world, a hilarious romp through the daily mishaps of a belligerent, bull-headed and bumbling hotel owner, Basil Fawlty and his crew of misfit employees, his put-upon wife and a slew of odd guests. 9 men, 5 women plus walk-ons; some doubling.

June 20-21, 2008: The Last Five Years (special event*), by Jason Robert Brown. Directed by Carri Moffatt. A contemporary, two-character musical that ingeniously chronicles the five year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up ... or from break-up to meeting, depending on how you look at it.

July 11-19, 2008: Nickel and Dimed, by Joan Holden, based on the book by Barbara Ehrenreich. Directed by Johanna Spencer. Can a middle-aged, middle-class woman survive when she suddenly has to make beds all day and live on $7 an hour? Maybe. But she’ll have to do back-to-back shifts as a hotel chambermaid and a waitress. A moving, urgent comic epic about the lives of women on the margins. 5 women, 1 man.

Aug. 8-23, 2008: The Compleat Works of Wllm Shksper (Abridged), by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, directed by Miranda Prince. A whirlwind jaunt through all 37 of William Shakespeare's published works, including the sonnets. This smart, funny and irreverent show will have you laughing out loud.The longest-running comedy in London, described by the Montreal Gazette as "the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime." 3 men.

* Special events are not included in season ticket prices.