With a successful inaugural spring season under its cap, the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation and the Garden Theatre are announcing its first full season September 2008-May 2009. In addition to the theatrical productions listed, vintage and family movies, weekend concerts and community events will be added to the season. Tickets prices vary $15-$25. For more information, call the box office at 407-877-GRDN (4736). We hope you enjoy the season as much as we enjoyed putting it together!
L’Ange Avec Les Fleurs
Written by Rocky Hopson, Music by Rob Houle
Produced by Beth Marshall Presents
September 18-28, 2008
A “Junk Melodrama” set in 1940’s France. A troupe of vagabond performers with their avant-garde band, Bric-a-Brac, presents the story of the world’s greatest clown and his journey to become a real man. An explosion of stylized song, dance, pantomime, clowning, puppetry – and a Big French Bear! Great for the whole family.
Tickets: $22 ($18 for seniors/students)
MusicFest 2008
Produced by the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Inc.
October 3, 4, &5, 2008
Promoting and celebrating musicl talent with a connection to Winter Garden, this free festival offers a wide variety of musical genres such as jazz, Blues, Country, Classical, Big Band, Classic Rock, Gospel, Celtic, African, Latin, Bluegrass, and Choral Music. Other free activities include workshops, displays, foord, shopping and a Kidsfest focusing on youth activities.
Zombies from the Beyond
A Musical by James Valcq
Produced by Jester Theater Company
October 17-November 2, 2008
This toe-tapping musical comedy takes its cue from pulp movies of the 50's and is a camp celebration of the American ideals and foibles of the Eisenhower era. The good folks at the fictional Milwaukee Space Center set to launch their next probe when the sopranic Zombina comes to enslave all the men of Earth. Think Plan 9 from Outer Space, Little Shop of Horrors and Mars Needs Women mixed with song, dance and laughs galore.
Tickets: $22 ($18 for seniors/students)
Voci Dance Presents
Produced by Voci Dance
November 7-9, 2008
Voci Dance brings to the Garden Theatre a diverse range of choreographic works showcasing their 8th season as Central Florida's premier modern dance company. Choreography ranges from classical, athletic, abstract, highly stylized to humorous and includes Voci past favorites, as well as new work.
Tickets: $18 ($14 for seniors/students)
The Claire Lynch Band
November 22, 2008
By any measure, the Claire Lynch Band is high on the bluegrass world's A-list, with musicians whose accolades include International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Female Volcalist of the Year and two Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass Album; the IBMA Guitar Player of the Year awards; and two IBMA Bass Player of the Year awards.
Tickets: $25 ($22 for seniors/students)
It’s a Wonderful Life - Radio Play
By Joe Landry
Produced by Orlando Theatre Project
December 5-21, 2008
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.
Tickets: $25 ($22 for seniors/students)
TBA
Jan 3-18, 2009
SNACK
Produced by PB&J Theatre Factory
January 23-February 1, 2009
Loosen your belt buckle and gobble up the good times…the producers who brought you SPORT are back with SNACK. Food has never been so funny!
$15 ($12 for seniors/students)
The Iliad, the Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less
Produced by Jester Theater Company
February 13-March 1, 2009
With the clock ticking before everyone's eyes, five actors speed through ALL of Greek Mythology, the foundation of modern storytelling. It's the pop culture of Cliff's Notes telling of every hero, monster and God of classic myth in this fast-paced original comedy by Jester Theater's own Jay Hopkins and John Hunter.
Tickets: $22 ($18 for seniors/students)
Our Town
By Thornton Wilder
Produced by Beth Marshall Presents
March 13-29, 2009
This Pulitzer-Prize winning play by Thornton Wilder set at the turn of the 20th century is an American classic, revealing the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners.
Tickets: $22 ($18 for seniors/students)
I Do, I Do
Book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt
Produced by Orlando Theatre Project
April 3-19, 2009
The story of a marriage is at the center of this intimate and nostalgic work by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, the authors of “The Fantasticks.” Journey with Michael and Agnes over a period of 50 years, through wedding night jitters, raising a family, mid-life crises, quarrels, separation, reconciliation, and growing old together.
Tickets: $22 ($18 for seniors/students)
Noises Off
Produced by Jester Theater Company
May 8-24, 2009
This riotous farce follows a bumbling acting troupe as they fumble their way through dress rehearsal to the closing night of their tour. Audiences will love being part of this play-within-a play comedy where anything that can go wrong - does go wrong; and the disasters backstage are just as hilarious as what is onstage.
Tickets: $25 ($22 for seniors/students)