Urinetown the Musical
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis

Performances: November 14-16 and 21-23, PJC Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium

Tickets on sale October 24th

Synopsis: Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is an earnest tale of love, greed, and revolution. The show is set in a town plagued by a 20-year drought, where water has become so scarce that private toilets have become unthinkable. At the mercy of a single dominating corporation who maintains a monopoly on the town’s public amenities, the destitute citizens must pay towering taxes and fines to carry out their most private and basic of needs. Out of the mass of the pitiable, a hero rises to lead his fellow citizens against the tyrannical regime. Drawing from West Side Story, Chicago, and Les Misérables, the show irreverently pays witty homage to the great America musical theatre tradition. Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective of one of America’s greatest art forms.

The Night of the Iguana
By Tennessee Williams

Performances: February 20-22 and February 27-March 1, PJC Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium

Tickets on sale February 2nd

Synopsis: Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana is the last of the distinguished American playwright's major artistic, critical, and box office successes. First performed on December 28, 1961, on Broadway in the Royale Theatre, The Night of the Iguana won Williams his fourth New York Drama Critics Award. Like other plays by Williams, The Night of the Iguana focuses on sexual relationships and odd characters, including one crippled by his desires, the Reverend Shannon. Indeed, in retrospect, many critics see The Night of the Iguana as the link between stylistic eras (early/middle to late) for Williams. They argue that Williams reveals more of himself in this play than his previous work. Indeed, unlike many of Williams' plays The Night of the Iguana ends on a positive, hopeful note. However, there has been a lingering controversy over what the iguana, mentioned in the title, represents. The iguana, which spends most of the play tied up on the edge of the veranda, is seen as a symbol for a number of things, including freedom, what it means to be human, and Shannon. As an unnamed critic in Time magazine wrote, ''Purists of the craft may object that, strictly speaking, The Night of the Iguana does not go anywhere. In the deepest sense, it does not need to. It is already there, at the moving, tormented heart of the human condition."

Rhinoceros
The absurd comedy by Eugene Ionesco

Performances: May 15-17 and 22-24, PJC Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium

Tickets on sale April 27th

Synopsis: Berenger, an average citizen in an unnamed French city, is not interested in the fact that rhinoceros are on the loose.  This causes him to quarrel with his friend Jean and his attractive secretary Daisy outside of a grocer’s shop.  The argument continues with many locals joining in – these include the grocer and his wife, a waitress and a housewife, a café owner, an elderly gentleman, a waitress and logician.  The group tries to reason the events that are happening around them.  The results are understandably chaotic.