Mainstage Shows

	"Intimate Apparel" a play by: Lynn Nottage Feb 27 - Mar 8

The story of an African-American seamstress at the turn of the twentieth century, who supports herself making "unmentionables" for wealthy socialites and working girls. Through correspondence with a worker on the Panama Canal, she forms a romance. When they finally meet in person, her life really starts to change.

"The Dixie Swim Club" a new comedy by: Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten Apr 30 - May 10

Featuring: Peggy Droz, Wanda Steele, Camilla Millican, Cinny Strickland, and Erin O'Conner.

This touching comedy centers around five Southern women who became friends on their college swim team. The group sets aside a long weekend every August to recharge their relationships.

Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s lives. “The Dixie Swim Club” focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.

Sheree, the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized and ‘perfect’ life, and continues to be the group’s leader. Dinah, the wise-cracking overachiever, is a career dynamo. But her victories in the courtroom are in stark contrast to the frustrations of her personal life. Lexie, pampered and outspoken, is determined to hold on to her looks and youth as long as possible. She enjoys being married – over and over and over again. The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette, is acutely aware of the dark cloud that hovers over her life, has decided to just give in and embrace the chaos. And sweet, eager-to-please Jeri Neal experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes them all by surprise.

As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, and aging) that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of ‘teamwork’, rally ‘round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction.

“The Dixie Swim Club” is the story of these five unforgettable women - a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever…

The play will be directed by Deborah Kintzing, who has helmed several of the Broach Theatre’s most popular successes including the recent hit, A TUNA CHRISTMAS.

 

	"Tom, Dick, & Harry" a farce by: Ray & Michael Cooney June 4 - 14

Tom is a nice down to earth married man. He and his wife want to adopt a child, and buy the home they are now renting. However, they still have one last interview with the adoption agency and their landlord won't come down on his asking price for the house. Then enters his brother Dick and Harry. Dick has a van full of bootlegged cigarettes and brandy. Harry works and the local morgue and has a plan to reduce the price of the house. Mix that in with two stowaways who speak no english hiding in the van, and Tom has the worse day of his life. Written by a father and son team who are masters of farce, this play will have you rolling in the aisles.

"Moon Over Buffalo" a comedy by: Ken Ludwig September 3-13

A husband and wife acting team who's marriage is on the rocks are cast as the feuding couple in a production of PRIVATE LIVES. Sparks fly both on stage and off. Written by the author of last years hit comedy "LEADING LADIES", this show is guaranteed to make you laugh 'til you hurt.

	"Almost Blue" a thriller by: Keith Reddin Oct 22 - Nov 1

In the great tradition of film noir, this new thriller will keep you guessing about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys all the way up to a surprising climax. Set in a seedy boarding house, four misfits play a deadly game of cat and mouse. This is a perfect play about the perfect crime.

"Everybody Loves Opal" a classic comedy by: John Patrick December 3-13

One of the most charming plays ever written. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning "TEA HOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON" and "THE HASTY HEART", this play revolves around Opal, an eccentric woman living in a city dump. When four less than savory characters decide to use her house as a hide out, it is her charm and innocence that win the day. This is a play that will make even the Scrooge feel the joy of the season.