First Presbyterian Theatre
300 W. Wayne St.
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(260) 422-6329
2007-2008 Season
Mister Roberts
by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan, directed by Joel D. Scribner
(July 3 to 19, 2008),
Rated: G.
2008-09 Season
On Golden Pond—by
Ernest Thompson, directed by Joel D. Scribner
August
28**, 29, 30, September 5, 6, 7*, 12, 13, 2008
This love story is a touching, funny and perceptive study of a spirited elderly
couple facing their twilight years.
“A work of rare simplicity and beauty” (NY
Daily News), it spans their 48th year together at their Golden
Pond summer house. Like the
Fonda/Hepburn movie, this affection-filled piece is a memorable experience.
Rated:
PG, for mild profanity.
Crowns—by
Regina Taylor, directed by Thom Hofrichter, musical direction by Ben Wedler
October
16**, 17, 18, 19*, 24, 25, 26*, 31, November 1, 2*, 2008
Hats are everywhere in this gospel musical telling the stories of six southern
African-American women and the hats they wear to church.
This joyous celebration is seen through the eyes of a young woman sent to
her grandmother’s after her brother is killed in Brooklyn.
As the young woman embraces the hat culture, she also gains a greater
sense of self.
Rated:
G.
It’s A Wonderful Life—based
on the Frank Capra film, directed by Thom Hofrichter
December 4**, 5, 6, 7*, 12, 13, 14*, 19, 20, 21*, 2008
The tradition continues as FPT revisits this moving holiday classic in which George Bailey learns how many lives
each of us touches and how important one person can be. This is a perfect piece of theater to put you in the holiday
spirit. Rated: G.
Boiling Pot—by
Evan Joiner and Kobi Libii
January
2, 3, 9, 10, 11*, 2009 (no preview
performance)
Boiling Pot
is a docudrama exploring the ways race continues to affect American life.
FPT is proud to present this timely work which is told through interwoven
monologues performed by playwrights, Evan Joiner and Kobi Libii.
It premiered at Yale University before moving to the prestigious
International New York Fringe Festival.
Rated R, for language and subject matter.
Macbeth—by
William Shakespeare, directed by Thom Hofrichter
February 19**, 20, 21, 27, 28, March 1*, 6, 7, 2009
"Something
wicked this way comes" to First Presbyterian Theater to commemorate the 200th
birthday of Abraham Lincoln, as Macbeth was his favorite play.
Certainly, the Bard’s examination of this power-couple’s ambition is as
relevant today as it was in Lincoln's day, or when it was written, over 400
years ago.
Rated: PG, for violence.
The Rabbit Hole—by
David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Thom Hofrichter
April
16**, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26*, May 1, 2, 2009
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,
this story of a family’s grief after the loss of a child is potent, poignant,
and powerful theater. It is a
satisfyingly strange combination of loss tempered by a movement toward healing,
seasoned with the unique wit of one of America’s finest young playwrights, who,
according to The Philadelphia Inquirer,
“offers no easy answers. This is
one smart play.”
Rated:
PG13, for adult language.
The Underpants—by
Steve Martin, directed by Joel D. Scribner
June
4**, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14*, 19, 20, 2009
The renowned comic actor provides a wild
satire adapted from a classic German play about a couple whose conservative
existence is shattered when the wife’s bloomers fall down in public.
While never missing a laugh, it examines how celebrity is created, and
then sought after by society.
Called “gleefully silly” by Variety,
this bawdy, laugh out-loud farce is a “wild, and crazy” ride.
Rated:
PG, for bawdy humor.
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**Thursday
preview-curtain at
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All other dates are Friday and Saturday-curtain at
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Tickets are $16/ $14 for seniors (over 60) and young audiences (under 23)
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FPT is located in First Presbyterian Church—just north of the Allen County
Public Library
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Season
tickets, dinner theater packages for opening night, and group rates are
available.
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