The Brewster Theater Company is proud to announce our  2009 Season.

Veronica's Room

by Ira Levin

February 27-28 & March 6-7 2009
at 8 p.m.  

The elderly couple are so amazed that Susan looked exactly like long dead Veronica. When they asked her to come home and pretend to be Veronica to make a dying old woman happy, it seemed like such a small thing to ask. But suddenly, things aren't going the way Susan expected. As a child, Susan was told by her mother, not to talk to strangers. Susan should have listened.

"Veronica's Room," written by celebrated playwright Ira Levin, is a totally absorbing spider's web entwining fantasy and reality. Levin is world-renowned for ''Deathtrap,'' his Broadway thriller, as well as for ''Rosemary's Baby,'' his novel of the supernatural.

One famous theatre critic described "Veronica's Room" in this way: "It's like being trapped in someone else's nightmare . . . with a jarring and surprising climax."

The Village Voice summed up "Veronica's Room" as a "neat, elegant thriller."

* CONTAINS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND MATURE CONTENT

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Veronica's Room Production

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Play On!

by Rick Abbot

March 27-28, April 3-4 2009

at 8 p.m. 

The Melrose School, Federal Road, Brewster, NY

This is the hilarious story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty authoress who keeps revising the script. Act I is a rehearsal of the dreadful show, Act II is the near disastrous dress rehearsal, and the final act is the actual performance in which anything that can go wrong does. When the authoress decides to give a speech on the state of the modern theatre during the curtain calls, the audience is treated to a madcap climax to a thoroughly hilarious romp.

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Annual Evening of One Acts

June 5 & 6 2009

Local authors showcase their original works and directors bring out humor and drama with the talents of a diverse cast.

Annual ‘Evening of One-Acts’ Affairs of the Heart

Affairs of the Heart will be the subject of several one-act plays and teen monologues, some by local playwrights, to be presented at The Brewster Theater Company’s sixth annual Evening of One-Acts. Conflict, humor and tenderness reach across the generations in this wide array of pieces, offering roles for actors of all ages. With a compressed rehearsal cycle and short, manageable roles, this is a perfect opportunity for experienced actors with limited time to ‘keep their hand in’ or for new actors who just want to ‘get their feet wet’. 

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Music by Charles Strouse

Lyrics by Lee Adams

Book by Michael Stewart

August 13, 14, & 15 2009 at 8pm

August 15 at 2pm

BYE BYE BIRDIE is one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. It is a satire done with the fondest affection, and tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army. An English Teacher, What Did I Ever See in Him?, Put on a Happy Face, One Boy, A Lot of Livin' to Do, Kids, Rosie and Spanish Rose are musical theatre classics. This is the tops in imagination and good old fashion fun.

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October 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th

8 p.m.

In a small town dime store in West Texas, the "Disciples of James Dean" gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle-aged women, they were teenagers when Dean filmed Giant two decades ago in nearby Marfa. One of them, an extra in the film, has a child whom she says was conceived with Dean during the shoot. The ladies' congenial reminiscences mingle with flash backs to their youth; then the arrival of a stunning but familiar stranger sets off a series of confrontations that smash their delusions and expose bitter disappointments.

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by Pat Cook

December 5th
at 2 pm
at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
26 Prospect St., Brewster, NY
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The One and Only Santa Claus isn’t your standard Christmas play. It is a series of sketches around the house, the neighborhood and the North Pole about a TV crew trying to find Santa for a photo-op and an interview. The crew of adults never does get to see him but the kids in the audience, big ones as well as little ones, see him many times. The adult TV people do get very close to Santa at the end and, instead of an interview, get the Christmas Spirit.

With a list of characters that includes Yul Tide, Chrystal Flakes, Winter Von Derland and Mary Christmas and the bumbling interplay among them and the TV crew members, the play is a joyful, funny way to celebrate the Christmas Season. The cast is made up of both local adults and children. After all, someone had to play Santa’s elves!

Directed by Vicky Barbalato and produced by Nancy D'Angelo, the holiday production features actors from Brewster and the surrounding area.

For reservations and additional information go to www.brewstertheatercompany.org or call 845 598-1621.

The Lion in Winter 

by James Goldman

January 2010

Performances are scheduled for January 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 8 pm at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 26 Prospect Street, Brewster, NY.  Tickets are $/10 adults and $/8 seniors. 

King Henry II of England has three sons by Eleanor of Aquitaine: Richard, Geoffrey and John. He wants the kingdom to stay united after his death, but all three sons want to rule and it is likely to be torn apart by revolution. Henry favors the youngest son while Eleanor favors the eldest. The middle son hopes to play both ends against each other and come out on top. Henry would like to have another heir by his mistress, but that would only add to the contenders. Uneasy is the head on which the crown lies, and uneasy the truce between a matchless king and queen. This mundane history is glorified in language that is brilliant in its ability to characterize, its rhetorical impact, its actability, and its generative power. Few since Shakespeare have had such a marvelous gift for truly comic repartee.

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Play Reading Group

MONTHLY MEETINGS

Would you enjoy an evening out of the house? Interested in theatre but you don’t have the time to commit to a production? Come join other interested people having fun once per month (and find out what is happening in our local theatre company).  The BTC play reading group meet at the Brewster Library at 7:00 pm. Dates are tentatively scheduled as:

This group is open to both members of BTC and non-members. It is not necessary to commitment to attend each month.  Let us know of your interest and we will send you an e-mail reminder and ask for a response if you plan to attend. 

Interested?  Sign up to volunteer for our play reading group by calling 845-598-1621or emailing Carolyn Adams. 

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