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The results are in! Venice Theatre returned from the Florida Theatre Conference in Lakeland with awards for Best Play, Best Actress and Best Design. Kudos to Murray Chase's production of The School for Wives which will be moving on to the Southeast Theatre Conference in Birmingham, Alabama March 4-8, 2009. Congratulations to Amber Sulesky for her best-actress win for her portrayal of Agnes! And, cheers to our design team for taking home the prize for Best Overall Design. Scenic Design by Steve Mitchell with additional design by Barry Sullivan, Jim Lovett and Patty Avery. Costume Design by Nicholas Hartman. Lighting Design by Chris McVicker. |
November 6 - 23, 2008
A Stage II production in the Yvonne Pinkerton Theatre
Tickets $24 for adults /$12 for students 
By Joan Holden
Based on Nickel and Dimed, On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich.
 Can Barbara - a middle-aged, middle-class woman - survive when she suddenly has to make beds all day in a hotel and live on $7 an hour? Maybe. But one $7-an-hour job won't pay the rent: she'll have to do back-to-back shifts, as a chambermaid and a waitress. Joan Holden's stage adaptation of the best-selling book is a comic epic shadowed with tragedy. The worst, Barbara learns, is not what happens to the back or the knees; it's the damage to the heart. The bright glimpses of co-workers that enliven the book become indelible portraits of characters that wage their life struggles with a gallantry that humbles Barbara, and the audience.
SPECIAL NOTES:
Patrons are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to All Faiths Food Bank.
Talk-backs with cast and speakers from a variety of community organizations will follow select performances. |
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November 11 - December 7, 2008
A MainStage Musical
Tickets $24 / $12 student rate
by Mel Brooks
 Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks' classic cult comedy film. As a big Broadway musical, The Producers sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humor. The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions.
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