Davidson Theatre

2009-2010 THEATRE SEASON

• Children's play in October - Stuart Little
• Fall play in November- Fools by Neil Simon
• Evenings of Improv in October, March, and April
• Winter Comedy in January - Almost, Maine
• Winter Drama in February - Radium Girls
• Sunday Afternoon with the Giggle Factory
• Spring Musical in April/May - The Wizard of Oz - see attachment below for ticket order and dinner-and-a-play order forms
  

Evening of Improv

Emcee:  Trace Crawford.  Appropriate for most audiences - PG to PG13 (You never really know with improv!)  All seats are general admission and $5.00.  Teams entered in the competition play free.

• Friday, April 16 at 7P

Teams from across Central Ohio compete in improv games much like those on Whose Line Is It Anyway? See our Improvisation page on this site for more information about the games played.  Always fun, never predictable!

Sunday Afternoon with the Giggle Factory

• Sunday, March 14 at 2P

Coordinator:  Diana Evans Vance.  Student leader:  Chelsea Lynn.  Appropriate for all ages and audiences; specifically designed for young children. All seats are general admission.  Children are admitted for $1; teens and adults are admitted for $3.  Tickets will be on sale 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Join the members of our touring children's troupe The Giggle Factory as they present their repertoire on stage.  For the first 45-60 minutes, members of the Giggle Factory will delight the young at heart with silent clown routines, noisy stories, and a short playlet or two.  After the stage performance, children join the troupe for good, old-fashioned carnifare type games and face painting.  A great outing that fits a family budget!

The Giggle Factory is available for birthday parties, business openings, children's events for a donation.  Donations fund a college theatre scholarship for one of our students each year.  Contact Diana Vance at diana_vance@hboe.org or call 771-2299 (the high school office).

The Wizard of Oz based on the story by Frank Baum

• Friday, April 30 at 8P
• Saturday, May 1 at  2P
• Saturday, May 1 at 8P
• Sunday, May 2 at 3P

Director -  Trace Crawford; Musical Director - Carole Bundy; Asst. Musical Director - Kristen Long;  Orchestral Director - Mark Sholl; Technical Design and Director - Diana Evans Vance; Flying apparatus provided by ZFX

Approriate for all ages and audiences. Watch this site for pending ticket information and forms.  Don't miss this classic musical filled with all your favorite songs including Somewhere Over the Rainbow and your favorite characters.  Join Dorothy, Tinman, The Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Toto on their adventures through the Land of  Oz!

Tickets for matinees are $5 and general admission.  We suggest that you purchase them in advance.

Tickets for the evening shows are $8 and a seat specific.  We strongly suggest that you purchase these tickets in advance.

In conjunction with Saturday evening's performance, Drama Boosters and OutBack Steakhouse will sponsor a dinner-and-a-play option.  Enjoy a great OutBack Steakhouse meal - 8 oz. grilled chicken, baked potato, salad, and New York style cheesecake (Mac-a-Roo available for children) and see a great show.  Adults $20; children 12 and under $15.  Reservations must be made for this option.

Ticket order forms in attachment form below.

Almost, Maine by John Cariani - Watch this site for an encore benefit performance of this production before it travels to Scotland and The Fringe Festival!

Director:  Trace Crawford.  Appropriate for most audiences - PG.  All seats are general admission and $5.00.  Tickets will be on sale one hour before curtain.

On a cold, clear, moonless Friday night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine.  As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways.  Knees are bruised; hearts are broken.  Love is lost, found, and confounded; but, the bruises heal and hearts mend-almost.  Almost, Maine inventively explores the mysteries of the human heart, touching us with laughter, heartbreak and hope.  Almost, Maine is the production that Hilliard Davidson High School will be traveling to Edinburgh, Scotland, in August 2010.  It will be presented in the American High School Theatre Festival as part of The Fringe Festival.

This production will be available for touring beginning in February.  If your company or organization would like to a sponsor a presentation, we will come to you.  Simply contact Diana Vance at diana_vance@hboe.org or Trace Crawford at trace_crawford@hboe.org or call the high school office at 771-2299.  Funds generated by these performances will pay the required royalties and help defray costs of our trip to Scotland.

CHECK OUT OUR SCHOOL'S PRODUCTION HISTORY

We have reconstructed our school's production history dating back to 1960. Check out the production history attachment at the end of this column.