The 2012 Season
2012 Season
West Coast Premiere
Cradle and All
by Daniel Goldfarb
Directed by
Annie and Nate have a baby who won't sleep. Claire and Luke are losing sleep over the decision to get married and start a family. In adjacent Brooklyn Heights apartments, Daniel Goldfarb's newest and wittiest look at love, sex, commitment, and parenthood unfolds and no one will rest until the truth between each of these couples is spoken.
Performance Information
January 20 - February 18, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
Star Trek Trivia
by Man Alone Productions
Join Man Alone Productions for wacky, wild, wonderful night of trivia. Prizes! Shenanagins galore. Come on down. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Trivia at 6:00 pm. The Schmee bar will be in full force.
Performance Information
January 29 - January 29, 2012
6:00 pm
Presented by Man Alone Productions
West Coast Premiere
Lark Eden
by Natalie Symons
Directed by
Tracing the lives and life-long friendships of three southern women beginning in the Depression era and continuing through the early years of the new century, Lark Eden offers a lyrical exploration of the ties that bind lives together as tightly as family, and as surely as love. From frog catching girls with skinned knees to world wizened grandmothers, Lark Eden follows these three lives through personal trials and victories no less daunting than the historical tribulations which provide the backdrop to these everyday American lives.
Performance Information
March 16 - April 14, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
NOTE: No show on Saturday, March 31.
The Twilight Zone: Live! - 2012
by From the television series by Rod Serling
Directed by
Three episodes from the iconic television series brought to life by Theater Schmeater as part of ACT's Central Heating Lab. Traveling through dimensions of sight and sound The Twilight Zone: Live! conjures the nostalgic comforts of cold war paranoia, paradoxical time streams, and pre-adolescent phobias by some of the best writers from the Golden Age of television. Celebrating 20 years of producing great plays simply, The Zones will be directed by Theater Schmeater's original Rod Serling and co-founder, Tim Moore. In Color!
The Howling Man by Charles Beaumont
The Jeopardy Room by Rod Serling
A Penny For Your Thoughts by George Clayton Johnson
Performance Information
April 6 - April 28, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday at 8:30 pm
Performed in the Bullitt Cabaret at A Contemporary Theatre
Tickets on sale at ACT - (206) 292-7676
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
by Joe Orton
Directed by
Sloane is a handsome young man who needs a room. Kath is willing to rent the room to make a little extra cash, and is more than willing to have the comely young Sloane around the house to make a little extra time. Desires and anticipations become sport when Ed, Kath's brother, appears to compete for Sloane's affections--all to the disappointment of old man Kemp. Set in pre-mod England, Entertaining Mr. Sloane offers up a tale of skewed ethics and conflicted conventions, amid a morass of mixed morals. It's contrary Joe Orton at his wittiest and acerbic best.
Performance Information
May 18 - June 16, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Ticket Prices
Students and seniors: $15 in advance, $18 at the door
TPS: $10 at the door
Thursday nights are Pay What You Can at the door for remaining available seats.
NOTE: To be assured a seat for any Thursday night performance it is recommended that you visit www.brownpapertickets.com and pay full price.
West Coast Premiere
Hansel and Gretel
by Sally Gander
Directed by
Not your grandmother's Hansel and Gretel, this pantomimic adaptation tells you the rest of the story of what happens to the siblings after they stuff the mean old witch into the oven, turn the knob to broil, and return to a highly dysfunctional family life.
Performance Information
June 30 - August 5, 2012
Saturdays and Sundays at 5:00 pm
Ticket Prices
Parallel Lives
by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy
Directed by
Parallel Lives, based on Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney's 1989 stage show and a 1991 HBO special by the same name runs parallel to our park show at The Schmee. From angels discussing God's interior decorating choices for the world to West Texas bar patrons, Parallel Lives offers a talented cast of two the chance to create a multitude of characters to delight and confound. After 20 years, Parallel Lives (updated with new material in 2005) still rings true as a penetrating look at Americana.
Performance Information
July 13 - August 11, 2012
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Ticket Prices
Students and seniors: $15 in advance, $18 at the door
TPS: $10 at the door
Thursday nights are Pay What You Can at the door for remaining available seats.
NOTE: To be assured a seat for any Thursday night performance it is recommended that you visit www.brownpapertickets.com and pay full price.
Is He Dead?
by Mark Twain, Adapted by David Ives
Directed by
Performance Information
September 14 - October 13, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Ticket Prices
Students and seniors: $15 in advance, $18 at the door
TPS: $10 at the door
Thursday nights are Pay What You Can at the door for remaining available seats.
NOTE: To be assured a seat for any Thursday night performance it is recommended that you visit www.brownpapertickets.com and pay full price.
Fallen Angels
by Noel Coward
Directed by
Fallen Angels is early Noël Coward—originally presented in 1925—and yet the script displays the full range of rapier wit that was his hallmark. Two fast and long friends enjoying cocktails while their husbands are on a golfing weekend discover that they are both waiting for an assignation with a long lost premarital love. Horror, jealousy and comedy ensue when they realize they are both waiting for the same man! Scandalous then, always hilarious, and drier than a straight martini, Fallen Angels closes out our 2012 season with panache.
Performance Information
November 16 - December 15, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Ticket Prices
Students and seniors: $15 in advance, $18 at the door
TPS: $10 at the door
Thursday nights are Pay What You Can at the door for remaining available seats.
NOTE: To be assured a seat for any Thursday night performance it is recommended that you visit www.brownpapertickets.com and pay full price.
