Here's what will be presented during the 2010-2011
season,
Kanata Theatre's 42nd season
Season Ticket ordering information is on the Box Office pages.
You can download the season's Brochure or a printable Order Form
Having Hope at Home
by David S. Craig
Directed by Alain Chamsi
September 14 - 18 & 21 - 25, 2010 at
8pm
Carolyn has hired a midwife
to help with the imminent birth of her first child in her drafty
rural home in midwinter. Her father and mother are due for
dinner at the precise time the first labour pains are felt. Dad
is a noted gynecologist with the settled belief that a well
equipped hospital is where births, especially that of his first
grandchild, should occur. Modern medicine meets midwifery head
on in this funny and heartwarming comedy.
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jim Holmes
November 9 - 13 & 16 - 20, 2010
at 8pm
The bard returns to the Kanata Theatre
stage for the first time in ten years. Kate squares off against
Petruchio in this early and brilliant treatment of the war of
the sexes. Who triumphs?You may think you know how it ends, but
things aren’t always as they seem. Shakespeare’s enduring and
beloved comedy gets a striking new treatment in Kanata Theatre’s
production.
Jenny's House of Joy
by Norm Foster
Directed by Jon Alkan
February 1 - 5 & 8 - 12, 2011
at 8pm
Canada and Kanata’s most popular playwright is back. It is 1870
in the American midwest. The setting is a house of, well, “joy”.
The four women who staff the establishment are joined by a
seemingly naive, refined young woman who feels she can learn the
profession, although at first blush she would appear to be
totally unsuited to it. The new recruit shows surprising
aptitude for her new occupation. The consequences are both funny
and dramatic.
Cash on Delivery
by Michael Cooney
Directed by Rosemary Keneford
March 22 - 26 &
March 29 - April 2 at 8pm
It appears that Eric has been scamming the government by
intercepting and cashing the benefit cheques of a number of
fictitious lodgers. A government auditor is on the way who will
surely expose the scheme. Eric’s only route of escape is to
“kill” off the people he has invented. He enlists the unwilling
help of Norman, a real lodger. Naturally if anything can go
wrong it does. This zany farce is guaranteed to keep you in
stitches.
A Few Good Men
by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Shelagh Mills
May 10 - 14 & 17 - 21, 2011 at 8pm
Guantanamo Bay is at the centre of this gripping play. A
cynical lawyer is persuaded to take seriously the defence of two
young marines charged with the death of a third. Did the accused
act on their own? Were they obeying an unwritten code of honour?
If so, does this relieve them of responsibility for their
actions? If they are not guilty, who is? The tension never lets
up in this classic court drama.
And for the holiday season . . .
SeussicalTM
Music by STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Lyrics by LYNN AHRENS
Book by LYNN AHRENS and STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Co-Conceived by LYNN AHRENS, STEPHEN FLAHERTY, & ERIC
IDLE
Based on the works of DR. SEUSS
Directed by Andrew Williams
December 27 at 1 pm and 4 pm,
December 28 at 7 pm
December 29 at 1 pm and 4 pm, December 30 at 1 pm
SeussicalTM is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! All is not
quiet in the Jungle of Nool, as Horton the Elephant finds
himself standing guard over an abandoned egg, while at the same
time trying to save the tiny world of the Whos. This one act
musical, filled with your favourite whimsical characters,
including Gertrude McFuzz, The Wickersham Brothers, a very sour
Kangaroo, and one very mischievous cat, is sure to please the
young and young at heart.
All SeussicalTM tickets $8, discount price $5 if purchased with season’s subscription.
SEUSSICAL - THEATRE YOUNG AUDIENCES is
presented through special arrangement with
Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized
performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
And a special presentation by the Youth of Kanata Theatre:
Music & Lyrics: Matthew
Wilder, David Zippel, Stephen Schwartz, Jeanine Tesori
and Alexa Junge
Music adapted & arranged and additional music & lyrics by: Bryan Louiselle
Book adapted & additional lyrics by: Patricia Cotter
Based on the 1998 Disney film "Mulan" and the story of "Fa Mulan"
by: Robert D. San Souci
Directed by Andrew Williams, Musical Director Sonia Francis
Performances at 7pm on June 3, 2011 and at 2pm on June 4, 2011
Fa Mulan decides to uphold the Fa family's honour when her
father is not fit enough to serve in the army. She stands
in for him and helps defend the country against invaders. There
would be a severe punishment for a girl pretending to be a man:
but Mulan helps vanquish the enemy and saves the
Emperor's life, so she is forgiven and has honours heaped upon
her.
Reserved seats: all tickets $5.00
DISNEY'S MULAN JUNIOR
is presented through special
arrangement with
Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized
performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
Work Shops
Fourteen
Sun Dried
Check Please
Note: All plays are subject to the performance rights being available.