Greenwood Community Theatre Season
2011-2012

(All titles pending final royalty application approval and GCT Board of Directors budget approval) 

August 4-14, 2011
THE FANTASTICKS (Mainstage)
by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
The story unfolds, radiating a timeless sweet and sunniness: the starry-eyed boy and girl next door fall in love, yearn for the dangerous attractions of the world outside, then opt instead for fulfillment in each other's arms and in hearth and home.
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Sept. 8-10, 2011
The Guys (second stage)
by Anne Nelson
"A courageous and riveting…play that tackles the horror of September 11th with an intimacy that's both unsettling and healing." —Christian Science Monitor. GCT will present a special event staged reading of this work on the 10 year anniversary of that tragic event. This production is part of the community events surrounding “The Wall That Heals”-The Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum hosted by Lander University and sponsored by numerous community agencies including but not limited to: Self Regional Hospital, Self Medical Group, The Veteran’s Association, and Blyth Funeral Home. This stunning event is looking for volunteers from all of Greenwood. GCT is proud to produce this play in conjunction with this amazing community event.
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Sept. 15-25, 2011
Morning's at Seven (Mainstage)
by Paul Osborn
Tony and Drama Desk award winning play focuses on four aging sisters living in a small Midwestern town in 1938, and it deals with ramifications within the family when two of them begin to question their lives and decide to make some changes before it’s too late. What would theatre do without loony, dysfunctional, dorky families to bring humor and heartfelt family love to the stage?
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Oct. 6-16, 2011
ALADDIN, JR. (Kids4Kids)
Welcome to Agrabah, City of Enchantment, where every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail! Filled with magic, mayhem, and flying carpet rides, audiences' spirits will soar with excitement. Most of all, the tuneful, Academy award-winning score with songs including "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me" will certainly make this musical a favorite for many years to come!
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Dec. 1-11, 2011
A CHRISTMAS STORY  (Mainstage)
by Jean Shepherd
A #1 Christmas favorite, Nine-year-old Ralph "Ralphie" Parker wants only one thing for Christmas: a Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass in the stock, and "this thing that tells time". While using various schemes to convince his parents to get him this gift he continually bumps into objections from others saying, "You'll shoot your eye out." Remember the Leg Lamp and the ice covered lamp pole, Santaland, and the challenge to put your tongue on it? Hysterical family Christmas fun!
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Jan. 12-15, 2012
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams

A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.  A drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty, The Glass Menagerie is one of the most famous plays of modern theatre. 

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Feb. 9-26, 2012
MY FAIR LADY (mainstage)
Book and lyrics by Alan Learner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award, NY Drama Critic Circle Award, and multiple Tony Award, My Fair Lady is the standard by which all others are measured. Based on Shaw's play and Pascal's movie "Pygmalion," with book, music and lyrics by Lerner and Loewe, MY FAIR LADY is triumphant. With Wouldn't It Be Loverly?, With a Little Bit of Luck, The Rain in Spain, I Could Have Danced All Night, On the Street Where You Live, Get Me to the Church on Time and I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face it's no wonder everyone-not just Henry Higgins-falls in love with Eliza Doolittle.
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Mar. 23-April 1, 2012
THE ARISTOCATS (Kids4Kids)
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Al Rinker, and Floyd Huddleston
Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Byran Louiselle Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Michael Bernard
Based on the 1970 Disney Film THE ARISTOCATS Madame's jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. What's a cat to do? Luckily, Thomas O'Malley and his rag-tag bunch of Alley Cats come to their rescue! This adventure is sure to get your audiences tapping their feet to its hep, jazzy beat, which includes the Disney favorites "The Aristocats," "Scales and Arpeggios" and "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat."
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April 19-29, 2012
Twelfth Night, or what you WILL (Main Stage)
By William Shakespeare
A Shakespearian comedy, like many others, which is based on mistaken identities and reckless human foibles. This most famous work is sure to delight our young and old actors and audiences with fantastic characters, romantic interludes, and love of all kinds! GCT is committed to providing classic theatre for our audiences and will continue in our traditions with this beloved comedy.
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June, 2012 (TBA)
Man of La Mancha (Festival of Flowers)
Book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Jo Darion, and music by Mitch Leigh
Tony Award winning musical with 4 Broadway revivals, this extraordinary work is one of the great theatre successes of our time. Based on Cervantes “Don-Quixote,” it’s a poignant story of a dying man whose impossible dream takes over his mind. His dream is Everyman’s dream. Tiltling at windmills is Everyman’s adventure. With songs such as “Dulcinea” and “To Dream the Impossible Dream” your heart and soul will be forever touched.