(ROCKWALL, TX – May 20, 2015) The Rockwall Community Playhouse revealed the shows for its upcoming season in style with several exciting interactive games and prize bottles of wine during the RCP 2015-2016 Season Announcement Party on Tuesday night.
RCP board members treated guests to some hors d’oeuvres and refreshments before launching into the main entertainment for the evening, a gameshow-like spectacle during which audience members were invited to play a series of fun, collaborative games such as Pictionary, Charades and Hangman in order to guess the names of the shows for the upcoming season at the playhouse.
Guests also had a chance to enter into a wine pull and win bottles of wine and other special prizes.
Here’s a look at what’s in store for the RCP 2015-2016 season:
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Book by Jeffrey Lane. Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek.
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a beautiful young American heiress out of $50,000 first.
Mature Audiences
Sept. 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, Oct. 2, 3, 4 – 2015
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Adapted for the stage by James W. Rodgers. Based on the film by Frank Capra.
The story of George Bailey from Bedford Falls whose dreams have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty, and whose guardian angel has to appear on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and to remind him it truly is a wonderful life.
General Audiences
Nov. 27, 28, 29, Dec. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 – 2015
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Long before “Modern Family” there was the Sycamore family. A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from the good-natured Sycamore family – a decidedly eccentric family. When the two families meet, their lives are changed forever. Join this madcap clan as they live, love and laugh.
General Audiences
Feb. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 – 2016
DROWSY CHAPERONE
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce.
General Audiences
May 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 – 2016
LOVE, SEX & THE IRS
By Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore
This comedy brings us Jon Trachtman and Leslie Arthur who are out-of-work musicians and share an apartment in New York City. To save money, Jon has been filing tax returns listing the pair as married. The day of reckoning comes when the IRS informs the “couple” they’re going to be investigated.
General Audiences
Mar. 25, 26, 27, Apr. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 – 2016
RCP Teen Theater CINDERELLA
Music by Rodgers & Hammerstein
This classic story tells the tale of Cinderella, her bossy ugly stepsisters, an evil wicked stepmother and a handsome Prince Charming.
General Audiences
July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, Aug. 5, 6, 7 – 2016
Be sure to mark your calendar for these other RCP special events:
STAR Stage Production: August 2015
ROCKWALL’S GOT TALENT: February 2016
Rockwall Children’s Playhouse at RCP (for children ages 6 to 12)
Spring Semester and Fall Semester Mini-Productions
Summer Musical Theater Production – MULAN – June 2016
Story and photos by Austin Wells, Blue Ribbon News reporter.
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