GRANITE THEATRE

2010 Season

Box Office   401-596-2341

 ON GOLDEN POND                                  By Ernest Thompson                          March 19 – April 11, 2010

                This warm, humorous and touching comedy was an enormous success on Broadway and in it's film version that starred Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn.  A classic love story that transcends time and age.  It stars Artistic Directors David and Beth Jepson.  Don't miss this opportunity to see these two Westerly residents on stage together again!  A theatrical experience you'll remember for years to come.

THE LADIES MAN                                             By Charles Morey                               April 23 – May 16, 2010

                The recently married Dr. Hercule Molineaux tells "one, tiny, little, hardly noticeable lie" to cover an innocent but embarrassing indiscretion. From that single untruth tumbles a cascade of increasingly convoluted deceptions, misunderstandings and mistaken identities. Compounding Molineaux's troubles are a suspicious wife, a gorgon of a mother-in-law, an outrageously aggressive female patient, her violently jealous Prussian husband, a well-intentioned friend with a serious lisp, a valet with attitude, a maid with a secret and more slamming doors than realistic architecture should ever accommodate, all adding up to a hilariously zany and infectiously charming farce.

“An explosion of inspired craziness…I can't recall the last time I laughed so hard…" —Wall Street Journal.  "A wickedly funny farce…one of the funniest plays I have seen in years…this is as close to rolling on the floor laughing as you will ever experience." —NY Times

THE TYRANNY OF LOVE                               By Norman Beim                                May 28 – June 20, 2010

                Drew Charteris, a self-centered, arrogant theatre critic refuses to let his 17 year-old daughter marry the successful young playwright she loves. Clara, a friend of the family schemes with the young girl to outwit the pompous father with the help of the girl's fiancee in this delightful farce, adapted from a classic Moliere comedy.  The story rides an escalating wave of hilarity with a touch of a 21^st century Marx Brothers lunacy at it's best.  “You always tickle my funny bone.” -Jerry Stiller.  “Norman Beim is a “rara avis”: a professional playwright.  He is what the theatre needs.” -Tony Randall.

THE PERFECT WEDDING                       By  Robin Hawdon                               July 2 - August 1, 2010

               A man wakes up in the bridal suite on his wedding morning to find an extremely attractive naked girl in bed beside him. In the depths of a stag night hangover, he can't even remember meeting her. Before he can get her out, his bride to be arrives to dress for the wedding and, in the ensuing panic, the girl is locked in the bathroom. The best man is persuaded to claim her, but he gets confused and introduces the chamber maid to the bride as his date. The crisis escalates to nuclear levels by the time the mother of the bride and the best man's actual girlfriend arrive. This rare combination of riotous farce and touching love story has provoked waves of laughter across Europe and America. "Laughs abound." - Wisconsin Advocate. "The full house audience roared with delight." - Green Bay Gazette. "The audience is left aching with laughter. ... A crazy, wonderful evening." - Bonn Schaufenster.
 

NO SEX PLEASE WE'RE BRITISH         By Anthony Marriott & Alistar Foot               August 6 – September 5, 2010

                A young bride who lives above a bank with her husband who is the assistant manager, innocently sends a mail order off for some Scandinavian glassware. What comes is Scandinavian pornography. The plot revolves around what is to be done with the veritable floods of pornography, photographs, books, films and eventually girls that threaten to engulf this happy couple. The matter is considerably complicated by the man's mother, his boss, a visiting bank inspector, a police superintendent and a muddled friend who does everything wrong in his reluctant efforts to set everything right, all of which works up to a hilarious ending of closed or slamming doors. This farce ran in London over eight years and also delighted Broadway audiences.   "A really funny Broadway show." - ABC TV.

THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB   By Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten            September 17 – October 10, 2010

                A wonderful and hilarious new southern comedy!  If you liked STEEL MAGNOLIAS or FRIED GREEN TOMATOES you'll be head over heels over this show.  Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. The show focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.  THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB is the story of these five unforgettable women—a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever…

HERE ON THE FLIGHT PATH                         By Norm Foster                                   October 22 – November 14, 2010

                Flight Path is a hilarious look at a would-be ladies man's relationships with three attractive women – Fay, Angel and Gwen.  For John Cummings, living in a big city building on the edge of airport, the coming and going of jet planes is simply a metaphor for the way life flies by.  When you don't grab tomorrow by the tail, you're left on the edge of the runway, on the outskirts of life.   “A comedy that rips the lid off male-female relationships. "A two-hour laugh fest! A must see for anyone who enjoys a good long laugh." - Port Dover Maple Leaf

ETHAN CLAYMORE                                          By Norm Foster                                          November 26 – December 19, 2010 

                The play takes place the week before Christmas, as struggling artist, Ethan Claymore meets a woman who could turn his life around, and receives a visit from his estranged, and recently-deceased, older brother.  "Captures the softness of a Norman Rockwell winter scene to come up with a truly affectionate  comedy." - St. Thomas Times-Journal.  "A heartwarming Christmas story and one of Norm Foster's best scripts." - Fredericton Daily Gleaner.   "A play with heart and humour." - Kitchener-Waterloo Record.  If Frank Capra (IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE) was still around and making movies, this could easily have been one of his films.  Heartwarming, up-lifting – this show has it all.  Destined to become a new holiday classic!

GENERAL ADMISSION -  $18                         SUBSCRIPTIONS - $134

SENIORS (62+)–  $15                                        SENIOR SUBSCRIPTIONS - $107                                   

 CHILDREN – $11                                                                                                                                              

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All shows subject to change.