The cheese ball is the spherical center of this delightfully offkey, off-color hymn to clichés we all live by. This collaborative story considers, among other things, the American love for Americana, 12-step programs, and spiritualism, as well as alternative medicine, … Continued
This WWII-era farce involves a cast of characters galloping in and out of the four doors of an English vicarage: an American actor and actress (he is now stationed with the air force in England), a cockney maid who has … Continued
Prelude to a Kiss tells the story of a couple, Peter and Rita, who fall in love despite Rita’s pessimistic outlook on life. Shortly after their wedding, a supernatural event tests the strength of their love and commitment to each … Continued
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a unique musical comedy that centers around a fictional spelling bee set in the geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally-quirky grown-ups. … Continued
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum takes comedy back to its roots, “combining situations from time-tested, 2000 year old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville.” It tells the bawdy story … Continued
This long one-act farce includes reversal of light and dark and a plot full of mistaken identities. Action supposedly in the dark is illuminated; when the lights are supposed to be on, the stage is the dark.
The story concerns Frederic, who, having celebrated his 21st birthday (or so he thinks), is to be released from his apprenticeship to a band of tenderhearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and the two young people … Continued
A “prime piece of Americana,” Charles Aidman’s 1963 adaptation of the poems of Edgar Lee Masters from the Spoon River Anthology will be directed by Bill Brewer, one of OxACT’s original founding members.
In this Tony Award-winning drama, a “brooding and loving American folk poem brought to life on a stage” (N.Y. Times), we are introduced in a cemetery to the ghosts of those who were inhabitants of a small Illinois town and whose secrets have gone with them to the grave.
