Monthly Archives: April 2015

Dare to Defy Productions have announced their upcoming season.

Productions include:

July 24-25, 2015
ASSASSINS

Using a murderous carnival theme, Assassins will take you on an intense, sometimes comical, thought provoking journey into the deranged minds of assassins such as John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley, and many others. The music throughout the shows varies among different styles to represent the different eras of our ensemble of criminals.  By developing the characters of historic assassins out of the slim biographical information found in the daily news, Assassins prompts us to consider their motivation. “(Sondheim) confronts pain in order to cauterize the decay and heal the sicknesses which lurk at the core of our society”.

Sept. 4-5. 2015
INTO THE WOODS

The musical intertwines mainly the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them to explore the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Rapunzel”, and “Cinderella”, as well as several others. The musical is tied together by an original story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey.

Oct. 16-24, 2015
GODSPELL

Based on the Gospel of Matthew, the show stresses Jesus’ humility and compassion, reinforcing that he’s a hero for secular humanists as well as the pious. Whether you go for it depends not on your religious affiliation, but on your tolerance for the format; it can suggest a giddily earnest children’s program, with Jesus cast as the firm but likable teacher and his disciples as eager but often unruly students.

Nov. 27-28, 2015
FOOTLOOSE

Teenagers have lots of problems, but Footloose high schooler Ren McCormack really feels put upon. Ren’s dad has deserted the family and he and his mom Ethel are forced to move from that toddlin’ town of Chicago all the way to the nowheresville that is Bomont, described as “a small Midwestern town.” As well as teenage angst, Footloose, is all about fun and the carefree nature of being a teen, which of course is never fully appreciated at the time.

Jan. 22-30, 2016
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL

The characters are just what you would think to see in this over stereotyped musical. You’ll meet Pippi, “the stripper on the run,” the Dr. Phil loving, agoraphobic, Jeannie, and Jeannie’s tollbooth collector husband, Norbert. Other characters include Lin, Pickles, Duke, and Betty. Other residents of Armadillo Acres that round out this wonderfully scored ensemble musical.

April 1-10, 2016
THE WILD PARTY

In the roaring 20’s and beautiful young Queenie cannot find a lover able to satisfy her desires – until she meets Burrs, a vaudevillian clown with a voracious appetite for women. The dark musical moves on to an exciting wild party that spins fatally out of control. The score is filled with a number of notable high spots like “Let’s Raise the Roof,” “The Juggernaut,” and “The Life of the Party.”

May 20-21, 2016
AMERICAN IDIOT

American Idiot follows the journey of three life long friends on different paths. Two of them leave the unsatisfying, yet safe, suburban life for the excitement of the Big City- and eventually the war torn Middle East. The third stays behind in their hometown with this pregnant girlfriend and an uncertain future. Featuring chart topping hits including “21 Guns,” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” “Holiday,” and title song “American Idiot,” the Tony Award winning show uses the music of the album to tell the story. Love and Loss, Addiction and redemption, life and death, and the endless pursuit of The American Dream, everyone can relate to this telling story.

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