Tag Archives: Oxford Area Community Theater

GOD OF CARNAGE
Presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
Feb. 21-March 2
Oxford

Directed by Mike McVey

Described as “savagely funny” by the International Herald Tribune, this comedy follows two sets of parents who meet after a playground fight between their sons to discuss the incident in a rational manner. As the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in a chaotic clash of egos and accusations.

• Fri, Feb. 21 at 7:30pm
• Sat-Sun, Feb. 22-23 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, Feb. 28-March 1 at 7:30pm
• Sun, March 2 at 2pm

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THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL
Presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
Oct. 25-Nov. 3
Oxford

Directed by Rebecca Howard

There’s a new tenant at Armadillo Acres, and she’s wreaking havoc all over Florida’s most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Phil-loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband, the storms begin to brew. Content Advisory: This show contains adult language and themes.

• Fri-Sat, oct. 25-26 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Oct. 27 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, Nov. 1-2 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Nov. 3 at 2pm

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WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD
Presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
May 16-19
Oxford

Directed by Carly McFadden

WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD centers on two women, who appear to have nothing in common and are stuck in a waiting area at Reagan National Airport while a thunderstorm has shut down airports along the East Coast. Patty is a chatty southerner—a blue-collar woman from a red state—who is almost physically unable to tolerate silence. Margaret is a Washingtonian, reserved, educated, liberal and not interested in sharing her thoughts, or her table, with Patty. Forced together for a long night in a public place, the two strangers have no choice but to share a bottle of wine and begin to talk…and to listen. Their conversation is funny, difficult, deeply revealing and astonishingly frank. Patty and Margaret share details of their lives that lead them to a place of kinship neither of them could have imagined. Yes, Walter Cronkite is dead, but his wisdom and compassion lives on in this insightful comedy about what might be possible if people from opposite sides of the political aisle would stop shouting and take even one night to listen.

• Thu-Sat, May 15-18 at 7:30pm
• Sun, May 19 at 5:30pm

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BOOK OF LIZ
Presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
Feb. 15-23
Oxford

Directed by Rebecca Howard

Sister Elizabeth Donderstock is Squeamish, has been her whole life. She makes cheese balls (traditional and smokey) that sustain the existence of her entire religious community, Clusterhave. However, she feels unappreciated among her Squeamish brethen, and she decides to try her luck in the outside world. Along the way, she meets a Cockney-speaking Ukranian immigrant couple who find her a job waiting tables at Plymouth Crock, a family restaurant run almost entirely by recovering alcoholics. The alcoholics love her. The customers love her. Her Danderfrock fits right in. Things are going great for Liz, until she’s offered a promotion to manager. Unfortunately, Liz has a sweating problem, and to get the job, she’ll have to fix it. Meanwhile, back at Clusterhaven, Liz’s compatriots just can’t seem to duplicate her cheese ball recipe, and it’s going to cost them their quaint, cloistered lifestyle. They are panic-stricken and desperate, and sure she sabotaged the recipe. Does Liz go through with the operation? Can the Squeamish be saved? Will the cheese balls ever tast good again? The answers to these and so many other questions can be found in the new comedy from The Talent Family, David and Amy Sedaris

• Fri-Sat, Feb. 15-16 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Feb. 17 at 2pm
• Thu-Sat, Feb. 21-23 at 7:30pm

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SEE HOW THEY RUN
Presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
Oct. 19-28
Oxford

Directed by Bill Brewer

Cast: Donna Stevens as Ida, Sara Christman as Ms. Skillon, Ryan Knapper as The Reverend Lionel Toop, Jordan Carlson as Penelope Toop, Tom Dierling as Corporal Clive Winton, Bob Burnard as the Bishop of Lax, Mike Beck as the Intruder, Vince Smith as The Reverend Arthur Humphrey & Jeff Christian as Sergeant Towers

Set in the idyllic village of Merton-cum-Middlewick in 1940s England, the village inhabitants are preparing themselves for the imminent threat of Nazi invasion. Resident nosy-parker and spinster, Miss Skillon, becomes convinced that her beloved vicar’s actress wife is having an affair and attempts to expose her. Add an escaped German prisoner of war, a handsome actor, the visiting Bishop of Lax, a rotund locum priest and some meddling neighbors and hilarious confusion and mayhem result.

• Fri-Sat, Oct. 19-20 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Oct. 21 at 2pm
• Thu-Fri, Oct. 25-26 at 7:30pm
• Sat, Oct. 27 at 2pm & 7:30pm

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