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Marshalltown Community Theatre
Martha Ellen Tye Playhouse
709 S. Center Street 
PO Box 923
Marshalltown, IA 50158

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SYNOPSIS:
The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (where three chorus girls were murdered by the notorious "Stage Door Slasher") assemble for a backer's audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy investor who has an interest in financing the show.  The house is replete with sliding panels, secret passageways and a German maid who is apparently four different people — all of whom figure diabolically in the comedic mayhem that follows when the infamous "Slasher" makes a reappearance and strikes again.  ...And again.  As the composer, lyricist, actors and director prepare their performance, and a raging blizzard cuts off any possible retreat, bodies start to drop in plain sight, knives spring out of nowhere, masked figures drag their victims behind swiveling bookcases, and accusing fingers point in all directions.  However, and with no thanks to the bumbling police inspector who snowshoes in to investigate, the mystery is solved in the nick of time and the "Slasher" is unmasked, but not before the audience has been treated to a sidesplitting good time, with a generous serving of the author's biting, satiric and refreshingly irreverent wit.  Who's the "Slasher?"  There's only one way to find out.

CAST REQUIREMENTS: 5 Males, 5 Females

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What a great way to close out the year and bring in the new!  If you are a fan of the British inspired hit TV series, "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?" you'll love this show!  It has become a favorite annual event so whether you're on stage or laughing from our audience, you'll have a great time.  What will happen THIS year?

This is a season EXTRA production, not included on a season ticket.

 

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SYNOPSIS:
On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, something unusual is happening in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine.  As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in love (and out of love) in unexpected and often hilarious ways.  This new comedy shows us that love can be grand, and love can also really hurt.  But bruises heal, and hearts mend, for the most part, in this delightful midwinter night's dream.

One character gets an odd tattoo, another carries around shards of her broken heart in a bag after her husband’s betrayal, two young men are literally struck to the ground when they discover their hidden feelings for each other, and one character who cannot feel pain suddenly experiences both pain and love, due to a hilarious ironing board accident.

CAST REQUIREMENTS: 2 Males, 2 Females, (8 vignettes, 19 characters)

 

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SYNOPSIS:
A sophisticated New York director with a successful Off Broadway season under her belt reluctantly travels to West Virginia to direct HAMLET under the auspices of a grant for "under served regions."  Only six people show up to audition: 23 year old Mona who has always dreamed of playing Ophelia, a coal truck driver whose single desire is Mona, two waitresses in their forties who have never been stage struck, 74 year old Hattie Johnson who has spearheaded the effort to see Mona get a crack at her dream, and the bank vice president who has been ordered to appear.  Gathering in Hattie's Restaurant, this group perpetrates the most harrowing production of Shakespeare ever mounted. Some amazing costumes and merry mishaps ladle hilarity on top of sincere attempts to tailor the Bard's HAMLET to this remarkably incompetent cast.  The play is the thing, and though limp in quality, the production marches forward in tune to very real and very deep human spirits, bent on accomplishment.  The result is a fractured, quixotic play, providing a fine example of what realizing the impossible dream really means.

CAST REQUIREMENTS: 2 Males, 6 Females

 

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Even though the director hasn't been named yet, and even the theme hasn't been decided at this time, this is always a perennial favorite for performers and audiences alike.  It is members of the community, from ALL walks of life, singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, and performing in comedy skits in this end of the season musical review and entertainment extravaganza.  Check back later for any updated information as it becomes available.  What will YOU be doing this year?

CAST REQUIREMENTS: Many people, all ages.

 

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