New Century Players Presents Our 2017 - 2018 Season

Our  3 - 2 - 1  Season . . .
  • 3... fully produced shows
    • 2... one-weekend play readings
      • 1... exciting musical collaboration with the Rex Putnam High School Drama Department

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I Do! I Do! – full staged production
September 8 - 24

by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones 
The show begins with Michael and Agnes on their wedding day. Their vows behind them, they look forward to spending the rest of their lives together. We watch as they go through wedding night jitters, raise a family, and negotiate midlife crises. Michael eventually admits to his infidelity, and, although Agnes is angered by his actions, she forgives him and the couple reconciles, rediscovering how much they really need each other. Then, after 50 years of marriage, the couple leaves their house to the next pair of newlyweds.  This is a touching story of two soul mates navigating the perils of life is set to a tuneful, charming score.
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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play – full staged production
December 8 - 24

Adapted by Joe Landry
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. See our cast bring this radio broadcast to life on stage.
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Infinite Black Suitcase – a staged reading
January 26 - 28

By EM Lewis
From critically-acclaimed playwright EM Lewis, comes Infinite Black Suitcase, the story of one day in a small Oregon town and three families who are trying, in the most loving and human ways, to deal with death and dying.
 
"EM Lewis offers an endearing and insightful perusal into the lives of 16 rural Oregonians, dealing with the trauma of recent or impending death, during the course of a single day...Lewis gives evidence of being a significant talent to watch." - Variety
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Legally Blonde, the musical – full staged production
February 16 - 25

Book by Heather Hach
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Neil Benjamin
Legally Blonde tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and against the odds, defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the show, no one has faith in Elle Woods, but she manages to surprise them when she defies expectations while staying true to herself. Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the MGM movie starring Reese Witherspoon.
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Enchanted April – a staged reading
April 13 - 15

By Matthew Barber, adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel The Enchanted April.
When two frustrated London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different English women to share the cost and the experience. There, among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine, all four bloom again—rediscovering themselves in ways that they—and we—could never have expected.

"A comical, restorative journey of discovery…from darkness to light, from inhibition to unrestrained joy. Beautiful and theatrically rewarding." - Daily Variety
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The Cemetery Club – full staged production
May 4 - 20

By Ivan Menchell
A touching an humorous story of three Jewish widows who meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life; Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun; and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. He meets the widows while visiting his wife’s grave. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida and then are guilt-stricken when this nearly breaks Ida’s heart.

"Very touching and humorous. An evening of pure pleasure that will make you glad you went to the theatre." - Washington Journal Newspapers
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