Concord Players Announces 2024-2025 Season (Concord, MA.)
Concord Players
Announces Their
2024-2025 SEASON!
All performances to be held at 51 Walden Street, Concord, MA.
TICKETS:
Call # 978 369-2990 or visit https://concordplayers.org/
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ABOUT THE SHOWS
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by J. Mark Baumhardt
Performances:
November 8, 2024 through November 23, 2024
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All performances to be held at 51 Walden Street, Concord, MA.
TICKETS:
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The 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama "HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE" is a dramatic masterpiece from legendary playwright Paula Vogel.
Check your mirrors, place your hands at ten-and-two, and experience one of the greatest American plays ever written.
Nominated for the 2022 Tony Award for Best Revival, "HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE" puts us behind the wheel of a ‘56 Chevy with our protagonist, Li’l Bit, as she looks back on her rocky journey from adolescence to adulthood.
Fasten your seatbelts as she navigates dark family secrets, teenage growing pains, and her turbulent relationship with her Uncle Peck.
Named “One of the Top 25 American Plays Since Angels in America” by The New York Times, "HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE" traverses the full range of human emotions - from hilarity to heartbreak.
Vogel’s examination of the highway towards womanhood has only taken on more urgency and meaning since it was first first staged.
Approximately One hour, 40 minutes with no intermission. .
Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall
Music by Paddy Cunneen
Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
Directed by Michelle Leibowitz
Performances:
February 14, 2025 through March 1, 2025
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All performances to be held at 51 Walden Street, Concord, MA.
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We all know William Shakespeare as a brilliant, imaginative, funny, trendsetting playwright whose work has held up the test of time better than any other.
We know he lived in the 16th century and that he performed plays for the Queen, but how did Shakespeare become the Shakespeare we know today?
In this exciting play by Lee Hall, adapted from the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, we get to witness a version of what might have been.
Did Shakespeare have writer’s block from time to time?
Did he need a muse to write his famous tragedy "Romeo and Juliet?"
Lee Hall’s version of this successful screenplay follows the same story of Shakespeare meeting and falling in love with a aristocratic woman named Viola De Lesseps who wishes she could be an actor, and transforms it for the stage, just as Shakespeare did with stories in his day. I
t is funny, clever, filled with references to Shakespeare’s work, and a delight for theater goers of all ages. (STAGEAGENT)
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Directed by Shelby Art-Koljonen
Performances:
May 2, 2025 through May 17, 2025
(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)
All performances to be held at 51 Walden Street, Concord, MA.
TICKETS:
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"URINETOWN THE MUSICAL" is a musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself!
In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets.
The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs.
Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, "URINETOWN THE MUSICAL" is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny.
Kevin T. Baldwin is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA)
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ABOUT THE CONCORD PLAYERS
THE CONCORD PLAYERS are proud of their continuous record of presenting quality theatre to the citizens of Concord and the surrounding communities. Three major productions are mounted each season. In addition, one-acts, such as the annual entry into the Eastern Mass Assn of Community Theatres (EMACT) Spring Festival, are frequently presented. Workshops in acting, directing, and technical theatre are also offered to the membership.
MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of our organization is to produce and perform quality theatre for the citizens of Concord and the surrounding communities. We encourage the participation of people with an interest in technical theatre, as well as in performing.
THE CONCORD PLAYERS
51 Walden St
Concord, MA 01742
978 369-2990
tickets@concordplayers.org
