2013 Season

Stop Kiss

by Diana Son
Directed by Russell Stiles
Jan. 25 & 26, Feb. 1 & 2, 2013

Two young women, Callie and Sara, are friends who fall unexpectedly in love. On the night of their first, tentative kiss, they are brutally attacked. With scenes alternating before and after the assault, this beautiful piece will make you laugh, cry, sigh and cheer, while examining if progress has been made since its 1998 debut.

Elephant's graveyard

by George Brant
Directed by Steve Helsel
March 20, April 12 & 13, 2013

A dramatization of the heart-wrenching true story of a circus troupe caught in the crosshairs of a small southern town when Mary, the largest elephant in the world, kills her handler and the townsfolk demand that she be killed. Staged by Altoona Community Theatre, who took this production to the state community theatre competition on March 23 and the regional competition on April 19-21. They took second place at both.

Love, Loss, & what I wore

by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron
Directed by Jody Hesley
June 6 - 9, 2013

A play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes and memory, covering all the important subjects - mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses, and why we only wear black. Featuring roles played by volunteer community members.

A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Tom Liszka
Dec. 6, 7, 13 & 14, 2013

The classic story of Nora, a woman in the late 1800’s who rejects a smothering marriage and life in a "doll's house."