Our 2009 - 2010 Season
StageWorks has two mainstage shows scheduled for the 2009-2010 season...a powerful
tale of a power struggle in a mental institution and a favorite
comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women in difficult times.
Check out the Special Events section for more entertainment opportunities.
September 18 and 19, 2009
by Dale Wasserman
from the book by Ken Kesey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest tells the tale of Randle McMurphy, a belligerent, yet spirited character who has been jailed
several times. In an attempt to avoid the drudgery of the work farm, he opts to be committed to a mental institution where he
thinks he will serve out the remainder of his short sentence in relative comfort. He arrives to find a wide cast of characters,
who though all interesting in their various ways, are all terribly oppressed by the cold and controlling head of the ward, Nurse Ratched.
As McMurphy spends more time on the ward getting to know the other patients, he begins to retaliate against the malevolent nurse,
showing his new found friends how to stand up for themselves. Narrated by "Chief" Bromden, the story follows McMurphy's attempts
to upset the balance of power within the hospital and the reverberating effects of his actions.
February 19 and 20, 2010
by Robert Harling
"Delicate as magnolias but tough as steel" describes the six Southern women who regularly gather at Truvy's Beauty Salon. Together
they face sadness and loss by finding support, sympathy, and most of all laughter in their strong bond of friendship. Steel Magnolias
tells the story of the difficult decisions they make, the men they love, and the changes they face. It is a celebration of the
incredible spirit of strong women.
May 21 and 22, 2010
by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men, by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and published in 1937, tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie
Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California. The two drifters have delusions to work for enough
money to buy their own place. Lennie is a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It's Lennie's obsessions with things soft
and cuddly, that have made George cautious about who the gentle giant, with his brute strength, associates with. When a ranch boss' wife
is found dead in the barn with a broken neck, it's obvious that Lennie, albeit accidentally, killed her. George knows exactly where Lennie
has gone to hide, and he meets him there. Realizing they can't run away anymore, George is faced with a moral question: how should he deal
with Lennie before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands.
