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The Joe Jefferson Players
2012-2013 Season
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JJP is proud to announce... 2012-2013 Season Purchase a Season Membership!
1776 Book by Peter Stone Music
by Sherman Edwards Lyrics by Sherman Edwards Based on a concept by Sherman Edwards Directed by Eric Browne Performance
Dates: September 7 - 16, 2012 Auditions:
July 9 & 10, 2012 It's the summer of
1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence... if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Henry Lee, and Thomas Jefferson as they attempt to convince the members of the 2nd Continental
Congress to vote for independence by signing the Declaration of Independence. 1776 puts a human face on the pages of history
as we see the men behind the national icons: proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, charming, often petty and ultimately
noble figures determined to do the right thing for a fledgling nation. 1776 is a funny, insightful and compelling drama.
Over the River and Through the Woods Written by Joe DiPietro Directed by Timothy Guy Performance Dates: November 2 - 18, 2012 Auditions: September 10 & 11, 2012
A hilarious family
comedy written by the same talented playwright who penned JJP’s hit season-opener from 2011, All Shook Up and the long-running
musical revue I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Loaded with laughs, the play follows Nick, a single Italian-American
guy from New Jersey, and his loving but scheming grandparents, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma. Toss in the lovely, single, Caitlin
O’Hare, and you will be served up with an evening of laughter and surprises.
Wait Until DarkWritten by Frederick KnottDirected by Rick MillerPerformance Dates: May 24-June 2, 2013A masterfully constructed Broadway thriller, Wait Until Dark moves from
one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath-stopping final scene. The ingredients? A sinister
con man, two ex-convicts, Greenwich Village apartment dwellers Sam and his blind wife Susy, a mysterious doll, murder –
and darkness. Broadway theater critics have called Wait Until Dark “a tense thriller" and “a first rate shocker.”
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Cemetery ClubWritten by Ivan MenchellDirected by Cathy BoulerPerformance Dates: July 12 - 28, 2013Auditions:
One day only: May 28, 2013, 7:00PM at the JJP This endearing and humorous comedy-drama follows three Jewish widows who meet once a month for tea
before going to visit their husband’s 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. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida and are guilt stricken when
this nearly breaks Ida’s heart. A funny, touching, sweet tempered comedy that provides pure pleasure and will
make you glad you came to the theater.
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