2010-2011 Season
Songs For a New World
Jake Sanders presents the musical sensation
"SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD"
Music by Jason Robert Brown
On stage at the Pineapple Playhouse this weekend only !!!
8 pm: August 11, 12, 13 (This Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
2 pm: August 14 (Sunday Matinee)
Tickets: $12. plenty of seating still available!!!
Arsenic and Old Lace
A Comedy by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by John Procino
Show Dates: May 5th through May 22nd
Show Times: 8:00 PM Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2:00 PM Sunday Matinees
Regular Tickets: $15.00
Group Rates (10+) $2 off; Students are half price.
This comedy centers around Mortimer Brewster a Drama Critic, who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and the local police, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and "just a pinch" of cyanide; and there is the brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt...
Cast from LEFT - (pictured):
Floor in Front: Zack Osborne
On Couch: Tony Ferrino, Jr., Maggie Frazer, Pam Rochowiak, Dawn Furtado
Standing: Barry Wood, Jerry Badiner, Harry Banks, Jack Krantz, Paul Harwood, Jason Isaacson
Standing in back: Mark Austin, Zenus Diaz, Jay Summers
Cabaret Musical: "Broadway's Best"
7:00 P.M. - April 15 & 16
Tickets: $12.00
To Benefit College Scholarships
Come see 8 talented students perform music from over 15 Broadway shows including; Les Miserables, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Songs for a New World, Miss Saigon, Jekyll & Hyde, Side Show, 1776, Sunset Boulevard, Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Beauty & the Beast, Rent, Hairspray, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and Jersey Boys!
Ticket Sales will Benefit Scholarships for High School Seniors Performing in the Show.
Scrabblers
The Readers' Theatre of the Pineapple Playhouse will be performing a reading of the play Scrabblers on Saturday afternoon, April 2nd, at 2 p.m. at the Pineapple Playhouse on Weatherbee Road in Fort Pierce, just west of US1 and north of Midway Road. Set in the dining room of a home on the east coast of Florida, the play tells the storey of Harry Jones and Lettie Winslake, both in their 70’s, who have fallen in love, much to the dismay of their adult children. The offspring think the couple should be spending the rest of their days doing jigsaw puzzles and playing Scrabble, but Harry and Lettie cleverly concoct a few games of their own to prove they’re not the old fogies their children think they are.
This Must Be The Place!
(A Comedy)
by: Monk Ferris
Show Dates: March 3 - 20, 2011
An artist plans to propose — add a buddy posing as him, a showgirl, a missing diamond & a weird PI -- you get nonstop hilarity!
Beauty and the Beast. Really.
Musical Comedy
by: Rick Abbot
Show Dates: January 6 - 23, 2011
The Musical Comedy Beauty and the Beast. Really. by Rick Abbot puts a funny twist on a classic old tale. It’s not the Disney version, but there are plenty of catchy tunes and laughs the entire way through the witty script to please the entire family. The show opens January 6th and runs through the 23rd.
Abbot, well know for rollicking comedies like Play On and zany musicals like Dracula, The Musical? hits a home run with this hysterical and heart-warming piece. Most of the songs are played for laughs, and audiences will soon realize that they need to expect the unexpected, as Abbot turns so many conventions on their ears.
Beauty (Cherlise Foster) is not the modest Belle of Disney fame, and a step sister, Lula (Lauren Pottinger) figures prominently into the story line. These two performers are welcomed new powerhouses to the Pineapple stage and have some great duets together.
Mom and Dad, meanwhile, leave a lot to be desired in the parenting department. Leslie Parker-Earll, who’s well known for her musical roles, plays mother Holga, while founding member John Procino (Father) is in his first musical ever after 37 years on stage here. Their chemistry is uncanny, and mom and dad make beautiful music together.
Another newcomer, Justin Jones, who plays Beau, has a voice to match the charm of his character. Jones has more than a few surprises up his sleeve, as he flexes his comedic muscles in several scenes. Other surprising performances come from Chad Granese as Harry and Janna Brink as Mazine. To go into their characters would spoil some of the fun, but suffice it to say they keep things hopping throughout the play.
Call (772) 465-0366 For Tickets Now! Great Holiday Gift Idea!!
TICKETS: $18.00, Students 1/2 price and Group Rates for 10+ is -$2.00 each ticket
Christmas Is...
Musical Show & Toy Drive
December 3rd, 4th & 5th
(Toy Drive for St. Lucie County Firefighters)
(8 p.m. Friday & Saturday Evenings
& 2 p.m. Sunday Matinee)
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND TOYS NEEDED! (Unwrapped toys) at the Pineapple Playhouse's Christmas Musical, Written and Directed by Ruby Lynn Baker, "CHRISTMAS IS... " this musical has short vignettes mixed with your favorite holiday songs. The Pineapple Playhouse is asking patrons to donate an unwrapped toy to the ‘St. Lucie County Fire Fighter Toy Drive’, and, to please remember older children as you play - (oops) we meant shop the toy isles.
Steel Magnolias
Comedy/Drama by Robert Harling
Show Dates: September 2-19, 2010
All female comedy drama set in a Louisiana beauty parlor where four scenes spanning three years tell of the lives & loves & small-town gossip of the staff and their customers
DIRECTED BY DEANNA FIELDEN
Night Must Fall
Murder / Drama
by: Emlyn Williams
Show Dates: November 4 -21, 2010
- Mrs. Bramson: (Arlette R. Eulo) A wheel-chair bound, self-willed harridan. .
- Danny: (Jon Bates) A charming baby-faced sociopath.
- Olivia Grayne: (Aimee Bateas) Plainly dressed, conservative appearance but strong in character. The niece of Mrs. Bramson, and dependant on her for a living.
- Inspector Belsize: (Danti Marelli) A laid back manner masking a sharp mind.
- Mrs. Terence: (Claire Casey) The cook, a no nonsense, woman who is hard working with a sharp, sarcastic tongue.
- Hubert Laurie: (David Whillaker) He is beyond stoic, being boorish and lackluster.
- Dora Parkoe: (Laura Dugmore) The maid, pretty but obtuse. A card or two short of a full deck.
- Nurse Libby: (Jan Buzzeo) A matter of fact type, with a cheery way and a good heart
Directed by Pat Burgemeister
Action: 1935: In the Sitting-Room of Forest Corner, Mrs. Bramson’s Bungalow in Essex, Great Britain.
Synopsis: There are unnatural events about to unfold in the cottage of Mrs. Bramson, an aged and self-willed widow, living in Essex, London. A murdered woman's body is found on Mrs. Bramson's property. Enter Danny, who quickly ingratiates himself with her, could he be the cause of these menacing problems. Mrs. Bramson’s niece, Olivia, is uneasy, as she finds herself becoming beguiled by a man who might be a murderer. Has Danny murdered someone? The others in the house don’t seem to think so. He has charmed the Visiting Nurse, Libby, his troubled girlfriend, Dora and even the sharp tongued cook, Mrs. Terence. Olivia’s suitor, Hubert seems to think Danny is a nice chap. However, is Inspector Belsize perhaps a little skeptical of Danny’s innocence? Will there be another murder??? Who is next???
(Top Image: Full cast sitting from left; Jan Buzzeo, Aimee Bates, Jon Bates, Arlette Eulo. Standing; David Whittaker, Laura Dugmore, Dante Marelli, Claire Casey)
From left; Aimee Bates, Arlette Eulo, Laura Dugmore
From left: Arlette Eulo, Dante Marelli, Claire Casey, Aimee Bates, David Whittaker