Redlands Footlighters Theatre

You Can't Take It with You

A comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

Directed by Tom Hurst

Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Auditions

July 11 and 12, 2011

Performances

8:00 PM: September 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 2011
2:00 PM: September 11, 18, 24, 25, 2011
Download the program [PDF].

Tony Kirby, the son of a successful businessman, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home. A home with a fireworks factory in the basement, a printing press in the parlor, an ex-Grand Duchess earning her living as a waitress, and a grandfather who doesn't believe in the income tax. At first, the Sycamore family seem mad. But if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder! Winner of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Tickets are $15 for this performance, $10 for students with ID. We accept payment in cash, by check or by major credit card.

Flemming (An American Thriller)

A spoof by Sam Bobrick

Directed by Patricia McQuillan

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Auditions

September 12 and 13

Performances

8:00 PM: November 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 2011
2:00 PM: November 6, 13, 19, 20, 2011
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Bored by his privileged but mundane life, Henry Flemming sells his lucrative brokerage firm to become a detective. On his first case, to the horror of his wife, Karen, the Flemming living room begins to fill up with dead bodies. Karen is further annoyed when one of them turns out to be her father! Even though Henry keeps showing up at home every day more disheveled and beaten up, he is convinced he's found his life's work and Westport, Connecticut, is safer for it!

Tickets are $15 for this performance, $10 for students with ID. We accept payment in cash, by check or by major credit card.

An Act of the Imagination

A thriller by Bernard Slade

Directed by Chris Diehl

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Auditions

November 7 and 8, 2011

Performances

8:00 PM: January 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, 2012
2:00 PM: January 15, 22, 28, 29, 2012
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Although Arthur is a successful mystery writer, his latest work has oddly turned into a vivid and adulterous romance. His son, second wife, and editor marvel at the truthfulness of the work, remarkable since it is inconceivable that he could ever have had such an affair. Enter a woman, who is intent on blackmail and whose story is foolproof and airtight. When she turns up dead, evidence incriminates Arthur. There is a conspiracy to do him in, a conspiracy that entails cunning, deceit and ingenious plotting.

Tickets are $15 for this performance, $10 for students with ID. We accept payment in cash, by check or by major credit card.

Queen Milli of Galt

A romantic comedy by Gary Kirkham

Directed by Mel Chadwick

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Auditions

January 16 and 17, 2012 Get audition details

Performances

8:00 PM: March 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 2012
2:00 PM: March 11, 18, 24, 25, 2012

In 1972, the Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) dies while living in exile. Two weeks later in Canada, an 80-year-old woman from a small town named Galt has her tombstone engraved, claiming to be his wife. Flashback to 1919 as Edward, then known as the Prince of Wales, visits Canada. Bored with the pomp and circumstance, he slips away from his official duties and begins a romance with a charming young woman. Based on a true story, this is a genuinely witty exploration of unexpected love.

Tickets are $15 for this performance, $10 for students with ID. We accept payment in cash, by check or by major credit card.

The Sunshine Boys

A comedy by Neil Simon

Directed by John Lynd

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Auditions

March 12 and 13, 2012 Get audition details

Performances

8:00 PM: May 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 2012
2:00 PM: May 6, 13, 19, 20, 2012

Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians who, over the course of forty years, have grown to hate each other. It is now 1972 and CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs. Clark's nephew, Ben, struggles to get the two cantankerous actors into the same room for a rehearsal, to speak to each other once they reunite, and to control their shenanigans on the actual broadcast.

Tickets are $15 for this performance, $10 for students with ID. We accept payment in cash, by check or by major credit card.

Auditions

May 24 and 25, 2011 Get audition details

Performances

8:00 PM: May 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 2012
2:00 PM: May 16, 23, 29, 30, 2012

The story takes place over one week's time in Greenspot USA. The local school is holding their annual talent show. Consider what happens when you have rivaling homecoming queens, talent acts that need a LOT of work, the teacher in charge of the talent show is actually the algebra teacher, and the only sport Greenspot High excels in is chess. Oh yeah—their mascot is the Chipmunk.

Tickets are $15 for this performance, $10 for students with ID. We accept payment in cash, by check or by major credit card.