East Lynne Theater Company’s (ELTC) 2009 season tickets are now available, and one size really fits all.
There are five separate tickets in the Season Ticket packet, so individual tickets may actually be given to others for their use.
Prices in 2009 are $28 for general admission; $23 for senior citizens; and $13 for full-time students. Season Tickets are a savings of 30 percent, but must be purchased by July 1.
To encourage whole families to attend, anyone age 12 and under is still free.
ELTC, voted one of the Top Two Equity Professional Theaters in the State in the recent “People’s Choice Awards,” has its usual season filled with music, a radio show, classic gems, and world premieres.
From June 17-25, its “Alice on the Edge,” four deliciously witty one-acts by cutting-edge playwright Alice Gerstenberg, including “Overtones,” one of the most talked about plays of the 1915 Broadway season, featuring for the first time on stage, the interplay of two characters and their alter egos.
Next up is “The Ransom of Red Chief,” running from July 29-Sept. 5, a world premiere based on the popular O. Henry tale, adapted by Gayle Stahlhuth, who also directs.
Last year’s ELTC comedy hit “Helpful Hints” is back at The Chalfonte Hotel from Aug. 6-23. Susan Tischler, who also performs, adapted “Putnam’s Household Handbook” (1916) into a show that explains everything from cleaning the stove and clothes with kerosene, to leaving babies outside when they cry.
From Sept. 23-Oct. 24, is “The Butter and Egg Man,” by Pulitzer Prize-winner George S. Kaufman.
Before Mel Brooks’ 1968 film “The Producers,” there was Kaufman’s 1925 hit about two producers who need funding for their Broadway show.
Opening night, Sept. 23, is the 83rd anniversary of the show’s Broadway opening.
On Nov. 6 and 7, and again next March, ELTC’s popular Sherlock Holmes’ radio-style adventure returns.
This time, it’s “Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” adapted by Craig Wichman, in which Holmes and Watson try to discover how a precious blue stone came to be in a goose on Christmas Eve.
The world premiere “Christmas in Black and White,” performs on Nov. 27, 28, Dec. 6, 11 and 12. It’s Christmas from the point of view of freed African-American slaves to newly-arrived immigrants.
To purchase Season tickets, send a check to ELTC’s office at 121 Fourth Ave., West Cape May, NJ 08204, or online at eastlynnetheater.org. For further information, call 609-884-5898.
The performance venue, except for “Helpful Hints,” is The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St., with a Wednesday through Saturday schedule.
There are special Sunday performances of “Alice on the Edge” and “Ransom of Red Chief,” and “Helpful Hints” runs Thursdays through Sundays.
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