Mainstage

Over the Tavern

February 22 - March 18

by Tom Dudzick
Produced by: Mary Hausch
Directed by: Lauren Caldwell

Running time: 2 hrs. 5 min. including intermission

"With a heart as big as its belly laughs, it's the nearest Catholic equivalent to date of Neil Simon's tenderly Jewish-American Lost in Yonkers." —Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Faith, family, and Ed Sullivan fight for space in the Pazinski’s cramped upstate New York apartment. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Rudy, is a smart, precocious kid who’s starting to question his family’s values and the Roman Catholic Church. When he announces to the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa that instead of being confirmed he’d rather shop around for a more “fun” religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm and hilarious look at growing up in the 1950s, and a comedy for anyone who ever had a family…or survived one!

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

April 11 - May 13

by William Shakespeare
Produced by: Mary Hausch

The Hippodrome Theatre takes William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and brings it into the present day with an urban, youthful spin. The Hipp’s production uses modern technology (cell phones, social networking) to bring the story to life for a new generation.
Gone are sword-fighting men in tights, replaced by a cityscape of hipsters that could be straight out of the latest video. This fantastical, modern re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic work will make it engaging and accessible for young people who may never have thought that Shakespeare could be this fun!