Starkville Community Theatre is presenting its 39 season of various productions at the Playhouse on Main Street. It is located at 108 E. Main Street between Moe’s BBQ and 929 Coffee Bar.
The 2016-2017 season includes: “The Cemetery Club,” “Urinetown, the Musical,” “Silent Sky” and “Incorruptible.”
The Starkville Community Theatre website provides information and plot summaries for each of these productions.
The season opened Thursday with “The Cemetery Club,” written by Ivan Menchell, a play about three Jewish women who get together once a month for tea before visiting the graves of their husbands. It focuses on these women and a possible new romance that might bloom.
This production began Thursday and will continue through September 18 and 20-24.
Following this production will be “Urinetown, the Musical,” with music composed by Mark Hollmann and lyrics written by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. It is a three time Tony Award winning musical about a city that is under a major water shortage due to a 20 year drought. The citizens must use the public amenities regulated by one company that requires the citizens to pay to use them. The town hero then steps in to strike a revolution in hopes of setting the town free.
This production will run November 10-13 and 15-19.
“Silent Sky,” a play by Lauren Gunderson, is the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, a female astronomer in the 19th century, who tries to discover women’s place in a scientific society, and she and a team work to seek scientific and social progress
This production will run February 9-12 and 14-18.
“Incorruptible,” written by Michael Hollinger, is a comedy that takes place in Priseaux, France during the Dark Ages. When all seems lost, a minstrel teaches the monks crazy ways of paying old debts.
This production will run April 6-9 and 11-15.
There will also be a production outside of the regular season. “Fools,” a play written by Neil Simon, about a town that has been cursed with chronic stupidity, and Leon Tolchinsky must come in to save the day.
The season extra will run May 23-27.
The current production, “The Cemetery Club” begins at 7:30 p.m. September 15-17 and 20-24. It will begin at 2 p.m. September 18.
Gabe Smith, chief administrative officer, said there are also volunteer opportunities for those wanting to help out at SCT.
“There are many ways to volunteer outside of acting,” Smith said, “from helping backstage to construction and painting to hair and makeup to reading plays to decide what shows we’ll stage next year to collecting tickets at our door on show nights.”
Tickets can be bought at the box office, or reservations can be made over the phone at 662-323-6855. The box office will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday from now until September 23. It will also be open an hour before each show.
Tickets are $50 for the season, $15 per show,and $10 for students.
