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The Adventure continues..........
We are delighted to announce our 2010-2011 Studio Theatre Season! Two Shakespeares, a Christmas comedy, a beautiful new musical and one of the last Christie mysteries ever written!
The Complete Works Project comes to a triumphant conclusion with this year's production of Henry VIII. (Studio Theatre will have produced all of the works of William Shakespeare.) Two of the Bard's final plays - Henry VIII & The Tempest in true repertory!
The sequel to last year's hit - Christmas with the Conroys - Hoosier Lore; The Conroys Go South with last year's cast reprising their roles in this hilarious second installment!
The musical about Jackie Kennedy's eccentric aunt and cousin - Grey Gardens, based on the documentary of the same name!
And Agatha Christie's 1960 Murder Mystery - Go Back For Murder, adapted for the stage by Dame Christie herself from her sensational Five Little Pigs novel.
We hope you will join us for any or all of these productions! For tickets, call (815) 921-2160.