CHECK OUT OUR 2023-2024 SEASON!!!
Bloody Murder
by Ed Sala
Directed by Tom Nelson
Performances: October 13 - 15 and 20 - 22
A group of the usual British murder-mystery types gather for a weekend retreat at the sumptuous country estate of the esteemed Lady Somerset. There's the major who served in India; the inebriated, fading actor; the innocent ingénue; the exotic lady in red; the mysterious Chinese gentleman; the rich dowager aunt and her faithful maid and worthless nephew. Suddenly, one of them dies of poison! Well, of course. Oh, what fun! But wait . Her Ladyship refuses to summon the police! She says she won't go through all this, again. All what, again? And why were they all invited here in the first place? Is this actually just another formulaic, all-too-predictable mystery story? Or is it something diabolically . different? Agatha Christie meets Pirandello, as characters rebel against their author. It's bloody murder.
Nuncrackers, The Nunsense Christmas Musical
by Dan Goggin
Directed by Dave Metcalf
December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 & 17 2023
The Nunsense Christmas Musical Nuncrackers is presented as the first TV special taped in the Cable Access Studio built by Reverend Mother in the convent basement. It stars the nuns you love, plus Father Virgil and four of Mount Saint Helen’s most talented students. Featuring all new songs, including “Twelve Days Prior to Christmas,” “Santa Ain’t Comin’ to Our House,” “We Three Kings of Orient Are Us” and “It's Better to Give than to Receive,” this show is filled with wacky Nunsense humor, some of your favorite carols, and a “Secret Santa” sequence featuring audience participation. Certain to tickle your funny bone and likely to tug at your heartstrings, Nuncrackers is the perfect way to make your holiday season merry and bright!
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Jack Neveaux
Auditions: January 12 & 13 at the Dassel History Center, time TBA
Performances: March 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24 at the Dassel History Center.
The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie-and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Isaac Olson
Summer 2024
Auditions: April 20 & 25 and May 5 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Dassel History Center.
A comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The primary plot of Much Ado About Nothing turns on the courtship and scandal involving young Hero and her suitor, Claudio, but the witty war of words between Claudio's friend Benedick and Hero's cousin Beatrice often takes center stage. Set in Messina, the play begins as Don Pedro's army returns after a victory.