Drama

Sweeney Todd
October 22-24; 29-31

Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe! Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd comes to Archbishop Mitty’s stage in October, and closes shop on Halloween.

Noises Off!
January 14-16; 21-23

Come backstage for this hilarious play within a play. The New York Post called Noises Off “The funniest farce ever written.... Never before has side splitting taken on a meaning dangerously close to the non-metaphorically medical.... A veritable celebration of truly awful theatre, a backstage explanation of how things got that way, and a magnificent coda of how they just got worse. The bad has never had it so good!” This hysterical look at putting on a comedy crashes the Kinkade Center for the Arts next January.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
March 18-20; 25-27

Based on the popular 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels centers on two con men living on the French Riviera. The first is the suave and sophisticated Lawrence Jameson, who makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. The other, a small-time crook named Freddy Benson, more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health. After meeting on a train, they unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins and the other must leave town. Archbishop Mitty is proud to be the home of the Bay Area premiere of this hilarious musical fresh off it’s Broadway run. The Con is On in 2010!