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September 21–October 14
Nunsense
A musical comedy by Dan Goggin

Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off Broadway Musical in its original New York production, this hilarious international hit is a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidentally poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God).

November 23–December 16
A Christmas Story
A play by Philip Grecian
Based on the film by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more.

January 25–February 17
I Hate Hamlet
A play by Paul Rudnick

A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there's one problem: He hates Hamlet. His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore's ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his. The contrast between the two actors, the towering, dissipated Barrymore whose Hamlet was the greatest of his time, and Andrew Rally, hot young television star, leads to a wildly funny duel over women, art, success, duty, television, and yes, the apartment.

March 28–April 20
A Few Good Men
A play by Aaron Sorkin

This Broadway hit about the trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defense team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his clients and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honor on trial.

May 30–June 22
Little Shop of Horrors
A musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!

July 11–20
Creating Arthur
A play by Bill Ball

Local playwright, Bill Ball, has selected Wheaton Drama to produce the world premier of a new comedy. This show will kick off Wheaton's annual Art Fair. All season ticket holders will be admitted free of charge.

This comedy is based on two brothers trying to immortalize a deceased third brother by hanging one of his paintings in an art museum. These two wacky brothers go through a series of adventures trying to create a demand for Arthur's paintings. This script is an American farce with flamboyant characters and wonderful laughter. Come out and experience a new play before it reaches Broadway.