2018-2019 Season For The Theatre Group At SBCC

The Theatre Group at SBCC is excited to announce the 2018-2019 season of plays. GREASE, THE GAME'S AFOOT, HARVEY and SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

We will start the season July 13-28, 2018 in the Garvin Theatre with the musical, GREASE. Book, lyrics and music by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.

Meet Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "T-Birds" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, and celebrate the '50's with one of the best-loved musicals of all time. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to restore the romance of their Summer Nights as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as Greased Lightnin', We Go Together and You're the One that I want, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. So gather your family and friends and join us for some Summer Lovin' at the Garvin Theatre.

Next up in the fall, October 12-27, 2018 in the Garvin Theatre, will be Ken Ludwig's, THE GAME'S AFOOT. Winner of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Award, Best Play.

It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering mystery, a perfect prelude to the upcoming Holiday season.

In March 2019 we will bring you the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning Play, HARVEY by Mary Chase, March 2-16, 2019 in the Garvin Theatre.

Elwood P. Dowd is middle-aged, mild-mannered, and relatively wealthy. He is convinced that he is attended by a six-foot-plus tall white rabbit, who has become his greatest friend. The rabbit, named Harvey, is invisible to everyone except Elwood, and his insistence on Harvey's existence creates a social nightmare for his widowed sister Veta and her daughter Myrtle Mae. The women decide to have Elwood committed to Chumley's Rest-but it seems the imaginary Harvey has unexpectedly tangible powers, and soon everyone is falling under his invisible charms. As lighthearted chaos ensues, Elwood goes missing and it more and more seems that Harvey may be less imaginary than anyone thought.

Our Final production will be SIGNIFICANT OTHER by Joshua Harmon, April 12-27, 2019 in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre.

Jordan is single, and finding Mr. Right is much easier said than done. As he finds himself stuck in the stalwart cheerleader role for all his girlfriends' romantic successes and marriages, he comes to realize that the only thing harder than looking for love is supporting the loved ones around you. From the critically acclaimed writer who brought you Bad Jews, this play is by turns hilarious and deeply affecting.

SBCC Theatre Arts Department will present a student showcase production, THE LAST LIFEBOAT by Luke Yankee, November 7-17, 2018 in the Jurkowitz Theatre.

J. Bruce Ismay was an upper-crust Englishman who always did what was expected of him. He went to the best schools, married the right society girl (even though he was in love with someone else) and vowed to his staunch, unfeeling father on his deathbed that he would take over the family shipping business and build the biggest, most opulent ship the world had ever seen: the RMS Titanic. What an accomplishment! We all know the story of how the ship sank...or do we? Ismay saved as many people as he could on that fateful night, and finally, with no women and children in sight, he stepped into the last lifeboat...and was branded a coward and a traitor forever. The world needed a scapegoat for the sinking of the Titanic and Ismay became the perfect target. The Last Lifeboat is the story of the Titanic that has never been told. This epic tale explores not only the tragedy itself, but the sensationalized trials and aftermath of the night that changed the world forever.

Season tickets are now on sale. Single tickets will go on sale June 18. Call the Garvin Box Office at 805-965-5935 for information or visit www.theatregroupsbcc.com.