2008-2009 Schedule Our 42nd consecutive year of entertainment! To report technical problems with this web site please e-mail webmaster@mctbackstage.com

October Sleuth  Auditions:  August 4 & 7, 2008 -- 7:30 p.m.@ Meadville Community Theater Email Director Jessi Surdyk for more information @ kydrus@gmail.com                             For reservations, please call our Box Office at (814)333-1773   Oct. 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 & 25 2008                   Ticket Prices: $10.00 Adults  Showtime:  8:15 p.m.                                                            $7.50 Student/Seniors                                                                         Cash or Checks only   Matinee Oct. 19 Showtime: 2:15 p.m.   Directed by Jessica J. Surdyk           No one is ever what he or she seems and every event is bizarre in this whodunit.  In a cosy English country house owned by a famous mystery writer, a young guest walks in and they begin a convivial round of scotch and dialogue.  The games that are devised, the murders plotted and subverted, add up to increasing suspense and unsolvable crime. Auditions:  August 4 & 7, 2008 -- 7:30 p.m. @ Meadville Community Theater Email Director Jessi Surdyk for more information @ kydrus@hotmail.com

November Disney’s Jungle Book   For reservations, please call our Box Office at (814)333-1773   Nov. 28, 29, Dec 5, 6, 12 & 13, 2008              Ticket Prices: $12.00 Adults  Showtime:  8:15 p.m.                                     $10.00 Student/Seniors                                                                         Cash or Checks only   Matinee Dec. 7, 2008 Showtime: 2:15 p.m.   Directed by Geoff Hall The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz in this exciting Disney classes!  Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan.  Specially adapted from the beloved film , this musical includes all your favorite Disney tunes such as, “The Bare Necessities,” and “I Wanna Be Like You.”

January Doubt   For reservations, please call our Box Office at (814)333-1773   Jan. 23, 24, 30 & 31. Feb. 6 & 7                      Ticket Prices: $10.00 Adults  Showtime: 8:15 p.m.                                                             $7.50 Student/Seniors                                                                         Cash or Checks only   Matinee Feb. 1, 2008 Showtime: 2:15 p.m.   “What do you do when you’re not sure?” Father Flynn asks the audience in the opening line of this play, setting the stage for a story of suspicion and moral uncertainty.  His colleague, Sister Aloysius, is an old school nun who insists that her students not be coddled:  “Every easy choice today will have its consequence tomorrow.  Mark my words.” Flynn, following the Second Vatican Council’s directive, believes the clergy should be more accessible to the parish and be thought of “as members of their family.”

March Over the tavern   For reservations, please call our Box Office at (814)333-1773   Mar. 20, 21, 27, 28, & April 3, 4, 2008                       Ticket Prices: $10.00 Adults  Showtime: 8:15 p.m.                                                                         $7.50 Student/Seniors                                                                                      Cash or Checks only   Matinee March 29, 2008 Showtime: 2:15 p.m.   Directed by Debbie Ormston   Set in Buffalo, New York, Over the Tavern carries us back to the Eisenhower era of the 1950’s .  It introduces us to the Pazinski’s, who live over the bar they own.  There’s Mom, Dad and their 4 children: Eddie, Annie, Georgie and the hero of the tale, 12 year old Rudy.  A precocious kids, this Polish-Catholic “Neil Simon” is about to become confirmed.  When he suddenly changes his mind, he throws not only his family, but the whole neighborhood and parochial school into turmoil.  Dudzick’s semi-autobiographical portrait of his loud and sometimes loony clan is a nostalgic portrait shared with both humor and love.

May Chicago   For reservations, please call our Box Office at (814)333-1773   May 1, 2, 15, 16, 22 & 23, 2008                                 Ticket Prices: $15.00 Adults  Showtime: 8:15 p.m.                                                                         $12.50 Student/Seniors                                                                                      Cash or Checks only   Matinee May 17, 2008 Showtime: 2:15 p.m.   Directed by Jim Snyder Musical Directors Kris & Sharon Barnes   The Broadway hit  Chicago won six Tony awards including best revival.  In razzle-dazzle, roaring twenties Chicago, married chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover.  Roxie and another murderess on death row vie for the spotlight and the headlines, hoping the publicity will catapult them to fame, freedome and successful stage careers.  This sharp-edged story of murder, exploitation and treachery features a dazzling score that is sure to spark some amazing choreography from local Marc Holland.