2001 - 2002 Production Season
July 13 - August 19, 2001	Sept. 7 - October 14, 2001	Nov. 2 - Dec. 14, 2001	Jan. 11 - Feb. 17, 2002	March 8 - April 14, 2002	May 3 - June 9, 2002
Directed by Ron Daum	Directed by Stan Foote	Directed by Alan Shearman	Directed by Ron Daum	Directed by Jim Eikrem	Directed by Milli Hoelscher
Book by Anne Croswell Music by Lee Pockriss Lyrics by Anne Croswell Based on Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernest"	Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Based on a film by Ingmar Bergman	Written by Ron House, Alan Shearman, Diz White and Bud Siocomb	Based on Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl Book by Joseph Stein Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick	By Eugene O'Neill	Music by Richard Rodgers Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on Ferenc Molnar's play Lillom as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
A fictitious friend named Ernest is a convenient excuse for Jack Worthing whenever he needs to avoid social responsibilities ~ but then Ernest seems to take on a life of his own! This musical version of Oscar Wilde's classic play, The Importance of Being Earnest, has Jack and Algernon discover the importance of being earnest while answering to the name of Ernest.	A stylish celebration of romantic love, this Tony Award-winning musical features Sondheim's magnificent score, including "Send in the Clowns," and a captivating story based on Ingmar Bergman's film "Smiles of a Summer Night." Set in Sweden at the turn of the century, a group of lovers create a delightful comedy when their lives intersect during a weekend in the country involving their past, present and future affairs of the heart.	When the faculty of the Rye School for Unusual Children needs to secure funding for their next year, they do it the only way they can - they mount an original production. To accomplish this they hire Tony Langdon, a not-so-great Broadway director and playwright who has aspirations of taking his play "Tarnished Silver" from the Rye School to the Great White Way. Personal issues, questionable talent and egos clash to make a fun evening at the theatre. This Oregon premiere of "Footlight Frenzy" will be directed by the author, Alan Shearman.	Milkman/philosopher Tevye struggles to deal with the winds of change that are blowing through his Russian village. His daughters want to choose their own husbands, in defiance of tradition, and the Czarist government wants to drive Tevye and his neighbors from their homes. How Tevye copes with all this will have you laughing, crying and cheering. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, Fiddler on the Roof has been called "one of the great works of the American musical theatre, touching, beautiful, warm, funny and inspiring." The show features the classic songs: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "Sunrise Sunset," "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Tradition."	It's the Fourth of July, 1906, and a quiet day of picnics and fireworks is hoped for. Everything changes when Muriel McComber's father discovers the suggestive love poems his daughter has received from her sweetheart Richard Miller. This wise and funny play about a teenager in the throes of love and inexperience is the only comedy by America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright. You won't know whether to laugh or to cry, as you experience a boy stumbling into tremulous love and manhood in this affectionate look at a simpler, more tranquil lifestyle in America at the turn of the century.	Considered by many to be Rodgers and Hammerstein's greatest work, this tragic love story set in a 19th century New England fishing village has evolved significantly since it first triumphed on Broadway. Our production is inspired by the 1995 Lincoln Center revival, which brought new depth and realism to this classic tale of love, loss and redemption.