A. D. Players -2010/2011 Mainstage Season

2010/2011 Season*
DRIVING MISS DAISY
by Alfred Uhry
September 8 - October 17
Jeannette Clift George reprises the title role along with Wayne DeHart in this audience favorite. When Miss Daisy’s driving skills become questionable, her son graciously hires Hoke as her driver, beginning an unlikely friendship that will last a lifetime. Sprinkled with laughter, this gentle drama spanning half a century is a classic that will delight the entire family.
A CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED, a collection of holiday comedies
by Jeannette Clift George
November 17 - December 31
Suggestions for Holiday Dining, Apostrophe, A Christmas of Many Parts, …See Manger for Reference
It’s a Christmas ‘fun-for-all’ when the audience selects the evening’s shows! Each night the cast will perform three of these four touching and hilarious one-act plays, but which ones remains a secret until the audience selects. Surprising and uproarious, these holiday treats include a misplaced angel; two lonely retirees, a married couple, and a troupe of actors whose show must go on. All find friendship, joy, and the true meaning of Christmas in the unlikeliest of circumstances.
AN INSPECTOR CALLS
by J. B. Priestly
February 23 - April 3, 2011
All seems well for the Birling family. Prosperous and influential, they are content until the mysterious Inspector Goole interrupts their daughter’s engagement party to question them about the suicide of a young woman. As the inspector’s questions reveal family secrets, tensions mount and the person responsible for her death is revealed. A crackling thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
PARENTHESIS
by Jeannette Clift George
May 11 - June 19, 2011
“Where you are when you aren’t where you were, but you haven’t gotten where you’re going.” A traveling carpenter arrives to save a storm-battered boarding house. In the process of saving it, more is repaired than just railings and roof. Uplifting and inspiring, the story of the carpenter encourages each of us to examine our own potential and to live life to its fullest.
EMMA
by Jon Jory, adapted from the book by Jane Austen
July 6 - August 28, 2011
Love makes fools of us all, none more so than Emma, matchmaker extraordinaire. In this retelling of Austen's comic masterpiece, matchmaker Emma Woodhouse has taken on a new "project" -- her friend Harriet. Determined to find an impressive suitor, Emma becomes entangled in the romantic lives of her friends and acquaintances and could become the victim of her own best intentions.