2019 Theatre Season - Playhouse 2000, Kerrville
Things My Mother Taught Me
a Romantic Comedy by Katherine DiSavino
January 31 through February 17, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, February 10 and 17 at 2:30 p.m.
The VK Garage Theater
Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They’ve just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together in Chicago. Their moving day doesn’t go exactly as planned, though, and things become slightly more complicated when all of their parents show up to help! Can a two bedroom apartment contain all of the love, laughs, worry and wisdom that’s about to happen?
Footloose
A Musical by Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, and Walter Bobbie
March 29 through April 13, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m.
The Cailloux Theater
Produced in partnership with the Music and Theater departments of Schreiner University
Based on the famous movie musical of the same name. When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn’t prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to exercise the control over the town’s youth that he cannot command in his own home. When the reverend’s rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren’s reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges is of a father longing for the son he lost and of a young man aching for the father who walked out on him. To the rockin’ rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 score augmented with dynamic new songs for the stage musical, FOOTLOOSE celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.
Women In Jeopardy!
A Modern Comedy by Wendy MacLeod
June 14 through 30, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 23 and 30 at 2:30 p.m.
The VK Garage Theater
Suburban divorcées Mary and Jo are suspicious of their friend Liz’s new dentist boyfriend. He’s not just a weirdo; he may be a serial killer! After all, his hygienist just disappeared. Trading their wine glasses for spy glasses, imaginations run wild as the ladies try to discover the truth and save their friend in a hilarious off-road adventure.
According to The Boston Globe, ““…the laughs in Wendy MacLeod’s play…come fast and furious…modern, lively, and loads of fun.”
Note: This play includes some “adult” situations.
Southern Fried Funeral
A new comedy by Osborne & Eppler
August 9 to 25, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday August 18 and 25 at 2:30 p.m.
The VK Garage Theater
Dewey Frye is dead and the rest of his family is left to pick up the pieces — that is if they don’t kill each other first. Not only does matriarch Dorothy have to contend with sudden widowhood, but she’s also faced with church-committee harpy Ozella Meeks sticking her nose in the family business, Dewey’s snake-in-the-grass brother making a grab for her house, and two grown daughters reliving their childhood rivalry. Funerals bring out the worst, the best, and the funniest in people, and the Fryes are no exception. A big-hearted comedy about family — Southern-style.
Our Town
A classic of the American stage by Thornton Wilder
October 4 to 20, 2019
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday October 13 and 20 at 2:30 p.m.
The VK Garage Theater
Described as “…the greatest American play ever written,” the story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die.