2020 Theatre Season, Playhouse 2000, Kerrville

Announcing 
 
All of us here at Playhouse 2000 are excited to reveal the plans we've laid out for a very busy 2020 Season.   
 
Read on to discover what awaits,  
and start making plans to enjoy live theater all year! 
 
 
a "Romantic" Comedy
by 
A. R. Gurney
  
Greg and Kate are excited to be living in Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. To Kate's dismay, Greg brings home a dog he found in the park bearing only a battered name tag with the name "Sylvia".   Can this marriage be saved? And can Sylvia ever become a realmember of the family? You'll find out in this touching and laugh-filled "romantic" comedy.
 
January 31 to February 16
The VK Garage Theater
 
Auditions November 24 & 25 
 
A Cautionary Musical
by 
Howard Ashman and
Alan Menken 
  
In this mad-cap adaptation of the classic noir film by Roger Corman, the amazing team of Ashman & Menken tell a Rock-tinged tale of planetary invasion by man-eating plants that became a world-wide sensation and a major motion picture.
 
You'll fall in love with Seymour, the mild-mannered junior florist and his from-afar love, Audrey. You'll hate the sadistic dentist who treats Audrey so badly, and you might event cheer for "Audrey II," the plant that grows up to threaten all their lives. 
 
Whatever you do, don't feed the plants!
April 3 to 19
The Cailloux Theater
 
Auditions February 2 & 3 
A Satire
by 
Paul Slade Smith 
  
Ned Newley doesn't even want to be governor.  
 
He's terrified of public speaking, and his poll numbers are 
impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail. Seriously.  Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office.  But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things 
differently: Ned can't be elected - unless the public is looking for... the worst candidate to ever run for office. 
 
This is a timely and hilarious comedy that "skewers politics and celebrates democracy."
June 12 to 28
The VK Garage Theater
 
Auditions April 26 & 27 
Watch for a Title Announcement 
Coming Soon 
  
If you got chills watching the spellbinding  
And Then There Were None ...
 
If you went crazy trying to guess "whodunnit" during Witness For the Prosecution ... 
 
If you just LOVE an Agatha Christie mystery ... you'll want to mark your 
calendar for August, as we return to the spacious and beautiful stage of The Cailloux Theater to create once again the cunningly crafted 
characters and suspenseful stories of Agatha Christie.
 
We can't tell you the title yet (for contractual reasons) but 
we promise a thrilling time! 
August 7 to 23
The Cailloux Theater
 
Directed by Amy Goodyear
Auditions June 21 & 22 
An Intimate History
by 
Lauren Gunderson 
  
Henrietta Leavitt became one of the most prominent voices in astronomy, and her work was the basis of our ability to measure the distance between stars. In Silent Sky , award winner Lauren Gunderson explores a woman's place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries that changed the way we understand both the heavens and earth.
 
"[Silent Sky is] a startling, entertaining true story"
 
"...a lively, funny, accessible play alive with interesting ideas."
 
"... an intellectual epic told on an intimate scale. Bottom line? Heavenly."

August 7 to 23
The VK Garage Theater
 
Directed by Jeffrey Brown
Auditions August 16 & 17 
Single tickets for each Main Season production range from $22 to $27, with a child/student discount for musical events. Youth Theater single tickets are priced $10 for adults and $7 for children, except for the Summer Musical Theater Camp show, which is a bit higher.
 
Three money-saving Ticket Packages are available as well. 
 
The Full Season Package provides one admission to each of the five Main Season productions at a cost of just $98 per person. Full Season Package holders save 15% over the cost of single tickets, and still determine which of the up to eight performance nights of each show best fits their schedule.
 
The Flex Package provides a set number of pre-paid admissions that can be used for any show and in any combination. The Flex Package is available in six-, eight-, and ten-admission sizes, and saves up to 12% when compared to single tickets.
 
A Youth Theater Package with tickets for each of the Youth productions currently scheduled is just $35 for adults or $20 per child, and includes the Summer Musical Theater Camp production. Up to four children's priced packages can be requested per adult package purchased. (This package will be available on line and at the Box Office very soon.) 
 
As an additional benefit for singing up early, all new or renewing Season Package buyers can pick up tickets to the Special Holiday Production of O Henry's The Gift of the Magi Buy-One-Get-One-Free (up to four tickets - save as much as $44!).
 
 
Season Package buyers provide a real boost to our operations each year. By buying early, they provide much needed cash to make advance preparations for the new year, and a boost of energy to help all of the volunteers and staff look forward to a new season.  We hope you'll consider getting your ticket order in soon! 
 
 
2019/20 Season 
 
 
The 2019/20 Season of the P2K Youth Theater Program begins in November with their presentation of The Adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.  This show is already in rehearsal, and you will get your chance to see it November 8th, 9th and 10th in the VK Garage Theater.
 
She Kills Monsters is a comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, 
telling the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly.  When Agnes finds Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she stumbles into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly's refuge.  Auditions are set for December 7th, and show dates are February 28 and 29 and March 1
 
Scheherazade, adapted from the Arabian Nights Stories by Susan Pargman, offers magic, mystery, revenge and comedy mixed together to relate the colorful legend of the greatest storyteller of the ancient Arabian world.  Scheherazade is called upon to use her tale-spinning talents to save her people from certain destruction.  Armed only with her wit and a smattering of magic, Scheherazade recites her stories for the king himself. Auditions will be February 29th for the show to perform on May 8, 9 and 10.
 
And our Summer Musical Theater Camp in 2020 will produce the mixed up fairy tale musical Into The Woods, Jr., from the minds of Stephen Sondheim and James LaPine.  This cockeyed fairytale comes to life in an adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical.  Into the Woods Jr. features all of your favorite characters - Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch - in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.  A REQUIRED informational/sign-up meeting will be held on May 9th at 1:00.  Camp begins on June 15th, and the show will take to the Cailloux Theater stage on July 24, 25 and 26.
This cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical.  Into the Woods Jr . features all of your favorite characters - Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch - in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables. 
 
 
June 5 and 6, 2020, Louise Hays Park
Sponsored by
The Community Foundation  
of The Hill Country
 
 
Each year, Playhouse 2000 partners with The City of Kerrville to bring The Bard to Kerrville's Louise Hays Park. This gift to the community is offered for FREE, and all are invited.
 
This year's "SITP" will present the Tragedy of King Lear,
a searing drama about power and its consequences. 
 
 
Directed by Jessica Sturm
Auditions April 19 & 20