Orlando Repertory Theatre
presents its eighth season...bringing classic and contemporary stories to life
2010 - 2011 Season Schedule
Pippi Longstocking
Story by Astrid Lindgren
Adapted for the Stage by Thomas W. Olson
Music Composed by Roberta Carlson
September 11 - October 10, 2010
The classic heroine in red braids turns the town upside down! Dressed in her unique style and living with only her horse and pet monkey, Pippi possesses untold wealth, super strength, and an eccentric outlook on life that aid in her madcap adventures. This high-spirited musical takes us inside the Villa Villekulla and beyond!
Show times: Saturdays at 11am & 4pm and Sundays at 2pm and 5:30pm
The House at Pooh Corner
By A.A. Milne
Adapted by Bettye Knapp
October 9 - November 7, 2010
The Hundred Acre Wood is buzzing as Pooh and Piglet decide to build a house for Eeyore, a peculiar new animal called Tigger arrives, and Christopher Robin frets as he is about to be sent away to a place called Education. All the classic A.A. Milne characters bring this charming story to life and remind us all that friendship makes anything possible.
Show times: Saturdays at 11am & 4pm and Sundays at 2pm and 5:30pm
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
A play by Allison Gregory
Adapted from the book series by Barbara Park
November 13 - December 19, 2010
Junie B. Jones is back and just in time for the holidays! With Tattletale May around, it is impossible for Junie B. to enjoy all the festivities like elf costumes, the class play, and singing joyful songs. Will Room One’s Secret Santa be the perfect opportunity to give May exactly what she deserves?
Show times: Saturdays at 11am & 4pm and Sundays at 2pm & 5:30pm
Anne Frank & Me (A Sideways Series Production)
By Cherie Bennett
Story by Cherie Bennett with Jeff Gottesfeld, based on their novel
January 29 - February 27, 2011
Nicole Burns is a modern teen that doubts the truth and cares even less. When her class reads The Diary of Anne Frank, we learn that Nicole and her parents are Holocaust deniers. Through incredible twists, she ultimately comes face-to-face with the horror of the Holocaust, and—in an extraordinary sequence—meets Anne Frank on a cattle car to Auschwitz. We start out with Nicole in today's teen world of MTV. Hip-hop dancing, unfinished homework assignments, and young love are all transported with her to Nazi-occupied Paris, 1942-44, and then are brought forward again to the light and hope of the present.
Show times: Saturdays at 11am & 4pm and Sundays at 2pm and 5:30pm
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Adapted from the Book by Doreen Cronin
Illustrations by Betsy Lewin
Adapted by James E. Grote
Music by George Howe
Lyrics by George Howe and James E. Grote
February 26 - March 27, 2011
When Farmer Brown hears more clicking and clacking than mooing, he knows something is wrong. The cows discover an old typewriter and quickly unite with the other animals to stand up for their rights and demand better working conditions! Duck is there to assist these literate bovines in this toe-tapping, barnyard musical.
Show times: Saturdays at 11am & 4pm and Sundays at 2pm and 5:30pm
James and the Giant Peach
By Roald DahlAdapted by David Wood
April 16 - May 22, 2011
When magic touches an old peach tree, strange things begin to happen! James crawls through a hole in the giant peach where he is greeted by a band of over-sized insects that whisk him away on a grand adventure. Many suitably sticky situations await our hero in this Roald Dahl classic fantasy.
Show times: Saturdays at 11am & 4pm and Sundays at 2pm and 5:30pm