SHOW TIMES [Eastern Time Zone]:
Friday & Saturday 7:00 PM, Sunday 3:00 PM
THE 2024-2025 SEASON
ROCK of AGE
Sponsored by Private Sponsor
Director:Coni Like-Webber
Roles and ages: Already cast
Auditions: June 17&18
Shows: August 9, 10, 11 & 16, 17, 18
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra and Heavy Metal flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where legendary rocker Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and groupies line up for their chance at an autograph. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ‘n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more can hold the answer.
Wait Until Dark
Sponsored by Duke Energy
Director: Vickie Puffer
Roles and ages: 6 men - 1 woman - 1 girl
Auditions: August 12 & 13
Shows: October 4, 5, 6 & 11, 12, 13
The play revolves around three crooks, Talman, Carlino and Harry Roat. Roped into participating in the scheme, Talman and Carlino are conmen. Roat is the criminal mastermind who devises the plan.
The men are looking for a musical doll filled with heroin, which they believe is in the apartment of Sam and Susy Hendrix. Susy, who is blind, is their target.
When Sam is gone, Susy is alone in their home, and the men make it their mission to con her and retrieve the doll. However, Susy turns out to be more intelligent than they thought. With the help of her nine year old neighbor, Gloria, Susy comes up with a plan of her own, and attempts to outwit the criminals.
Kringle's Window
Sponsored by Edward Jones / David & Jack Skinner
Director: Steve Gray
Roles and ages: 3 men - 2 women - 3 boys - 4 girls (some flexibility)
Auditions: October 14 & 15
Shows: December 6, 7, 8 & 13, 14, 15
Becka, age twelve, and Boomer, age eight, are sisters whose parents are in the middle of a trial separation at Christmas time. Becka, a precocious computer hacker, has become cynical and withdrawn. Boomer tries to be the peacemaker, eternally positive and anxious for all around her to be happy. Their parents, Dean & Irene, both child therapists, disagree on how to deal with the problems of their own children.
While taking her sister to the mall to see Santa, Becka is goaded by her hacker friends into telling Boomer that there is no Santa, and when she does, this threatens to ruin Christmas for the family. While Dean and Irene try to deal with the fallout, the magical and mysterious Mrs. Rosen, comes into everyone’s lives and begins to change the equation. She challenges Becka to prove there is no Santa by using her computer to see if she can’t find him hooked up to a network somewhere. Becka, feeling more and more remorseful over what she has done to her sister, is intrigued by Mrs. Rosen’s challenge and by the end Dean and Irene have reconciled, Becka has a brighter outlook on life, Boomer gets her Christmas wish, and Santa…well, of course he’s real.
Our Town
Sponsored by Colonial Assisted Living
Director: Tom Compton
Role and age: 17 men - 7 women
Auditions: March 3 & 5
Shows: April 25, 26, 27 & May 2, 3, 4
Our Town is a play by Thornton Wilder that revolves around life in the small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Specifically, the play focuses around the lives of George and Emily as they come together, only to be separated in the end.
When the play begins, George and Emily are teenaged neighbors and good friends, as are their parents. Over time, a romance is kindled between them, which culminates in marriage. As this happens, the Stage Manager narrates, explains things to the audience, and comments on things as they occur, so the audience will have a better context of the times and ways of the Corners. The audience is able to see a young, vibrant, and hardworking lower-middle class America that is honorable, moral, and unfailingly kind. Much of the play thus is familiar to modern Americans, but so much of it is lost as well. Ultimately, George and Emily have children, but Emily dies giving birth to her second. Emily then comes and stands among the spirits in the cemetery. She realizes just how precious and valuable life truly is and how the living do not understand it.
OTP Follies - A Community Talent Showcase
Sponsored by Homes Plumbing
Director: Robin Overby
Role and age: All & Any
Auditions: April 28 & 29
Shows: June 13 & 14
The Follies Talent Showcase provides local area talent the opportunity to perform on a theater stage with full theatrical technical support (e.g. lighting and sound). Previous talents showcased at the OTP Follies have included: voice, puppetry, musical instruments, dance, comedy routines, magic, and more.
Director/Event MC
Robin Overby has been performing for nearly 50 years in community theater and many of his favorite shows have been with OTP. He lives in Princeton with his lovely wife Julie. Robin has also been a part of Princeton’s theater scene for the last 10 years. Robin is a talented actor and director. He brings a very positive presence to all productions and enjoys mentoring fresh talent. Outside of the community theater world, Robin is pastor at Bethlehem General Baptist church.