BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, BABY CASE and More Set for Stage Door Players' 43rd Season

Recently named one of Atlanta's Top 5 Theater Companies by CBS Local for the 2015­2016 Season, Stage Door Players, Dunwoody's own professional theatre company, is proud to announce its 43rd season of entertaining, exciting programming.

Next season's lineup is a thrilling mix of theatre, as Stage Door has come to be known for! The slate includes: Barefoot in the Park; the remount of Topher Payne's wildly popular holiday comedy, Let Nothing You Dismay; comedy murder mystery, Death by Design; The Cemetery Club; the classic farce, Boeing, Boeing; and regional premiere musical, Baby Case.

Season Subscriptions, 5­Show and 4­Show Flex Subscriptions, and Preview Subscriptions, are on sale now. Subscriptions start at just $84. Call the box office (770-­396-­1726) or visit www.stagedoorplayers.net for more information.

Stage Door Players is located at 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338, approximately one block south of the Mt. Vernon Road and Chamblee Dunwoody Road intersection, in the North Dekalb Cultural Arts Center.

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ABOUT THE PRODUCTIONS:

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK

By Neil Simon
September 23-October 16, 2016

Straight as an arrow lawyer Paul and free spirited Corie are newlyweds. Moving into a "charming" top floor apartment after a six­day honeymoon, reality sets in when they realize that their new life together is not all champagne and romantic walks in the park without shoes. Add in a crazy neighbor in the attic, and a plan to play matchmaker for Corie's mother, and you have all the makings of a first rate classic comedy by the Tony Award winning master himself.

Featuring Atlanta favorites, Edward McC? reary (Serenbe's? ?CAROUSEL and ?OKLAHOMA, Aurora and Horizon's ?SONY?A, VANYA, MASHA and SPIKE), Alyssa Caputo (Essen?tial Theatre's LILLIAN LIKES IT) James Donadio and Ann Wilson.

LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY

By Topher Payne
December 2-December 18, 2016

The Gordons, the Sapersteins and all of the other crazy folks in Kevin and Allie's life are back to meddle in the arrival of their first child. The original holiday comedy returns to Stage Door after its record breaking sold out run last season. Eight actors play twenty­two characters in this lightning fast farce that celebrates family and all that goes along with it.

Featuring last season's all­star cast reunited, including Gina Rickicki, Doyle Reynolds, Amanda Cucher, Bryan Brendle, Shelly McCook, Mark Gray, Ben Silver and Emily Sams.

DEATH BY DESIGN

By Rob Urbinati
January 27-February 19, 2017

Set during a weekend in? an English country manor in 1932, ?Death by Design answers the question of what would happen if Noel Coward were to pen an Agatha Christie murder mystery. A celebrated playwright and his actress wife flee to the countryside after a disastrous opening night, only to find themselves visited by various surprise guests, all with secrets - until one of them ends up being murdered. Solving the crime will be up to the feisty Irish maid with a macabre interest in homicide.

THE CEMETERY CLUB

By Ivan Menchell
March 17-April 9, 2017

Best friends for decades, three Jewish widows meet for tea and sympathy before their monthly visit to their husbands' graves. Sweet tempered Ida, feisty Lucille and judgmental Doris find their friendships put to the test especially when widower Sam enters the scene. Made into a film starring Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd and Olympia Dukakis, this is a touching and humorous portrait that will make you glad you came to the theater.

BOEING, BOEING

By Marc Camolletti
May 19-June 11, 2017

Parisian lothario Bernard has three fiancées, American, Italian and German, all three airline hostesses. Usually able to keep them all straight with their various layovers, he finds himself in need of assistance from his put upon friend Robert when a last minute scheduling change brings all three to the apartment at the same time in this swinging 60's Fre?nch farce by the same author who brought us "?Don't Dress for Dinner."

BABY CASE

Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael Ogborn July 14-August 6, 2017

It was the "Crime of the Century," when the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. And the media circus that transpired capitalized on the public fascination of fame, crime, celebrity and intrigue. A cast of 11 portrays the famous faces of the day including Walter Winchell, J. Edgar Hoover, Ginger Rogers and the Lindbergh's in a musical at times comic and ironic, then heartfelt and moving. Winner of the New York Musical Festival awards for Best Musical, Book and Score, Baby Case shines the spotlight on the price of recognition mixed with the heartbreak of loss.

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Season Subscriptions, 5­Show and 4­Show Flex Subscriptions, and Preview Subscriptions, are on sale now. Subscriptions start at just $84. Single tickets will go on sale on September 1. Call the box office (770­396­1726), or visit www.stagedoorplayers.net for more information.

Founded in 1974 as a Community Improvement Project of the Dunwoody Woman's Club, Stage Door Players has come a long way since the community theatre performed in various locations until 1988, when a permanent home was realized in the North DeKalb Cultural Center. Today Stage Door Players is a fully professional theatre, producing a full season of popular, compelling and entertaining works, featuring World Premiere and regional debuts of new plays and musicals.

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