BrightSide Theatre's 2015-16 Season to Feature NOISES OFF, SPAMALOT

Artistic Director Jeffrey Cass and Executive Director Julie Ann Kornak are proud to announce BrightSide Theatre's 2015-2016 5th Anniversary Season - "Season Five - Season of Farce!" - Noises Off; Not Now, Darling; and the smash hit musical comedy Monty Python's Spamalot. "With BrightSide Theatre having been founded for the love of farce, we knew our Fifth Anniversary Season had to be filled with pure laughter. These three farces are the epitome of Laugh-Out-Loud comedies! From the show named the greatest farce of all times, to a classic British farce, to the musical that always "Looks on the BrightSide of Life"", explains Executive Director Julie Ann Kornak , "we invite you to join us as we celebrate our Fifth Anniversary by sharing in the laughter that will entertain you throughout our 'Season Five - Season of Farce!' "

Noises Off
October 30 - November 15, 2015
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Avenue in Naperville
by Michael Frayn |directed by David Belew

What better way to kick off our season of farce with a show that's been enjoyed by millions of people worldwide and hailed as one of the funniest farces ever written - Noises Off. This celebrated play serves up a hilarious romp of a comedy within a comedy, hurtling along at breakneck speed and following the backstage antics of a touring theatre company presenting "Nothing's On" as they stumble their way through rehearsals, to a shambolic opening night and to their disastrous final performance. Doors slamming, on and off stage love triangles, falling trousers, flubbed lines, forgotten props, missed entrances, a whiskey loving actor and flying sardines all wickedly figure into the plot of what can happen on the other side of the curtain. The resulting chaos will have you helpless with laughter.

Not Now, Darling
February 19 - March 6, 2016
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Avenue in Naperville
by Ray Cooney and John Chapman |director TBA

The laughs continue when we return to playwright Ray Cooney who authored BrightSide Theatre's inaugural show "Run For Your Wife" with his hilarious farce - Not Now, Darling. This madcap British farce about mistresses and minks set in the exclusive London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley and Crouch makes enormous good fun at what happens when the owner, Gilbert Bodley tries to secure the affections of his would-be mistress by "selling" her husband an expensive fur coat for a fraction of its cost. His plan blows up when the husband wants to purchase the coat for his mistress, and the fur really flies! Soon you have husbands, lovers, suspicious wives and gorgeous girls wearing nothing but their underwear entangled in this plot filled with mistaken identities, scantily-clad ladies hiding in closets, mobsters and misguided shoppers. Filled with fun and frolic, everyone gets their just desserts just as you would expect from these two master writers of farce, Ray Cooney and John Chapman.

Monty Python's Spamalot
June 3 - June 19, 2016
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Avenue in Naperville
book and lyrics by Eric Idle | music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle
directed by Artistic Director Jeffrey Cass | choreographed by Jeni Donahue

The perfect finale to our 5th Anniversary Season is the outrageous musical comedy featuring the song that gave BrightSide Theatre its namesake and is lovingly ripped off from the motion picture "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"- Spamalot. This hysterically irreverent musical tells the tale of King Arthur being instructed by God Himself to gather his Knights of the Round Table and find the Holy Grail. It features a bevy of beautiful showgirls, not to mention flying cows, killer rabbits, flatulent Frenchmen, one legless knightand several show-stopping musical numbers including "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and "The Song That Goes Like This". Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls? Labeled as one of the greatest Broadway Musicals of the modern age you'll be in stitches as you watch the Knights of the Round Table go on this ultimate and unforgettable quest only as Monty Python can provide as they search for the Holy Grail.

Affordable tickets starting at $20 are available for BrightSide Theater's 2015-2016 Season, providing opportunities for Season Subscribers, Groups and Individuals to enjoy our Season Five - Season of Farce! as only BrightSide Theatre can produce. Subscriptions on sale now. Individual tickets will go on sale in July 2015. For more information on purchasing tickets, visit us at www.BrightSideTheatre.com or call the Box Office at 630-447-TIXS (8497)

BrightSide Theatre Youth Project

BrightSide Theatre continues its commitment to young artists with the belief that involvement in arts programs increases the development in children on both an academic and social scale while building self-esteem, we designed The BrightSide Theatre Youth Project to provide a professional and educational learning experience for grade school to high school students aged 8-18 interested in exploring musical theater. In this program, children work directly with professional directors, musical directors, choreographers, designers, and artists to develop their own theatrical skills. (Our staff has/currently works with professional theatres including, Paramount Arts Center, First Folio, Chicago Shakespeare, Broadway in Chicago, Drury Lane Oak Brook.) After very successful productions for the last three seasons, we are happy to announce that this year's BrightSide Theatre Youth Project production will be Legally Blonde JR.

Legally Blonde JR.
February 20 - February 28, 2016
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Avenue in Naperville
book by Heather Hach| music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
directed by Artistic Director Jeffrey Cass

A fabulously fun international award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde JR., follows the transformation of Elle Woods, an underestimated beloved blonde who doesn't take "no" for an answertakes the stage by pink storm tackling stereotypes, snobbery, and scandal in pursuit of her dreams in this fun, upbeat story of self-discovery proving that being true to yourself never goes out of style. This action-packed musical explodes on the stage with memorable songs and dynamic dancesequal parts hilarious and heart-warming all wrapped up in a bright pink bow!

Auditions for BrightSide Theatre's Youth Project will be in December 2015 and Tickets will be on sale in January 2016 - $12 for Adults and $10 for Students. For more information on the program, auditions or purchasing tickets, visit us at www.BrightSideTheatre.com or call at 630-447-8497.

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