CELEBRITY Plays Hudson Valley Theatre, 7/15-8/1

Andrew Johnston, the artistic Director of the Hudson Village Theatre presents the 2010 season schedule. Four plays will be presented this year, starting on June 24th.

MENDING FENCES (June 24th to July 11th)
by Norm Foster, directed by Andrew Johnston
This is a sparkling comedy with wit and humanity. What happens when a son, estranged for 13 years, returns to his gruff and uncommunicative father's farm? In Foster's deft hands, histories are revealed, vulnerabilities laid bare, and laughter is always close at hand.

CELEBRITY (July 15th to August 1st)
by Peter Quilter, directed by Mary Vuorela
CELEBRITY spins around a show business family and their thirst for fame. The father, Alan Coogan, is a faded game show presenter. His wife Helen, a retired folk singer. His son, Jamie, a rising young movie star. And the latest addition to the household is George, a documentary film maker, always present in the house to record every incident of their lives for television. But the family will soon discover that George has dark secrets and he is not at all what he seems to be...

SNAKE IN THE GRASS (August 5th to August 22nd)
by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Irene Aresenault
Annabel returns home following her father's death and is confronted by Alice, the nurse who has been helping younger sister Miriam care for the old man. Alice has proof that Miriam in fact killed the father. She is intent on blackmailing the two sisters to obtain a large share of the inheritance. As the sisters join forces to rid themselves of the pest, a sinister plot unfolds, a body is hurled down a well, and haunted spirits add suspense to an already treacherous garden tale.

WAKE OF THE BONES (October 28th to November 7th)
by David Gow, directed by Andrew Johnston
In the words of playwright David Gow: "THE WAKE OF THE BONES is a musical drama, which details the haunting story of the discovery of a mass grave of Irish people in 1859 near Montréal's Griffintown, during the excavations for the Victoria Bridge. Only eleven years before building of the bridge began, six thousand Irish had perished in the "fever sheds" at Windmill Point, just as they were arriving in Québec, hoping they were safe from the potato famine which had half destroyed the Irish. This is the story of the rebirth of a community, through the burial of its own. It is often said that a people have only truly taken root in a place when they have buried their own in that place.

The new general manager of the Hudson Village Theatre, Jim Freeman, announced that this year Dicom Express will come on board as the Premier Sponsor of the ever popular Theatre Train Events. "I couldn't be happier," said Freeman about the support Dicom Express has shown. Each event features a private train from Montreal (with a stop in Beaconsfield ) to the Hudson Village Theatre. Because of the popularity of the past events an extra third train event was added this year to correspond with the opening weekends of the first three productions. June 26th - July 17th and August 7th.

For more information, please visit villagetheatre.ca or contact the box office at 450-458-5361.

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