Tickets Now Available For East Lynne Theater Company’s 2010 Season

Not sure what to give someone for Christmas? Why not the gift of entertainment with East Lynne Theater Company's 2010 Season Tickets? One size fits all and the recipient can choose what days to attend - and even bring friends! Five tickets cost only $90.00, and may be used in any way. Patrons may see every production, or bring friends to see one or two shows, use all five for one performance, or give a ticket or two to friends!

As usual, there are five separate tickets in the Season Ticket packet, so individual tickets may actually be given to others for their use. Prices in 2010 are the same as last year: $28 for general admission; $23 for senior citizens; and $13 for full-time students. Purchasing Season Tickets is a real savings.

To encourage whole families to attend, anyone age 12 and under is still free.

The Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company has its usual season filled with music, a radio show, classic gems and a world premiere. To celebrate ELTC's thirtieth birthday, the shows are a blend of old favorites and new discoveries.

In March and November, ELTC's popular Sherlock Holmes' radio-style adventures returns, complete with live sound effects and commercials, just like the Sherlock Holmes' radio series on NBC that premiered in 1930. This time, it's "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle." To save an innocent man from prison, Holmes and Watson must find the thief who stole a valuable gem.

From June 16-July 10, is "Emma Goldman: My Life,: a world premiere written and performed by Lorna Lable. Wise and witty, Emma always spoke her mind, whether it was on women's rights or the widening gap between rich and poor. She was a fascinating woman in a fascinating time: America in the early 1900's, teaming with immigrants like herself, all longing for a better way of life. Lorna performed Off-Broadway in "Grandma's Funeral," in the film "Keeping the Faith" with Ben Stiller, and in TV's "Third Watch." Directing is Karen Case Cook who has directed several ELTC shows including last season's "Alice on The Edge." She recently helmed Tennessee William's "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" for The Phoenix Theatre Ensemble in NYC.

Next up is "Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music," running from July 14-July 24. Performed by Derrick McQueen, and written by Gayle Stahlhuth, this is an interweaving of two dozen songs that were sung by Robeson, with a narrative of his life as an actor, singer, activist, and humanitarian. Last performed during ELTC's 2006 Season for only four performances, it is one of ELTC's popular touring productions, and its return to Cape May has been requested by many.
From July 28-Sept. 4, is "The Dictator" by Richard Harding Davis. Brooke Travers flees NYC by jumping aboard a ship, which lands him in Puerto Banos, in Central America. Believing he could be arrested at any moment, he assumes different names, and even swaps identities with the American Consul, Colonel Bowie. Who is in charge of this Banana Republic is anyone's guess in this 1904 Broadway comedy, with a cast of ten, that ELTC first produced in 2001.

ELTC is proud to announce that the Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency has given permission for the company to produce John L. Balderston's "Berkeley Square" from Sept. 22-Oct. 23. An American, who inherited a home in London's Berkeley Square, becomes so fascinated reading the letters and diaries of his ancestors, that he's sent back in time to October 23, 1784, a year after the end of the American Revolution. This highly original romantic comedy/drama based on "The Sense of the Past," an unfinished novel by Henry James, opened on Broadway in 1929, starring Leslie Howard, who also co-produced, and starred in the 1933 film.

For the holidays, from November 26 through December 11, it's "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus," adapted from the L. Frank Baum (author of "The Wizard of Oz") 1902 classic, presented in storytelling fashion by Gayle Stahlhuth, who is known for portraying thirty-plus roles in telling a tale. This touching Christmas classic relates how Claus was raised, through how he became immortal.

ELTC will once again have the Student Summer Theater Workshop in June and July, culminating in a performance of an adaptation of Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," just in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Twain's death, and the 175th anniversary of his birth.
Tickets may be purchased at the box office; by sending a check to ELTC's office at 121 Fourth Ave., West Cape May, NJ 08204, or online through ELTC's website at www.eastlynnetheater.org. For questions, call 609-884-5898.

There are only two performances left of "Christmas in Black and White," Dec. 11 and 12 at 8:30, at The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St.

Throughout the year, East Lynne Theater Company has shows-on-the-road and educational outreach. Anyone interested in placing an ad in next season's playbill or being a Season or Show Sponsor, or volunteering, let the company know. And, being a nonprofit cultural organization, tax-deductible donations are always appreciated.

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