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The Elgin Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 2007-2008 season. ETC's 56th season will contain a little
something for every theatre lover. House
of Dracula
Written by Martin Downing
October 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27, 2007 8:00 P.M.
Theatre 355 - 355 E. Chicago St., Elgin, Il.
Hailed as "A Monster Hit" by the Yorkshire Evening Post, this
is a clever
spin-off from The House of Frankenstein! See the Baron, Baroness and
their repulsive retainers, Ygor and Frau Lurker, going to stay at a macabre
Transylvanian fortress. Excitement turns to terror, though, when they are
greeted by more than a few of their mortal (and immortal) enemies, and the news
that they are to take part in an unholy survival test involving ghouls, ghosts
and the fiendish Dr. Jekyll, who peps up Happy Hour with a potion stolen from a
vengeful Egyptian mummy. As all hell breaks loose around them, the Frankensteins
flee from cellar to attic, desperate to escape a fate worse than death! A
wickedly funny, fast-moving horror farce that proves that there is something
rotten in the state of Transylvania – and it’s not dinner!
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tickets.
Run For Your Wife
Written by Ray Cooney
February 29, 2008, and March 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2008
8:00 P.M.
Theatre 355 - 355 E. Chicago St., Elgin, Il.
John Smith is your ordinary London
cab driver. He owns his own car, sets his own hours, is hard working, punctual
and lives a very ordinary life...with the exception of his two wives, Mary and
Barbara. One night John stops an old women from getting mugged and gets knocked
unconscious. After being checked over at the hospital, he is taken to his home
with Mary by a local police officer, Detective Troughton. However, that
morning, he was supposed to be at his home with Barbara. After realizing his
predicament, John tries to get home to Barbara while keeping both his first wife
Mary and Detective Troughton from finding out about his second wife. Enlisting
the help of his upstairs slacker neighbor, Stanley Gardener, John heaps one lie
upon another to get back to Barbara and back on his very precise schedule. All
appears to be well until another police officer, Detective Porterhouse, arrives
from a neighboring district investigating the case of two cab drivers named John
Smith, both mugged on the same night but having different addresses. Quick
thinking Stanley makes up several more lies to create a new John Smith for
Detective Porterhouse, while keeping the truth from Mary. As the lies pile up
and craziness ensues, Stanley and John try valiantly to keep the nosy detectives
busy, John's suspicious wives from running into each other, their sex lives
straight and all of their stories together. In the grand tradition of Faulty
Towers, Mr. Bean and The Benny Hill Show,
Run for Your Wife
is a fast paced, slapstick, laugh a minute romp that leaves you in stitches and
begging for more.
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tickets.
Nunsense II
Book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin
May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, and 17 2008 8:00 P.M.
Theatre 355 - 355 E. Chicago St., Elgin, Il.
| Nunsense II (the Second Coming) opens to "Nunsense,
the Magic Word" and then there is a high-speed
recapitulation of what happened during the Nuns' first show.
This is narrated by Sister Mary Hubert and acted out in
silent-film-style by Sisters Robert Anne, Mary Paul and
Merry Leo (a novice whose ambition is to be the first nun
ballerina), this is capped off by the upbeat "Winning is
Just the Beginning". The program proceeds with Sister Mary
Paul running a bingo game in which something goes wrong and
the entire audience wins at once. It continues with Sister
Mary Leo, on roller skates, and the other nuns performing
"The Biggest Still Ain't Best".
To try and briefly describe the action in the rest of the
program would try the patience of any Reverend Mother but
after numbers such as "We're the Nuns to Come When You Go",
"What Would Elvis Do?", "I Am Here To Stay", "What a
Catastrophe", "No One Cared Like You" and the rousing gospel
finale "There's Only One Way To End Your Prayers" along with
possible nun-napping, theft, impersonation and other riotous
mayhem, the show comes to an hilarious conclusion. The
production of Nunsense II
is funded in part by a grant from the Elgin Cultural Arts
Commission and the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency). |
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The best way to enjoy all of the shows is to order a season ticket. Season ticket subscribers enjoy all of the following benefits:
- Guaranteed seats - With your ticket in hand you always have a guaranteed seat at any ETC production you wish to attend.
- Outstanding discounts - Subscribers receive exclusive discounts on regular box office prices. Adult subscribers save about twenty percent on every show.
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Performances of all of the plays will be held at Theatre 355, 355 E. Chicago St.,
Elgin, Illinois. Each performance starts at 8:00 P.M. See
Directions for how to get to Theatre 355.
Ticket prices for individual plays are $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for seniors and youth. Season tickets, sponsorships and program advertising are all available. See
Tickets for full ticket information.
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Contact Us. Performance Date
Summary
| The House of Dracula | October 12,
13, 19, 20, 26, and 27, 2007 |
| Run for Your Wife |
February 29, 2008, and March 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2008 |
| Nunsense II |
May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, and 17, 2008 |
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