2014 SEASON. at the Sharadin Bigler Theatre. 320 Cocalico Street, PO Box 173, Ephrata, PA

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1 ephrata performing arts center at the Sharadin Bigler Theatre 2014 SEASON 320 Cocalico Street, PO Box 173, Ephrata, PA

2 Choose as few as three or as many as seven major productions coming to the Sharadin Bigler Theatre s intimate thrust stage in 2014, and still enjoy full subscriber benefits: p One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest (March 20-April 5) p Sunday in the Park with George (May 1-17) p Agnes of God (June 12-28) p Legally Blonde (July 24-August 9) p Death of a Salesman (September 4-20) p Cabaret (October 16-November 1) p Annie (December 4-20) SUBSCRIBE NOW. SAVE UP to 20% Just $165 for all seven shows ($125 for Saturday matinees) or Create your own season: Three shows for $75; Four shows for $100 Subscribe. Save money. Enjoy ENJOY SPECIAL SUBSCRIBER PERKS! First-choice seating for EPAC s perennially sold-out Kids4Kids production (The Wizard of Oz, Young Performers Edition) before it goes on sale to the general public. Additional discounts on all single tickets purchased for Mainstage or Kids4Kids productions. One free exchange of tickets per production. Notify us 24 hours in advance, and swap your tickets for another performance of the same show. Lost your tickets? The box office will reissue them and have them waiting when you arrive. Exclusive sneak-preview cabaret! Be our guest at EPAC s annual Subscribers and Sponsors Reception. Sample the coming season and mingle with the performers and with Artistic Director Edward R. Fernandez. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Call the box office at (717) , ext. 1, and speak to our subscription specialist today or visit and click on the Subscribe option under the Tickets tab. We kindly ask that you refrain from renewing you subscription at the box office window prior to a performance. The box office will remain open during intermission to assist you. Please have forms filled out in advance as this will expedite the renewal process. Thank you!

3 Angels in America, 2013 season perks and preferred seating. All EPAC productions are presented on a three-quarter thrust stage, which places the audience closer to the performance and offers an intimate theatrical experience unlike any other in the region. LEFT STAGE RIGHT CENTER

4 Introduction I first walked through the doors of the Ephrata Performing Arts Center in the summer of Twenty-seven years later, I feel so proud and grateful to have found an artistic home in this friendly and welcoming community, working with the wonderfully talented actors, designers, directors, musical directors, choreographers and other artists who have also found an artistic home here. Thanks to EPAC s loyal and supportive audiences, we have been able to offer many challenging, unconventional plays and musicals, including the area premieres of so many works that might not have been seen locally if our audiences were not so open to taking chances on the unknown and adventurous. In our 2014 season, we will present a group of exciting shows, some of which are new to our stage while others are time-tested classics definitely worth another look. From the upbeat, modern fun of Legally Blonde to the dark, tuneful and still-provocative Cabaret, from the sweeping romanticism of Sunday the Park With George to the Ed s letter/intro powerhouse drama of Death of a Salesman and One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest, EPAC s 2014 offerings will both challenge and entertain. If you are a longtime EPAC family member, please join us for another year of great theatre. If you have never subscribed, please join us for the first time. We look forward to seeing you all. Sincerely, Edward R. Fernandez Artistic Director

5 YOUNG PERFORMERS EDITION By L. Frank Baum Music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg February 7 23, 2014 Every year EPAC presents a Kids4Kids show, providing great experience for local kids between the ages of 5 and 16. This year s show is everyone s favorite, the fantastical adventures of Dorothy Gale, the Kansas farm girl who wonders what life would be like in the perfect world over the rainbow. Then a twister comes and does take her over the rainbow to a world of witches good and wicked, Munchkins, a scarecrow who longs for a brain, a tin man who wishes for a heart, a cowardly lion in need of some courage, and the wonderful Wizard of Oz himself. Our Kids4Kids shows always prove popular, thanks to the special excitement that the casts bring to their performances. The Wizard of Oz will offer this year s group of young performers an ideal opportunity to discover and to share with audiences the joy of theatre. (The Young Performers Edition, with a running time of approximately one hour, will be used in this production.)

6 By Dale Wasserman Based on the novel by Ken Kesey March 20 April 5, 2014 Petty criminal Randle McMurphy, tired of his labor duties in prison, fakes insanity so that he can be sent to a state mental institution, imagining that life there will be easier. How wrong he is. Nurse Ratched, in charge of the ward to which McMurphy is assigned, ruthlessly cracks down on any sort of insubordination. And McMurphy specializes in insubordination. The epic battle between McMurphy and Ratched, full of high drama and low comedy, first caught the public s attention when Ken Kesey s novel was published in This dramatization was a major hit Off-Broadway and was the basis for the classic Academy Award-winning movie. Now EPAC will bring this challenging and visceral fable back to vivid life onstage.

7 Book by James Lapine Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim May 1 17, 2014 With a soaring score by Stephen Sondheim, this rich and romantic tribute to the power of art weaves an enthralling spell. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, we first travel to 19th century Paris, where artist Georges Seurat is creating a painting that will capture for eternity the eccentric people he encounters on a series of Sundays in a park. But his obsessive focus on his art threatens to drive away the woman he loves. The second act brings us to contemporary America, where Seurat s now-elderly daughter tries to help her grandson, an artist like his great-grandfather, to rediscover his artistic identity. Fifteen years ago EPAC was the first theatre in the area to produce this landmark musical, and we are excited to again present this beautiful work.

8 By John Pielmeier June 12 28, 2014 This gripping psychological thriller is set in a convent, where an angelic young nun has given birth in secret and is accused of having killed the baby. A clash ensues between two strong women a court-appointed psychiatrist, who has been sent to examine the girl, and the convent s Mother Superior, who is determined to protect her. Can either of these women truly help the young nun, who seems to have little understanding of what has happened? This most unconventional murder mystery was a longrunning hit on Broadway and a successful movie. We are sure it will fascinate and haunt you.

9 LEGALLY Blonde THE MUSICAL 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 July 24 August 9, 2014 Join us for this delightfully comic and upbeat musical version of the hit movie of the same title. Legally Blonde chronicles the romantic and educational misadventures of young Elle Woods at Harvard Law School, where she has followed the boyfriend who dumped her when he decided it was time to get serious about his life. Elle, who has never had a serious thought, gradually learns and triumphantly demonstrates that being blonde and being smart are not mutually exclusive attributes. Full of charm and breezy satire, the thoroughly vivacious Legally Blonde is sure to take EPAC by pink storm.

10 By Arthur Miller September 4 20, 2014 EPAC is proud to present Arthur Miller s greatest play the story of the last days of Willy Loman, a veteran salesman who has just gotten along, riding on a smile and a shoeshine, forever seeking the dream of financial security that always eludes him. No longer able to support himself and his devoted wife, his mind slips between the past and the present, as his family watches, unable to help. This timeless story of a family in crisis exerts an extraordinary emotional pull. If you ve never seen this masterpiece, recently named by Entertainment Weekly as the best play of the last 100 years, here is your chance. And if you have previously seen this riveting drama, watching it in our intimate theatre will allow you to feel involved with the Loman family as never before. Death of a Salesman at EPAC will be a theatrical event not to be missed.

11 Book by Joe Masteroff Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb October 16 November 1, 2014 Few musicals have proven as enduringly popular as this mesmerizing tale set in 1929 Berlin, where Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer, has come in search of something to write about. He finds what he s looking for in this city full of sexual allure, cultural and political turmoil, and fascinating people, among them the enchanting cabaret singer Sally Bowles, with whom he becomes romantically involved; Fraulein Schneider, his crusty but endearing landlady; Herr Schultz, her kindly Jewish suitor who owns a thriving fruit store; and the Master of Ceremonies of the cabaret where Sally performs, who may be a bit more than he at first seems. This classic show is returning to Broadway this spring, but EPAC will bring this brilliant theatrical gem much closer to home for you.

12 Book by Thomas Meehan Music by Charles Strouse Lyrics by Martin Charnin Based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie December 4 20, 2014 Even when things seem tough, better times are just around the corner in this beloved family musical set during the Christmas season. Your kids are sure to love Annie, the feisty orphan girl who escapes the orphanage run by the comically frustrated Miss Hannigan. When the seemingly gruff billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to adopt Annie, Miss Hannigan plots to thwart Annie s good fortune, but you just know that a happy ending is in store, especially when FDR also gets involved. This joyous show magically sustains a perfect balance by being sophisticated enough for adults to enjoy while presenting a story that is tremendously appealing to the youngsters (and to the youngster in each of us). Heartwarming and funny, Annie will provide the ideal finale to our 2014 season.

13 Tickets Single Tickets for 2014 are on sale as of December 1, 2013 Purchase tickets with credit card online at or by calling (717) Regular Seating: Adults: $30; Seniors and Students: $26 Left and Right Bargain Sections: All Seats: $20 Matinee: All Seats: $20 Kids4Kids Show: Adults: $15 Children 12 and under: $10. Group Rates Groups of people will receive a discount of $3 per ticket. Groups of 20 or more will receive a discount of $5 per ticket. Group rates are not available for the Kids4Kids show (The Wizard of Oz, Young Performers Edition), or Bargain Seating. Groups must make advance reservations and Cats, 2011 season make one payment for the whole group at the time of reservation. For more information, please contact the business office by , at epacboxoffice@gmail.com, or by phone, at (717) , ext. 3. Student Rush All seats remaining unsold 30 minutes prior to the start of the show will be sold to high school and college students with current ID for $10. Seating is subject to availability and is not guaranteed. Student Rush tickets may not be reserved in advance and are not available for Kids4Kids shows nor special events. School Day Performances EPAC is offering school day performances for The Wizard of Oz, Sunday in the Park with George, Death of a Salesman, and Annie. School day performances are open to all schools, colleges and home school groups. For more information, please contact the business office, either by , at sbtmgr@ptd.net, or by phone, at (717) , ext. 3. Ticket Sales and Exchange Policy All sales are final; no refunds. Exchanges may be made no later than 24 hours before a performance. Non- subscribers will be charged a $5 per ticket fee for exchanges. No exchanges will be made after curtain time for that performance.

14 2014 Performance Dates Wizard of Oz (Young Performers ) FEBRUARY S M T W TH F S Legally Blonde: The Musical JULY-AUGUST S M T W TH F S July August One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest MARCH/APRIL S M T W TH F S March April Death of a Salesman SEPTEMBER S M T W TH F S :30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. CONTACT INFORMATION Ephrata Performing Arts Center is located in the Sharadin Bigler Theatre P.O. Box Cocalico Street (in the Tom Grater Memorial Community Park), Ephrata, PA Call (717) or visit our website at

15 Sunday in the Park With George MAY S M T W TH F S Agnes of God JUNE S M T W TH F S Cabaret OCTOBER-NOVEMBER S M T W TH F S October Oct./Nov Annie DECEMBER S M T W TH F S Altar Boyz, 2009 season Annie, BOX Sunday OFFICE in HOURS the Park With George and Legally Blonde: The Musical are presented through During special Non-Show arrangement Weeks: with Music Theatre Monday, International Wednesday (MTI). and Friday, Noon 3 p.m. All During authorized Show performance Weeks: materials are also supplied Monday by through MTI. Wednesday, Noon 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Noon 8 p.m. Matinee 421 West days, 54th 12 2 Street p.m. New York, NY Phone: Fax: The Box Office will open two hours prior to curtain on Wednesday and Saturday nights. Agnes of God and One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest are presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The original Broadway production of Cabaret was directed and produced by Harold Prince.

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