Jeeves Intervenes
by Margaret Raether    
August 12 - 29, 2010
Cabot Theatre

Directed by Tami Workentin
Featuring Laurie Birmingham, Matt Daniels, Alison Mary Forbes, Chris Klopatek, Rick Pendzich & Peter Silbert

Join us in high society 1920’s London as wealthy, witty, and wandering Bertie Wooster and his crony Eustace Bassington-Bassington attempt to dupe their relatives. They hatch an ingenious scheme to save Bertie from an unwanted marriage and Eustace from being shipped to India.  Will the all-knowing servant Jeeves be able to rescue them from themselves? This delightfully British romp is a tribute to the beloved comic characters of P.G. Wodehouse.

Main-Travelled Roads
by Dave Hudson & Paul Libman
Oct. 14 - 31, 2010
Cabot Theatre

Directed by Molly Rhode;  Music Directed by Alissa Rhode
Featuring Clare Arena Haden, Scott Haden, Jennifer L. Shine & Chase Stoeger

In this award-winning new musical, Aggie and Will are naïve, but deeply smitten with each other until circumstances send them down separate paths. Meanwhile Ed, the creamery man, turns to Nina, the Dutch girl, for advice about women, and Delia and Otis learn that it’s never too late for an old maid and an old goat to fall in love. Based on short stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hamlin Garland, this chamber piece weaves interlocking tales of reverie and romance in early Wisconsin.

The Subject Was Roses
by Frank Gilroy    
Nov. 18 - Dec. 12, 2010
Studio Theatre

Directed by C. Michael Wright
Featuring Nicholas Harazin, James Tasse & Lynne Topping

Expectations are high when Timmy Cleary comes home to his parents in the Bronx after serving his time in World War II. Of course Nettie and John are joyous and welcoming at first, but soon past conflicts resurface and the old game of tug of war begins. Frank Gilroy’s humorous and poignant drama won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize.

THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES is the fourth offering in MCT’s Pulitzer Prize Series.

Mauritius
by Theresa Rebeck
Feb. 17 - March 13, 2011
Studio Theatre

Directed by Andrew Volkoff
Featuring Melinda Pfundstein, Jonathan Smoots, Emily Vitrano, Jonathan Wainwright & C. Michael Wright

The bond between two half-sisters is tested when Jackie decides she can solve all her financial problems by selling her grandfather’s exceptional stamp collection. As Jackie shrewdly tries to cash in on a pair of rare stamps from the island of Mauritius, she discovers how dangerous stamp collecting can be! Contemporary playwright Theresa Rebeck has written a cat-and-mouse game like no other, full of twists, turns and plenty of suspense.

The Lion in Winter
by James Goldman
April 14 - May 1, 2011
Cabot Theatre

Directed by C. Michael Wright
Featuring Tracy Michelle Arnold, Lenny Banovez, Alexandra Bonesho, J. Patrick Cahill, Brian Mani, Joe Picchetti & Marcus Truschinski

Henry II has banished his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, locked her in the castle tower and taken a nubile French mistress. All hell breaks loose when Eleanor is temporarily freed for the holidays and all three of their sons vie to inherit the throne. James Goldman’s classic black comedy serves up a tasty slice of British history.

THE LION IN WINTER will be a collaborative effort with Marquette University’s Theatre Department, using three student actors and faculty designers.