KTG's 89th Season 2019-2020
We are pleased to announce the 2019/2020 season for Kirkwood Theatre Guild. We are excited to be able to present a variety of fantastic shows for our 89th season.
The Game’s Afoot
By Ken Ludwig
Nov. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 of 2019
Nov. 3 and 10 of 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous.
Other Desert Cities
By Jon Robin Baitz
Jan. 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 of 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 19 and 26 of 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family's history—a wound they don't want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it.
On Golden Pond
By Ernest Thompson
March 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 of 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
March 15 and 22 of 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the "grandchild" the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and slang—in return. In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer together by the incidence of a mild heart attack. Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
Shrek The Musical
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.MTIShows.com
May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, of 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
May 3 and 10 of 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure, featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Caroline, or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there's more to the story than meets the ears.
"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand... and his name is Shrek.
Shrek presents a treasure trove of creative opportunities, including costumes, sets, puppets (there is a fire-breathing dragon after all) and more! Irreverently fun for the whole family, Shrek proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre.
KTG'S PRESENTS RECIPES FOR ICE
Improv Showcase RECIPES FOR ICE 3rd Friday of the Month
STEAMBOAT ROOM at 314 S. CLAY DOORS OPEN AT 7PM - SHOW STARTS AT 8PM
AFTER HOURS SHOW 10:30 p.m. - 11:15 p.m.
$5 to be given to a different charity every show
KTG IS NOW TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR RECIPES FOR ICE IMPROV SHOWS! -To make a reservation- CALL 314-821-9956, PRESS #0 AND LEAVE YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND HOW MANY SEATS YOU WANT TO RESERVE (you will receive a call to confirm).
ALL RESERVED SEATS ARE $15, PAYABLE ON ARRIVAL. TO KEEP RESERVATION, SEATS MUST BE PAID FOR BY 7:45. Non-reserved seats $10. (cash or check)
