2017 | 2018 SEASON Unforgettable characters. Extraordinary stories. Since 1947. A CHRISTMAS STORY, 2014 THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, 2014 Honoring our 70 year history as San Luis Obispo Little Theatre while building our future as San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, a professional, nonprofit, regional theatre. Repertory (re-pə(r)-ˌtȯr-ē) 1. a company that performs different plays in the course of a season 2. a theatre in which such a company performs 3. the production and presentation of plays by a repertory company BYE BYE BIRDIE, 2016 THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, 2016 A New Name for Live Theatre This organization was created in the summer of 1947 by a small group of people who wanted to “put on a show.” These 10-15 theatre-lovers, swept up in the last wave of the larger Little Theatre movement across the country, recognized the need for an organized drama troupe in San Luis Obispo. Late in 1947, they decided on the name San Luis Obispo Little Theatre and began rehearsal for their first production – Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit – which opened at the San Luis Obispo High School Auditorium in early 1948. Since that first show, the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre has produced a full season of plays each year, every year, in 27 different locations around the county. We have had an incredible history as a nonprofit community theatre: 70 years, over 900 plays, hundreds of board members, thousands of volunteers. Now it is time for us to officially become the premier live theatre in San Luis Obispo, and continue the growth we have experienced for the last 5, the last 30, the last 70 years. It is time for us to become the only nonprofit, professional, regional theatre in San Luis Obispo County. Welcome to the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre. This natural evolution to a professional theatre accurately reflects our mission and our current place in the local and national arts scene. Nothing enhances and energizes a city like having a successful, professional, nationally- recognized regional theatre in its downtown core. We look forward to bringing professional live theatre to the Central Coast and to becoming an important part of the national theatre conversation. We are so proud of our history, and thrilled about the future. Thank you, as always, for your support. Kevin Harris Managing Artistic Director (805) 786-2440 3 Our Sponsors Please join us in thanking these generous sponsors for playing a starring role in the inaugural season of the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre! Vanguard Sponsor Season Sponsors Better Business Financial 4 slorep.org 2017 | 2018 Season At-A-Glance The All Night Strut! Aug 25–Sep 17, 2017 6 Mainstage Rabbit Hole Oct 6–22, 2017 Season Shows Rounding Third Nov 3–19, 2017 Season subscribers get the BEST seats The 39 Steps Mar 30–Apr 15, 2018 at the BEST price all year long! Lost in Yonkers May 4–20, 2018 Annie Jun 8–Jul 1, 2018 The Producers Feb 16–Mar 11, 2018 Blockbuster Gala Musical Gala Martini Night Feb 23, 2018 Special A Christmas Story Dec 2–23, 2017 Holiday Show Into the Woods, Jr. Jul 21–Aug 6, 2017 2 ACT Children & Family Shows A Little Princess Jan 12–28, 2018 Taking Sides Aug 11–12, 2017 6 Ubu’s Other Circle Mirror Transformation Sep 22–23, 2017 Shoe Staged New Jerusalem Feb 2–3, 2018 Readings Save 20% when The Other Place Mar 16–17, 2018 you buy all six shows! Life X 3 Apr 20–21, 2018 The How and the Why May 25–26, 2018 For tickets, visit slorep.org or call (805) 786-2440 (805) 786-2440 5 The Jungle Book, 2016 After-School Classes Theatre Camps Classes are offered according to age Our ever-popular camps end with a fun range and vary in content. performance for family and friends! Fall Session Sep 4–Oct 12, 2017 Summer Camp: Acting Out AGES 5–13 Winter Session Oct 30–Dec 14, 2017 Jun 19–23, 2017 Jun 26–30, 2017 Spring Session Mar 12–Apr 26, 2018 Summer Camp: Broadway AGES 8–18 Staged Reading Jul 24–28, 2017 Staged readings provide a forum for Dancing Through the Decades AGES 8–18 advanced students to take on challeng- Jul 31–Aug 4, 2017 ing works in the intimate atmosphere of readers’ theatre. Spring Break Camp AGES 8–13 Sponsored by Apr 2–6, 2018 Mar 23–24, 2018 Joan Gellert-Sargen Production Classes From auditions to strike, our students SIGN UP FOR YEAR-ROUND FUN! experience being part of a full-length Register at slorep.org or production on the Repertory stage. call (805) 781-3889 x14 Participation is by audition. ACT’s ACT offers payment plans 2017–2018 productions include Into the and generous scholarships Woods, Jr. and A Little Princess. ACT Season Sponsors ACT Scholarship Support Additional ACT Support Ann Robinson The Harold J. Miossi Charitable Trust Janssen Youth & Youth Sports Fund 6 slorep.org Rated G (ALL AGES) acadEmy OF CREatIVE THEatrE SHow Adapted for Young Performers July 21–August 6, 2017 Thu, Fri, Sat @ 7 pm / Sat & Sun @ 2 pm Be careful what you wish for as Stephen Sondheim’s and Book by James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this James Lapine young performers’ adaptation of their groundbreaking, Music & Lyrics by Tony Award-winning musical. Featuring all of your Stephan Sondheim favorite characters – Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch – this rich retelling Based on classic fairy tales of classic Brothers Grimm fables is the perfect summer musical for your whole family! Show Sponsors “Into the woods, the path is straight, you know it well, Carol & Ron Burkhart but who can tell…” —STEPHEN SONDHEIM Rosh Wright Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com (805) 786-2440 7 Check out our NEW Wednesday Subscribe Today and Thursday night shows! Were you left outside standing in line for one of our sold out shows this year? Subscribe now to our six-show Mainstage Season for as little as $25 per show and you’ll never hear the words SOLD OUT again! $189 $169 Premium Seating Premium Senior Seating $169 $149 Preferred Seating Preferred Senior Seating Join the family at SLO REP and we’ll take good care of you! 1 Best Seats – Season ticket holders get first dibs on great seats for ALL performances. 2 Best Price – Save up to $35 off individual show prices when you subscribe to all six shows! 3 Unlimited Exchanges – Can’t make a show? No problem. Subscribers can exchange their tickets at any time, at no extra charge. 4 Priority Seating for The Producers – Season subscribers will receive priority seating through July 11th for our blockbuster Gala Musical The Producers! “Love of the theatre shines in every production.” —FACEBOOK REVIEW 8 slorep.org Rated G (FOR AGES 12+) SEASON SUBSCRIPTION show Conceived and Originally Musical Arrangements by Additional Directed & Choreographed Tom Fitt, Gil Lieb, and Orchestrations by by Fran Charnas Dick Schermesser Corey Allen August 25–September 17, 2017 Wed–Sun @ 7 pm / Sat & Sun @ 2 pm Join us as we kick off the season with a live band and a Show Sponsors multi-talented cast in a classy, sassy musical revue of the Maryellen & 1930s and ‘40s! From the funky jive of Harlem, to the Michael Simkins romance of the Stage Door Canteen, The All Night Strut! Catherine & struts its stuff with jazz, blues, bebop and American Richard Luckett songbook standards such as Minnie The Moocher, In Show Director, The Mood, Fascinatin’ Rhythm, I’ll Be Seeing You, It Don’t Choreographer and Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing and As Time Musical Director Sponsors Goes By. This international hit has delighted audiences Marty Claus & old and young with sublime music, sheer energy and a Chip Visci story that moves through time and place to highlight a slice of yesteryear and capture a beloved American era. Live Band Sponsor Marcia Scott “Surprisingly poignant and always polished… audiences of all ages will comfortably slip ‘into the mood.’” —OREGON HERALD AND NEWS Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com (805) 786-2440 9 SEASON SUBSCRIPTION show Rated PG-13 Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize October 6–22, 2017 Wed–Sun @ 7 pm / Sat & Sun @ 2 pm By Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could David Lindsay-Abaire want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously Show Sponsors apart. Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for Ann Robinson comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will Matthew & Joy Cottle lead them back into the light of day. “A transcendent and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” —ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Show Director Sponsors Tom Ammon & Gary Lawson 10 slorep.org Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Rated PG-13 SEASON SUBSCRIPTION show November 3–19, 2017 Wed–Sun @ 7 pm / Sat & Sun @ 2 pm The tumultuous journey of two very different Little By League coaches is chronicled in this hilarious and Richard Dresser heartfelt two-man show. From their first tentative meeting, through exhilarating victories, heartbreaking Show Sponsors defeats, interminable rain-outs and finally the climactic championship game, the two men battle over how to lead the team while sharing the ups and downs of fatherhood.