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2009-10 Season
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Arsenic & Old Lace
by Joseph Kesserling
October 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 2009
A Christmas Carol
adaptation by Dr. Andrew Harris
November 27, 28, 29, December 4, 5, 6, 2009
Plaza Suite
by Niel Simon
March 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 2010
Leading Ladies
by Ken Ludwig
May 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 2010
Play It Again, Sam
by Woody Allen
Upcoming Events
MRT continues 2009-2010 season with Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite." Peformances are March 5, 6, 12, 13, at 8:00 p.m., and March 14 at 2:00 p.m. at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. Directed by Pamela Harden. Tickets can be purchased online at www.mckinneyperformingartscenter.org or by calling the box office at 214-544-4630.
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Recent MRT Events
This 55 minute one-act adaptation by McKinney by McKinney resident and UNT theatre professor Dr. Andrew Harris was performed five times on Thanksgiving weekend during McKinney's "Dickens of A Christmas." All performances are in the Courtroom Theatre of the McKinney Performing Arts Center. Show times for Thanksgiving weekend are: Friday, November 27th, 2:00 & 5:00 pm; Saturday, November 28th, 2:00 & 5:00 pm; Sunday, November 29th, 2:00 pm.
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Arsenic and Old Lace
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MRT opened it's 2009-2010 Season of Comedy with the classic story of two spinsters whose pasttime is poisoning lonely gentleman with their homemade elderberry wine and burying them in Panama with the aid of their nephew, who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt. Performances on October 2, 3, 9, 10 at 8:00 pm, October 11 at 2:00 pm. Directed by Pamela Harden.
The Cast
Mortimer Brewster - Daniel Tiner
Abby Brewster - Mary Tiner
Martha Brewster - Sue Goodner
Teddy Roosevelt Brewster - Colin Wells
Elaine Harper - Alden Powers
Dr. Einstein - Jim Welch
Dr. Harper - James Dorrell
Officer O'Hara - Jon Barnes
Officer Klein - Randy Snyder
Officer Brophy - Roger Schwermer
Mr. Gibbs - Scott Winchester
Mr. Witherspoon - Mel Tolle
Lt. Rooney - Jake Correll
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Hartburn Hotel
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Everyone had a great time at MRT's first melodrama, booing the villian's and cheering for the hero and heroin. Lot's of popcorn to clean after the shows! Over two hundred pounds of food was donated for the Community Food Pantry. Thanks to everyone who donated!
Synopsis
Faced with losing the The Last Chance Inn once again, Ma and Pa Culpepper turn to glamourous Sahara Hartburn. Sahara pays off their loan with money from a "well-heeled admirer" and promptly takes over the Inn. Transformed into the Harburn Hotel, it becomes a residence for young ladies with a "no men allowed upstairs" policy. Sahara schemes to find a scandal that will give her new venture some publicity, and finds it when the new schoolteacher, Polly Sincere, is paid a visit by her dapper and devoted boyfirend, Jasper Jones - in her room! To escape, Jasper dresses as girl and poses as Jasmine Sincere, Polly's sister. Complications arise when a visiting sheriff falls for Jasmine and "her" sudden disappearance leads Sahara to accuse Polly of murder! An attempt to clear Polly's name, an outrageous chase, and the search for a bank robber all conspire to bring the play to a surprising - and side-splitting - conclusion.
The Cast
Ivory Keyes - Laura Powers
Ma Culpepper - Jayne Anderson
Pa Culpepper - Dennis West
Sahara Hartburn - Melissa Johnson
Rod - Daniel Tiner
Mrs. Spottingford-Smythe - Fradonna Griffin
Polly Sincere - Mackenzie Schulien
Jasper Jones - Matt Bergeron
Princess Prettyfoot - Mohini Lal
Sheriff Ulysses S. Graft - Gary Powers
