Phoenix Stage Company Announces New Season

Oakville, CT - Phoenix Stage Company commemorated their seventh anniversary on Saturday evening with the traditional Anniversary Celebration. This year’s cook-off theme was a dish inspired by a fairy tale, with prizes given the the best-named dish and the best dish overall. The best named winner was “Grandma” with “Beauty and the quiche” and the queen with the best dish overall went to Lori Richnavsky for Ariel’s Seafood Stuffed Shells.

Phoenix in Flight awards were handed out to three long-time volunteers, Mary Kamens, Rob Richnavsky and Lori Richnavsky.

In the Phoenix tradition, the season announcement was made at the Anniversary Celebration.

The 2017-2018 season will open with the previously announced production of ‘Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge’ by Christopher Durang, opening on November 24 of this year and running through December 10. The first show of the new year will be ‘Cliffhanger’ by James Yaff which will run in February. In March the comedy ‘The Foreigner’ by Larry Shue will be presented, followed by ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ by Ken Ludwig in April/May.

June will bring the wonderful musical ‘The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee’ directed by Beth Steinberg with musical direction by her husband Maurice Steinberg. In July the play ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ by Dale Wasserman, adapted by the novel by Ken Kesey, will be performed.

Scheduled for September is ‘The Octette Bridge Club’ by P.J. Barry with eight wonderful roles for women. The season concludes with ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Eberle Thomas and Barbara Redmond in October.

The Phoenix Stage Company is excited to announce their 2017-2018 season! And what a season it is - we hope you can join us this year - season subscriptions are available now. We are proud to present the following for our next season at 133 Main Street in Oakville, CT!

MRS. BOB CRATCHIT’S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE By Christopher Durang
CLIFFHANGER By James Yaff
THE FOREIGNER By Larry Shue
MOON OVER BUFFALO By Ken Ludwig
25th ANNUAL PUTNUM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
By William Finn & Rachel Sheinkin
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
By Dale Wassermen, adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey
THE OCTETTE BRIDGE CLUB By P.J.Barry
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
By Eberle Thomas & Barbara Redmond
A version for the stage adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s work

Information on all these shows as well as our 2018 ONE ACT PLAYFEST and NEVERLAND CHRISTMAS (a special holiday production just for families) can be found on our website atwww.phoenixstagecompany.org

Nancy Sasso Janis has been writing theatre reviews since 2012 as a way to support local theatre venues and she posts reviews of well over 100 productions each year. In 2016, she became a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle. She continues to contribute theatre news, previews, and audition notices to local Patch sites. Reviews of all levels of theatrical productions are posted on Naugatuck Patch and the Patch sites closest to the venue. Follow the reviewer on her Facebook pages Nancy Sasso Janis: Theatre Reviewer and Connecticut Theater Previews and on Twitter @nancysjanis417