Fool Moon Theatre Company Returns To Margate With Full Season

MARGATE, NJ — Fool Moon Theatre Company returns to Margate Community Church with a four show season, the theatre group announced.

The season begins with Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama "Proof" by David Auburn. The show opens May 13 and runs two weekends.

The rest of the season includes "Godspell" in July, "Almost Maine" in September and an all-singing holiday extravaganza in November.

"Proof" is a drama about love and reconciliation concerning an enigmatic young woman, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father and an unexpected suitor as they search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof.

"We are thrilled to be back at Margate Community Church," Fool Moon co-founder and President Pattye Herron said in a release. "The congregation is very generous and supportive of live theater."

Fool Moon Theatre is a nonprofit theater company founded in 2005. It began a five-year residence at Margate Community Church in 2006 with a production of "The Fantasticks" and ended with the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue "A Grand Night for Singing."

"The Margate Community Church is a great supporter of the arts. Fool Moon Theatre’s shows will bring joy to the community and add greatly to the church’s openness, inclusivity and ministry,” said the church’s pastor, Reverend Victoria Ney.

The church previously housed Margate Little Theater in the 1990s.

"It’s a homecoming for me," said Fool Moon’s co-founder Paul Herron, who directed and performed in most of the Margate Little Theater shows. "Some of the key people who performed here in the 1990s as back with Fool Moon and ready to put on shows. We’re a little older and wiser but we still love theater."

“Proof” will be performed on May 13, 14, 15, and 20, 21, 22. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 3 p.m. Tickets for “Proof” are $30 and $25 for seniors and are on sale at Eventbrite and at the door. Margate Community Church is located at 8900 N. Ventnor Ave., Margate.

Fool Moon is still casting for “Godspell.” Contact Fool Moon at foolmoontheatre@gmail.com or text 609-457-0903. Go to Facebook or foolmoontheatre.org for more.