2007-2008 Season Subscription Productions

Written by Charles Busch; Directed by Patrick Kinyon and Toby Rodriques

A "Gidget" beach party and a Hitchcock suspense thriller like "Marnie" get a shotgun marriage. Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities. Among them is a black check out girl, an elderly radio talk show hostess, a male model named Steve and the accounting firm of Edelman and Edelman. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen named Ann Bowman who has nothing less than world domination on her mind.

Adapted by Steve Martin from the play by Carl Sternheim; Directed by Doug Hundley

Theobald Maske has an unusual problem: his wife's underpants won't stay on. One Sunday morning they fall to her ankles right in the middle of town-a public scandal! Mortified, Theo swears to keep her at home until she can find some less unruly undies. Amid this chaos he's trying to rent a room in their flat. The prospective lodgers have some underlying surprises of their own. In The Underpants, Steve Martin brings his comic genius and sophisticated literary style to Carl Sternheim's classic 1910 farce.

Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Book by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty; Conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle; Directed by Rick Allan; Musical Director Les Pfutzenreuter; Choreographer Maria Monti

Seussical is based on the works of the beloved children's author Theodore Geisel, known to the world as Dr. Seuss. One would think it impossible to condense the major characters and stories of Seuss into a cohesive evening, but Seussical does it, combining bits and pieces of at least 14 Seuss classics (including The Cat In The Hat, of course). The main story involves Horton the Elephant's efforts to save his friend Jojo and the other inhabitants on Who. In the end, Seussical is really about believing in yourself, keeping promises and the rewards of being an independent "thinker." The eclectic, upbeat score will keep feet tapping throughout the show.

Written by Robert Lynn; Directed by Brian Lohmann

The winner of our "New American Comedy" (NAC) Festival last year, Robert Lynn's fresh comedy is a new holiday classic. A mysterious holiday offering is "regifted" from household to household, and then pursued by the regifters after they are tipped off to its great value. This lovely play, rewritten in a radio show format for recording and potential broadcast, is a send-up of holiday stereotypes, with a heartwarming finish. The playwright will visit Ukiah and work with guest director Brian Lohmann (Eat & Run, A Midsummer Night's Dream) as the play moves through rehearsal to production.

Love Letters was written by A.R.Gurney
Hate Mail was written by Bill Corbett and Kira Obolensky
Both plays are produced in rotating repertory and are directed by Keith Aisner

Feb. 7	Thursday	7:00 p.m.	Hate Mail
Feb. 8	Friday	8:00 p.m.	Love Letters
Feb. 9	Thursday	8:00 p.m.	Hate Mail
Feb. 10	Sunday	2:00 p.m.	Love Letters
Feb. 10	Sunday	4:00 p.m.	Hate Mail
Feb. 14	Thursday	7:00 p.m.	Love Letters
Feb. 15	Friday	8:00 p.m.	Hate Mail
Feb. 16	Saturday	8:00 p.m.	Love Letters

Two two-character plays, produced in rotating repertory (each night a different play). Love Letters traces the lifelong correspondence of the staid, dutiful lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and the lively, unstable artist Melissa Gardner, the story of their bittersweet relationship gradually unfolds from what is written (and what is left unsaid -- in their letters. Hate Mail is something like Love Letters, with two actors reading letters and other correspondence, but it's a little wilder and more hysterically funny. It tells the story of Preston, a spoiled rich kid who meets his match in Dahlia, an angst-filled artist.

Music, Lyrics and Book by Morris Bobrow; Directed by David Hance

Are We Almost There? is an original musical comedy revue about the frustrations, anxieties and occasional joys of travel. This fast-paced show is full of songs and sketches about subjects like the hazards of traveling with friends, panic packing, eating in the car, lousy timing, disaster site voyeurs, our love affairs with our vehicles, group tours, annoying car alarms, the adventure of taking public transportation, cathedral overload and other matters from SUVs to B&Bs. Are We Almost There? ran for three straight years in San Francisco, making it one of the city's longest running original shows. 

Written and directed by Keith Aisner

This is an original, published, comedy-drama from a Ukiah playwright. The Story: Gary's drug of choice is an addiction to lucid dreaming. Through careful study he has taught himself to control his dreams, whether this means living out erotic fantasies or talking philosophy with God and Satan. But Gary's mentally ill mother and other unexpected guests insist on crashing this alternate reality, as his waking and dreaming worlds intertwine. Funny, thoughtful and thought-provoking.

Written by by William Shakespeare, Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess
Borgeson; Directed by Patrick Kinyon and KC Dill

All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, "Complete Works" was London's longest-running comedy (10 years!). Praised by the Los Angeles Times as "wildly funny" and by the Montreal Gazette as "the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime". Warning!: This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders and/or people inclined to motion sickness. UPT cannot be held responsible for expectant mothers.     

(a co-production with Mendocino College)
Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman; Directed by David Hance

A classic American comedy that opened in 1939 and ran for 739 performances on Broadway and was made into a major motion picture. This hilariously witty satire follows the story of Sheridan Whiteside, an insufferably arrogant radio personality, who falls and breaks his hip while on his way to dinner at a suburban family's home. Then the unwelcome, barbed-tongued guest stays on in their abode while he recovers. And, along with an offbeat cast of characters who come to visit him, he proceeds to drive his hosts round the bend! Mix a little romance with the comedy, and we've got frothy perfection.   

Thursdays at 7:00 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
Matinees July 20, 27, & August 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine; Directed
by Rick Allan, Musical Director Les Pfutzenreuter

Fractured fairy tales of a darker hue provide the remarkable context for Into the Woods. While the faces and names are familiar, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, and company inhabit a sylvan neighborhood in which witches and bakers are next-door neighbors, handsome princes from once-parallel fables are competitive (and equally vain) brothers, and all the stories intersect through unexpected plot twists. Stephen Sondheim's Tony-winning score favors intricate ensemble numbers that present the characters' divergent, then overlapping fears and desires. Delightful and deeply satisfying.