P.T.D. Production's Community Theater 2007 Season

Talking With…
by Jane Martin
March 6-9 & March 13-15
"With Jane Martin, the monologue has taken on the aspect of a new poetic form, intensive in its method...a generosity of spirit and originality of imagination."--Washington Post.

With razor sharp wit and meaningful perplexity, eleven women share their experience with life, love and mortality. Always speaking from their soul, this motley crew includes: a baton twirler, a fundamentalist snake-handler, an ex-rodeo rider, and an actress willing to go any length for the job. Sometimes humorous, sometimes startling, sometimes heartwarming, these gripping narratives tell each woman’s story in a very personal and revealing style. Not just “women’s theater” Talking With is a collection of observations on life from a woman’s perspective.Men and women alike will find these extraordinary monologues fascinating.

And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
June 12-15 & June 19-21

In this superlative mystery comedy (originally titled Ten Little Indians) statuettes of little soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon fall to the floor and break one by one as those in the house succumb to a diabolical avenger. A nursery rhyme tells how each of the ten “soldiers” met his death until there were none. Eight guests who have never met each other or their apparently absent host are lured to the island and, along with the servants, marooned. A mysterious voice accuses each of having gotten away with murder and then one drops dead—poisoned. One down and nine to go! Tension mounts as the remaining guests attempt to discover the murderer’s identity before they are all killed. The excitement never lets up!

The Foreigner
by Larry Shue
September 18-14 & September 25-27

Charlie’s well meaning friend, Sgt. Froggy LeSueur persuades Charlie to join him on a three-day respite at a rundown fishing lodge near an army base where Froggy conducts an annual demolition class. To protect his super shy friend from unwanted social intercourse with landlady Betty Meeks and her guests, Froggy passes him off as a foreigner who neither speaks or understands English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should, when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who they think doesn’t understand a word being said. That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax. Charlie’s metamorphoses from bland doormat to lovable charmer with personality-plus make for a farce that is a highly charged hilarious evening.

Born Yesterday
by Garson Kanin
Decmeber 11-14 & December 18-20

This 1950 classic comedy takes place in Washington D.C. Uncouth, corrupt tycoon, Harry Brock, has come to “influence” a politician or two. He has brought with him his showgirl mistress Billie Dawn. Afraid she’ll embarrass him in front of the congressman he is planning to bribe, Harry hires journalist, Paul Verrall to educate Billie. Blossoming under Paul’s encouragement, Billy turns out to be much smarter than anybody knew and begins thinking for herself. Billie has a natural honesty and a frank streak in her, and she begins to learn about history, politics, and what Harry really is and what he wants and begins interfering with his plans. Of course, everyone gets the education they deserve.