A Yooper Comedy by Jeff Daniels
SEPTEMBER 28, 1997 – DECEMBER 20, 1997
As the Soady clan gathers at the family deer camp, Reuben Soady is hoping to get his shot and shed the mantle of “the buckless yooper.” But as opening day of deer season approaches, a series of weird occurrences and crazy locals seem to prevent him from bagging his buck. One thing is sure, this hilarious hunting trip will be one for the Soady history books!
Directed by Guy Sanville
CAST:
PRESS QUOTES
“… twice as funny the second time around.”
– The Ann Arbor News
“… 90 minutes of laughs…”
– The Oakland Press
“… impeccable timing and movement.”
– The Chelsea Standard
by Wendy Hammond
JANUARY 22, 1998 – MARCH 14, 1998
Julie Johnson (mother, wife, high school dropout) enrolls in a computer course at the community college. The course enables her to find unknown intelligence, confidence, and sense of self. She leaves her husband and moves in with her best friend Claire, only to discover there could be more than friendship among the two women.
Directed by Guy Sanville
CAST:
PRESS QUOTES
“… this is a play you must see.”
– The Chelsea Standard
“… humor cuts through taut emotional aspects.”
– Current
“An excellent play in all ways possible.”
– Jackson Citizen Patriot
a World Premiere by Lanford Wilson
APRIL 28, 1998 – JUNE 27, 1998
Winner of the Best Play Award from the American Theatre Critics Association, Lanford Wilson’s “Book of Days” tells the story of a small town dominated by a cheese plant, a fundamentalist church, and a community theater.
When the owner of the cheese plant dies mysteriously in a hunting accident, Ruth, his bookkeeper, suspects murder. Cast as Joan of Arc in a local production of George Bernard Shaw’s St. Joan, Ruth takes on the attributes of her fictional character and launches into a one-woman campaign to see justice done.
Directed by Guy Sanville
CAST:
PRESS QUOTES
“It’s quite probably the ultimate accomplishment of [Wilson’s] career.”
– American Theatre
“Mr. Wilson’s cosmic consciousness, intense moral concern, sense of human redemption and romantic effusion have climbed to a new peak.”
– The New York Times
“A significant addition to the Lanford Wilson canon… his best work since ‘Fifth of July’ … ‘Book of Days’ manages to combine Wilson’s signature character-based whimsy with an atypically strong narrative book and politically charged underpinnings.”
– Variety
“‘Book of Days’ is lively storytelling by one of our best playwrights.”
– Detroit Free Press
by Joan Ackermann
JULY 16, 1998 – SEPTEMBER 12, 1998
In a series of humorous and occasionally serious vignettes, Joan Ackerman tells the story of what people do in their cars.
Directed by Anthony Caselli
CAST:
PRESS QUOTES
“What a superb company of thespians Purple Rose has gradually assembled… I’d put them up against just about anybody.”
– The Ann Arbor News
“This captured the whole motley madness of cars and driving…”
– Jackson Citizen Patriot
“… always delivers with the audience in mind.”
– The Saline Reporter