SPOTLIGHTS REVISED 2006-07 SEASON

Due to the inability to acquire the rights to 12 Angry Men, Spotlight has revised it’s 2006-07 season. It is as follows:

The Gingerbread Lady
By Neil Simon
Directed by Jim LaMonte
October 6 - 22
When Evelyn Meara was a night club singer she broke the house record in Pittsburgh...she fell off her seat seventeen times in one show. Now she is back home from rehab to start life again, supported by her equally precarious friends . . .a forty-year-old actor who is still waiting for his big break. Her best girlfriend, an aging glamour queen who can't seem to hang onto her husband. And Evy's ex-boyfriend is a thoughtless freeloader who tries to weasel his way back into her affections when he is dumped by his latest 18 year old conquest. The only relatively well-adjusted person is Evy's sweet and loving daughter, Polly. .Neil Simon is the master of the one-liner and The Gingerbread Lady, one of his own personal favorites, is filled with them.

Moon Over the Brewery
By Bruce Graham
Directed by Mac Bellner
February 9 - 25
This funny, yet poignant, play sheds light on the secret world of Amanda, a 13 year-old girl who has a high IQ, an imaginary friend, and a single mom. Growing up without a dad hasn't been easy for Amanda. Now, she is forced to deal with the unexpected appearance of mom's new boyfriend. How can this "dull" postman, wearing shorts and knee socks, possibly measure up to Amanda's idea of perfection?

The Robe
Based on the book by Lloyd C. Douglas
Adapted by John McGreevey
Directed by Jim LaMonte
April 13 - 30
Marcellus, a young Roman officer, has been exiled. In Jerusalem, it becomes his duty to crucify a Galilean. Although he believes the man innocent, he obeys. He tosses dice for the simple homespun robe which the Galilean wore. He wins but becomes a desperately troubled man, restless and obsessed with thoughts of the Galilean and the other persecuted Christians. Marcellus’s thoughts turn more and more to the Galilean but hesitates to accept Him as divine until, in a final scene of emotion and power, he accepts death for himself and his young wife rather than renounce his faith.

Death Trap
By Ira Levin
Directed by Norris Wright
June 8 - 24
Written by the author of the novels-turned-hit-films Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin's Deathtrap is a delightful thriller about Sidney Bruhl, a desperate, middle-aged playwright known for his murder mysteries, but without a hit in almost two decades. When a student sends him a winner of a script, he devises a plan to ensure his own fortune. Will Sidney's scheme lead him to Broadway or to a sudden turn of shocking events?

Sylvia
By A.R. Gurney
Directed by Brent Wooldridge
August 3 - 19
Middle-aged couple Greg and Kate have a comfortable life, their reward after years of hard work. Kate is seeing her career as a popular writer take off. Then along comes Sylvia, a dog that Greg found in the park, or perhaps more accurately, a dog who found Greg. What can a dog offer its owner? Laughter, enjoyment and good company. But what if this little creature becomes a barrier between you and your lover, then what?