Our 2009 - 2010 Season

In this original dramatic comedy, six breast cancer survivors band together to take on more than just their cancer and its side effects. They take on life!  They find new meaning for their lives through love and laughter. Cancer is nothing to laugh about – but you can choose to laugh at it!

A young mother discovers that she has breast cancer and reluctantly attends a support group during chemotherapy treatment. The group consists of diverse personalities and they learn to work together to deal with problems within the group. The play is both a comedy and a tragedy. Comedy is how many of the members deal with the tragedy of cancer. The play underlines the tremendous and relentless spirit of breast cancer survivors. 

A percentage of proceeds to benefit: Sisters Network Inc. - Norfolk affiliate chapter, Beyond Boobs! and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Join us for some laughter-therapy.

Written by: Paul Schutte

Directed by: Brandon Lyles

Productions Dates:   October 23, 24 - 8PM    October 25 - 3PM

Tickets go on sale:    September 23, 2009

Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman.

The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several show-stoppers including "Skid Row (Downtown)", "Somewhere That's Green", and "Suddenly, Seymour", as well as the title song.

Presented in conjunction with:  The TNCC Department of Performing Arts, The TNCC Player

Directed by:  Victoria Sanders, Beth Beasley, Michael Sundblad

Audition Dates:           September 9 & 10, 2009

Production Dates:      November 13, 14, 20, & 21     8PM   --      November 15 &22   3 PM

Knocked-up and seriously broke, a successful publicist is plunged into a topsy-turvy world of welfare mothers and drug addicts, and forced to confront the family she left behind. Fabulation is a darkly comic rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of falling down and reaching up to find the goodness within. Adult Language and Situations.

Directed by: David Adams

Production Dates:    March 19, 20, 26 & 27    8PM   -- March 21 & 28   3PM

It's 1927 in a rundown studio in Chicago where Ma Rainey is recording new sides of old favorites. More goes down in the session than music in this riveting portrayal of rage, racism, the self hate and exploitation.

"Searing ... funny, salty, carnal and lyrical.... Wilson has lighted a dramatic fuse that snakes and hisses through several anguished eras of American life. When the fuse reaches its explosive final destination, the audience is impaled by the impact." N.Y. Times.

"Brilliant ... explosive! Dramatically riveting." Newhouse Newspapers.

Directed by:  Le’Royce E. Bratsveen

Audition:                     TBA

Production Dates:    June 25, 26, July 2, 3    8PM    June 27 3PM