And Then There Were None
By Agatha Christie

September 4, 5, 11, and 12, 2009
Directed by Jim Alexander

This classic mystery by the legendary author and play-wright arrived in the U.S. as a novel from Britain in the early '40s under the title "Ten Little Indians", but was quickly changed to "And Then There Were None". Playbox has staged two earlier productions under the original title. A disparate group of 8 people are invited to a house party on a remote and inaccessible island when they soon realize that their host will not be joining them. After dinner, served by servants, they are listening to music when it is suddenly interrupted by a voice accusing each of them in turn of murder under unusual circumstances. It quickly becomes apparent that they've not been invited for the jolly sojourn they thought. What happens next?            

Sleeping Beauty
or
The Famous Rose Taboo
Book & Lyrics by Barbara Fried
Music by Norman Sachs

November 21, 27, 28, 2009
Directed by Wendy Kurtz-Finch

So you think you know the story of Sleeping Beauty?
We have the King, the Queen, the Evil Fairy, the Good Fairy, and of course the Princess Beauty who longs to meet her "hero". This telling also has the Page, who is the narrator, the Prince who wants to be a "hero" but is not too smart, and the Prince's Fairy Godfather who, with the help of the Good Fairy, must get our bungling Prince out of every mess he gets into. Add an enchanted dueling rose wall, and you have a fun, funny and exciting time filled with lots of songs and magic!

Lunch Hour
By Jean Kerr

February 19, 20, 26 & 27, 2010
Directed by Steve Allen

Jean Kerr's hit comedy deals with the vagaries of marital bliss - once the honeymoon is over. Meet Oliver, an all-too-human psychiatrist and marriage counselor who wakes up on the last day in June only to discover that he needs more help than any of his patients. Meet Carrie, who shows up on his doorsteps as an all-too-ideal patient: her husband is having an affair with Oliver's wife. Put all four together at a beach house and watch the merriment that ensues as these not-so-newlyweds start playing emotional hide-and-seek. "Lunch Hour" delivers some of the funniest one-liners since "Mary, Mary" which Playbox staged two years ago.

The Sensuous Senator
By Michael Parker

April 30, May 1, 7 & 8, 2010
Directed by Wendy Kurtz-Finch

Weeks before a presidential election, Senator Henry Douglas, a smooth-talking candidate who has based his entire campaign on the issues of morality and family values is given an unusual opportunity. Arranging for his wife, Lois, to be away for the weekend, he realizes that with a little luck he may be able to break every one of his campaign promises before the votes are even counted. Once his wife is safely on her way to the airport, he invites his voluptuous secretary, Veronica, to spend the night in his Washington D.C. townhouse. To his abject disappointment, she is unavailable. He then contacts the Capitol Escort Agency, and arranges for an “escort” for the evening. Unfortunately, his neighbor, an elderly congressman, Clyde Salt, locks himself out of his townhouse and has to spend the night.