Peppermint Creek Theatre Company
2009-2010 Season
Scared/Sacred

Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight by Peter Ackerman
Directed by Kristine Thatcher
Sept. 24 – 27 & Oct. 1 – 3, 2009
The play tells the story of 3 pairs of lovers trying to enjoy a night of romance, each in their own unique way. But in a massive (and apparently spreading) case of coitus interruptus, each couple is blocked from satisfaction by a mixture of circumstance, honesty, stubbornness, identity and selfishness. A disagreement during sex sends Nancy out of her lover Ben's bedroom and into the apartment of her friend Grace. Grace is being visited by a hitman at the time (but that's a good thing). Nancy's arrival prompts Grace to call Gene's brother Mark, a therapist of questionable repute who has an interesting visitor of his own. All three couples end up connected by an uproarious conference call with hilarious results. 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
(YOUNG ADULT THEATRELAB PRODUCTION- produced at Basement 414)
Directed by Christy Pierce
Oct. 15 – 17, 2009
Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper ignites. This powerful drama is about the inner struggle of Guy Montag, a fireman. Montag has worked as a civil servant for ten years burning books, but lately he has become increasingly unsure about what he is doing and about his vegetable-like existence. It is not until he meets 16-year-old Clarisse, who is filled with strange ideas, that he is led into a dangerous and highly combustible situation. Now he must choose between continuing his nonexistent existence and risking everything for the right to think.

The Seafarer by Conor McPherson
Directed by Chad Badgero
Nov. 12 – 15 & 19 – 21, 2009
THE SEAFARER is a chilling new play about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth. It's Christmas Eve, and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, aging brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. Sharky may be playing for his very soul.

Altar Boyz with book by Kevin Del Aguila
Music and Lyrics by Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker
Directed by Chad Badgero
Jan. 28 – 31 & Feb. 4 – 6, 2010
ALTAR BOYZ is a foot-stomping, rafter-raising, musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band on the last night of their national "Raise the Praise" tour. The Boyz are five all-singing, all-dancing heartthrobs from Ohio: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham. With their tight harmonies and spectacular choreography, the ALTAR BOYZ will audiences of any musical genre!  As they perform their signature hits such as "Rhythm In Me," "The Calling," and "I Believe," the Boyz question their loyalty to each other and ask whether or not faith is really holding them together. They finally deliver a message of unity, that "there is no star as bright as its constellation, no harmony in a single voice."

Third by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Chad Badgero
April 22 – 25 & April 29 – May 1, 2010
His name is Woodson Bull III, but you can call him "Third." And Professor Laurie Jameson is disinclined to like his jockish, jingoistic attitude. He is, as she puts it, "a walking red state." Believing that Third's sophisticated essay on King Lear could not possibly have been written by such a specimen, Professor Jameson reports his plagiarism to the college's Committee of Academic Standards. But is Jameson's accusation justified? Or is she casting Third as the villain in her own struggle with her relationships, her age and the increasingly polarized political environment?