The Suffield Players proudly announce a theatrical season of Moonlight, Mirth and Mystery! We open our 63rd season with a play celebrating its 63rd year of performance… our 150th production as well! Come to historic Mapleton Hall in Suffield CT and enjoy some of the best live theatre in the area!
October 8 - 24, 2015: a Mystery
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie is one of the most popular plays ever produced, as well as one of the most enduring. Just past its Diamond Anniversary year, The Mousetrap tells the story of a snow-stranded group of people who discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst! One by one, the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until the last, nerve-shredding moment, when all is finally revealed. This classic play features a deliciously suspenseful story in which murder lurks around every corner!
December 4 – 6, 2015: Holiday Comedy
4 X’mas: Four One-Act Plays by George Cameron Grant. Presented as our Holiday Benefit Challenge Fundraiser, these four heart-warming Christmas vignettes will be performed with a minimum of rehearsals, and a maximum of creativity! All proceeds for this production go toward the upkeep and maintenance of our theatre home, Mapleton Hall. This show will be accompanied by our Annual Teacup Raffle. 4 X’mas contains some adult situations; recommended for ages 13 years and up.
February 11 – 27, 2016: Dramatic Comedy
Night Sky by Susan Yankowitz explores what Steven Hawking has called the two mysteries remaining to us: the brain and the cosmos. In a series of brief, often comic episodes, the play follows a brilliant and articulate astronomer through accident-related stroke and aphasia… all the while holding onto her family, career, and place in the universe. An uplifting play about survival, and the power of the human spirit. Night Sky contains some adult language and situations; recommended for ages 13 and up.
May 5 – 21, 2016: Tony Award-Winning Action Comedy
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan mixes a Hitchcock masterpiece with juicy spy novels, Monty Python and film-noir spoofs. Packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a small but versatile group of actors), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance! A fast-paced whodunit comedy for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! Recommended for ages 11 and up.
Join Us! We are an award winning company, only a short distance from Springfield MA or Hartford CT. For more details, go to www.suffieldplayers.org, follow us on Twitter at @SuffieldPlayers, or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSuffieldPlayers. All performances are at Mapleton Hall 1305 Mapleton Avenue Suffield CT 06078
ABOUT THE SUFFIELD PLAYERS
The Suffield Players, Inc., www.SuffieldPlayers.org, is a 501(c)3 non-profit community theatre company founded in 1952, now housed in historic Mapleton Hall in Suffield, CT. Reaching their 150th production, the group is committed to bring quality theatre to their audience. With a troupe of over 125 members, each season the company produces three main stage productions, a holiday benefit, the New Faces program which gives aspiring actors a chance to perform, and three free staged readings at Kent Memorial Library. In addition, The Suffield Players host a summer youth theatre camp and production through CT Imagination Station. The group also awards annual scholarships, participates in community events, and provides educational opportunities in all aspects of theatre. The Suffield Players work to a standard that is amateur in name only.
Discounts available for Groups, Seniors and Students, as well as for Season Subscribers
For Reservations, call 800-289-6148 or 860-668-0837 or visit www.suffieldplayers.org