2016 Essex Theatre Company Season

One Page Schedule for ETC 2016 Season — Click to enlarge image.

What More Do We Need? Performances by Matt & Joanna Russell

Join us to kick off our 2016 Season with ETC alumnus, Matthew Russell, and his wife, Joanna, as they bring their NYC cabaret act to our stage! Music from Broadway, the American songbook, pop, and more!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016
Doors Open at 6:30 pm
Entertainment starts at 7:30 pm

$12 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Students

The Evening’s Events: Matt & Joanna perform; Preview of Next to Normal with our orchestra; Hors d’oeuvres; Cash Bar; Raffles; Door Prizes

Next to Normal

Music by TOM KITT
Book & Lyrics by BRIAN YORKEY

The Story
Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal. Because the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love and sympathy. This deeply moving piece of theatre is an emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.

Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize!

JULY 16, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, at 7:30 pm; JULY 17, 24 at 5:00 pm

$15 General Admission / $12 Seniors & Students

Starring

Beth Abair
Mason Barber
Ross Coughlin
Gabby Dion
Joe Ferris
Matt Hammons
Elisha Harrington
Chad Hebert
Dana McLaughlin
Nora McMahon
Matt Rock

“This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center of the Arts.”

I Hate Hamlet

By PAUL RUDNICK

The Story
Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich, beautiful girlfriends; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. There are, however, a couple of glitches in paradise. When Andrew’s agent visits him, she reminisces about her brief romance with John Barrymore many years ago, in Andrew’s apartment. This prompts a séance to summon his ghost. From the moment Barrymore returns, Andrew’s life is no longer his own. The laughs are nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, Barrymore, his sword, and the fact that he fails as Hamlet.

“…unapologetically silly and at times hilarious…
affectionately amusing about the theatre…”
–NY Times

AUGUST 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm
AUGUST 14 at 5:00 pm

$10 General Admission / $8 Seniors & Students

Starring