HOLMES AND CARTER MYSTERIES
Fri. and Sat., March 14 and 15 at 8:00pm: ELTC’s popular vintage-radio style production, complete with live sound effects and commercials, with two great detectives! Sherlock Holmes Adventure of the Copper Beeches about a governess in peril, and Nick Carter and the Strange Dr. Devolo, in which Manhattan millionaires are missing.
THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
June 11 - July 19 at 8:30pm (Wed.-Sat.) Except no show on Fri. July 4 and an added show on Sun. July 6: Written by Henry Myer, it premiered on Broadway in 1922. This dramatic comedy charts the relationship of a married couple from 1872, when they move into their new home after their honeymoon, all the way to their golden anniversary, in 1922. ELTC’s artistic director tracked down the only known script of this forgotten gem.
ZORRO!
July 23 – Aug. 30 at 8:30pm (Wed.-Sat.): In 1919, Zorro first appeared in The Curse of Capistrano written by Johnston McCully. Now he’s on stage in this world premiere adapted by James Rana. When a common citizen realizes the governor of Old California is arresting people because they disagree with him, he dons the mask and cape to avenge the wrong.
WITHIN THE LAW
Sept. 17 - Oct. 12 at 8:00pm (Wed. – Sat.) Except no show on Wed. Oct. 8 and an added show on Sun. Oct. 12 at 7:30: A revival of the 1916 Broadway sensation by Bayard Vellier, it’s about a young woman falsely accused of shoplifting by her employer, who gets revenge in a most surprising manner. This thriller that will keep audiences guessing until the very end, was made into three films, including one titled Paid, starring Joan Crawford.
HOLMES AND CARTER MYSTERIES
Fri. and Sat., Nov. 7-8 at 8:00pm: ELTC’s popular vintage-radio style production, complete with live sound effects and commercials, with two great detectives! Sherlock Holmes Adventure of the Copper Beeches about a governess in peril, and Nick Carter and the Strange Dr. Devolo, in which Manhattan millionaires are missing.
CHRISTMAS IN WISCONSIN: TALES BY ZONA GALE
Nov. 28, 29, Dec. 7, 11, 12, and 13 at 8:00; Nov. 29 & Dec. 13 at 2:00: This Pulitzer Prize-winning author centered many of her stories in the imaginary town of Friendship Village, filled with all sorts of interesting people, not unlike those in Lake Wobegon in Garrison Keillor’s "A Prairie Home Companion."
