Cockpit in Court goes The Full Monty

The Full Monty - Book by Terrence McNally, Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Directed by James Hunnicutt (June 16 through July 2)

Cockpit in Court is the first Baltimore theatre to produce the Tony-nominated smash The Full Monty, based on the hit film about six out-of-work factory workers looking to make some cash and regain their self-confidence. A hit with Broadway audiences for its rock-inspired score and wild comedy, this show does feature adult themes and brief nudity appropriate for adult audiences only.

Meredith Willson's The Music Man - Based on a story by Franklin Lacey; Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson, Directed by Roy Hammond (July 21 through August 6)

 For its second mainstage production, Cockpit presents The Music Man, the show hailed by The New York Times as "American as apple pie and a Fourth of July oration." Featuring the traveling salesman/con-artist Harold Hill as he dupes River City, Iowa into creating a marching band while romancing the town's piano teacher and librarian Marian Paroo, this beloved musical features the familiar songs Ya Got Trouble, Good Night My Someone, The Wells Fargo Wagon and of course the classic 76 Trombones.

Cockpit's Cabaret theatre offers dramas and comedies in an intimate in-the-round space with cabaret-style seating.

Plaza Suite - By Neil Simon, Directed by Joseph Hellman (June 23 through July 2)

 The Cabaret features Neil Simon's comedy Plaza Suite, uniting three stories set in the same suite at the Plaza Hotel.

An Inspector Calls - By J. B. Priestley, Directed by Linda Chambers (July 28 through August 6)

This chilling atmospheric thriller will be directed by Linda Chambers, who directed last year's wildly popular production of Crimes of the Heart and returns to Cockpit this year to helm the revival of this taut mystery.

The Court Jesters' Young People's Theatre

Peter Pan - By J. M. Barrie, Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Music by Mark Charlap and Jule Styne, Directed by Diane Smith (July 7 through 16)

Cockpit in Court's children's theatre, The Court Jesters, offering musicals based on classic children's literature, produces the beloved Peter Pan this summer. Based on the J.M. Barrie novel and play, this production features the music and lyrics made famous in the Mary Martin production on Broadway. The classic tale of a boy who will never grow up, Peter Pan follows young Wendy and her brothers as they travel with Peter and Tinkerbell to the wondrous Never Land, where they meet Lost Boys, mermaids, pirates, the terrifying Captain Hook and a crocodile called Tick Tock.

Ticket & Audition Information

To receive a Cockpit brochure when it becomes available or to be placed on the Cockpit mailing list, patrons may call the Box Office at 410.780.6369, or e-mail cockpitincourt@ccbcmd.edu. Cockpit offers subscriptions to mainstage or cabaret series, and introduces a full-season subscription with the 2006 year. Subscriptions become available in April, with individual tickets going on sale May 1.

Auditions for the 2006 season will be held March 4 and 5 on the campus of CCBC Essex. For audition information, please visit www.ccbcmd.edu/cockpit/auditions.html.