Center Stage Jackson's 2015-16 Season to Include GYPSY, 1776 & More

Center Stage Jackson is excited to announce it's 2015-2016 season, which will include Main Stage musicals, Youth Theater productions, and several Staged Readings.

The Dixie Swim Club
August 8, 2015 (Staged Reading) @ The Jackson School of the Arts Ensemble Theatre at Art 634

Five Southern women, whose friends?h?ips began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. The Dixie Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.

The Nerd

September 19, 2015 (Staged Reading) @ The Jackson School of the Arts Ensemble Theatre at Art 634

Set in Terre Haute, Indiana in late 1979, The Nerd centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved has life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. However, Rick's awkward manner and inappropriate behavior throw the occasion into shambles. It turns out that Rick is a stupid œnerd* who overstays his welcome with a vengeance.

Agnes of God

October 3, 2015 (Staged Reading) @ The Jackson School of the Arts Ensemble Theatre at Art 634

A novice nun gives birth and insists that the child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The story is based on a real life incident.

Gypsy

November 6-8 & 13-15, 2015(Main Stage: Musical) @ Jackson College's Potter Center

Gypsy tells the story of the dreams and efforts of one hungry, powerhouse of a woman to get her two daughters into show business. Rose is the quintessential, archetypal "Stage Mother." The musical features songs that have become standards of the musical theatre canon, including "Some People," "Let Me Entertain You," "Rose's Turn," and the show-stopping, "Everything's Coming Up Roses". Gypsy is famous for helping launch lyricist Stephen Sondheim's career.

Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye

November 20-22, 2015 (Youth Theater: Play) @ Jackson's First Presbyterian Church

In this witty film-noir fairytale spoof, Fairytale Land has been hit by a crime wave. The Three Bears' home was broken into. The Three Little Pigs' homes were destroyed. Now Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother is missing. The crimes seem unrelated, at least if you listen to those shady Grimm brothers. But could an evil mastermind be behind them all? Something punny is going on!

Charleston!
March 18-20, 2016 (Youth Theater: Musical) @ The Middle School at Parkside Auditorium
Polly Pepper, a young flapper in the roaring 20's, is about to turn 18 years old and will then inherit an extraordinary diamond necklace. She is planning a wacky birthday party and is inviting all her friends. Buck Wayne, Polly's new boyfriend, wouldn't miss the birthday celebration for anything, but watch out, trouble's in the air! Mobsters are planning to grab the necklace and have devised a clever con to crash Polly's party.

1776

June 17-19 & 24-26, 2016 (Main Stage: Musical) @ Jackson College's Potter Center
It's the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence...if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia as they attempt to convince the members of the second Continental Congress to vote for independence from the shackles of the British monarchy by signing the Declaration of Independence. 1776 puts a human face on the pages of history as we see the men behind the national icons: proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, charming, often petty and ultimately noble figures determined to do the right thing for a fledgling nation.

More shows and events will be announced later in the season.

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