Mad Cow Theatre Announces Their 15th Anniversary Season, Begins 9/23

Mad Cow Theatre announces its 15th anniversary season of live, professional theatre in the Heart of Downtown Orlando.

Mad Cow Theatre is one of Orlando's most respected professional theatre companies presenting compelling works of theatre for a wide-range of audiences, with a passion for both classic and contemporary plays and musicals representing the best of American and World literature.

In our 15th season, Mad Cow Theatre will be moving to a new home at 54 West Church Street. This move would not be possible without the support of the City of Orlando and our many generous donors. To learn more about this move, please visit our website at www.madcowtheatre.com.

Next Fall
by Geoffrey Nauffts
September 23 - October 16, 2011
Stage Right at 105 S. Magnolia Avenue
Luke believes in God. Adam believes in everything else. Next Fall centers on the ups and downs of this unlikely couple's five year relationship with unflinching honesty and sharp humor. After an accident changes everything, Adam must turn to Luke's family and friends for support... and answers. Next Fall is equal parts romance, family drama, and a powerful coming-of-age story, but whichever way you view it, this new play is a smart and provocative look at faith, family and love!

The Drowsy Chaperone
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
October 14 - November 20, 2011
Stage Left at 105 S. Magnolia Avenue
Be transported to a magical, wonderful world where the critics are in awe, the audiences are in heaven and the neighborhood is buzzing with excitement. Welcome to The Drowsy Chaperone, a new musical comedy swooping in with tons of laughs and the most 2006 Tony Awards of any musical on Broadway! Finally, a musical about people who adore musicals!

Sunday in the Park with George
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine
January 27 - February 19, 2012
The Arena Theatre at 54 West Church Street
Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by Georges Seurat's stunning masterpiece, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Brimming with beauty and light, Sunday in the Park With George celebrates the power of artistry and creation - a grand way to open our new theatres at 54 West Church Street.

Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen
March 9 - April 1, 2012
Black Box Theatre at 54 West Church Street
One of Ibsen's most compelling and conflicted characters, Hedda Gabler is trapped in a marriage that she desperately wants to escape. Imperious yet isolated, Hedda finally decides to take action, setting in motion a series of tragic events. Mad Cow's intimate staging brings you closer than ever to one of the greatest dramatic pieces in theatre.

Private Lives
By Noel Coward
March 30 - April 22, 2012
The Arena Theatre at 54 West Church Street
Passion, anger, love, laughter and romance all shaped by Noël Coward's wit and comic genius sets the stage for perpetually dueling lovers Amanda and Elyot. In Coward's most celebrated comedy, the two divorcees unwittingly book adjoining rooms while honeymooning with their new spouses, and quickly realize the folly of their new marriages. Don't miss Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about modern romance and the people we can't live with-or without.

The 10th Annual Orlando Cabaret Festival
April 27 - May 13, 2012
at 54 West Church Street
Mad Cow Theatre's brand new 2-theatre complex in Downtown Orlando plays host to The Tenth Annual Orlando Cabaret Festival, April 27 - May 13, 2012. Over 40 performances of jazz, pop, Broadway, comedy, and a few surprises featuring many of Central Florida's favorite cabaret singers, along with artists from the New York Cabaret scene.

Next to Normal
Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt
June 8 - July 1, 2012
The Arena Theatre at 54 West Church Street
One family is about to face the music. Next to Normal is a Pulitzer Prize winning emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. It is about one woman's struggle with manic depression and the toll it takes on her family. Next to Normal's surging score is intense, emotional and ultimately hopeful of how the family comes to terms with their past and faces their future. A truly remarkable, moving and powerful new musical.

The Pitmen Painters
by Lee Hall
June 22 - July 15, 2012
Black Box Theatre at 54 West Church Street
Heralded in London and on Broadway, this new play by the Tony Award-winning writer of Billy Elliot is based on a triumphant true story. A group of miners in Northern England taking an art appreciation class start experimenting with painting and soon build an astonishing body of work that makes them the unlikeliest of art world sensations. An arresting and hilarious salute to the power of individual expression and the collective spirit, The Pitmen Painters is a deeply moving and timely look at art, class and politics.

Twelve Angry Men
By Reginald Rose
August 3 - August 26, 2012
Black Box Theatre at 54 West Church Street
The stakes are high in this thrilling courtroom drama where a jury of twelve men are deciding the fate of a teenager accused of murdering his abusive father. When prejudices are tested and all the evidence is weighed this jury of peers must face the shocking truth.

Dancing at Lughnasa
By Brian Friel
August 10 - September 2, 2012
The Arena Theatre at 54 West Church Street
It is 1936 in County Donegal, Ireland and this Tony-Award winning bittersweet memory play by Brian Friel tells the story of Michael, a young boy growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and her four sisters. The family barely scrapes by, trapped by the proprieties of the religious society of Ireland in the thirties, and on the brink of an industrial revolution that will devastate the family.