ESCAPE FROM HAPPINESS, et al. Included in Olde Towne Dinner Theatre's 2012 Season

Olde Towne Dinner Theatre has announced the full lineup for their 2012 season, which is set to include Escape from Happiness, Arsenic & Old Lace, and more. The full schedule is as follows:

Escape From Happiness by George F. Walker
Audition Dates: May 14 & 15, 2012 @ 7 pm
Dates: July 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, *22, 2012

Escape From Happiness opens to reveal a man severely beaten on a kitchen floor. Nora and her family have been plagued by troubles for some time, including an abusive, catatonic father living upstairs who has returned after many years, but when drugs are discovered in the basement, they are in for the ultimate fight to save their family. Escape from Happiness is a gritty comedy about how one family navigates the ridiculous roller coaster ride called life. This play contains mature language.

Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Audition Dates: July 16 & 17, 2012 @ 7pm
Dates: Sept. 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 Oct. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, *14, 2012

Spinster sisters Abby and Martha Brewster are devoted to charity and family. But they have taken on another project as well - befriending lonely older gentlemen and then poisoning them with arsenic-laced elderberry wine. The New York Times called the play "so funny that none of us will ever forget it."

9 to 5: The Musical Music & Lyrics by Dolly Parton, Book by Patricia Resnick
Audition Dates: October 8 & 9, 2012 @ 7 pm
Dates: Nov. 29, 30 Dec. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, *30, 2012

Based on the hit 1980 movie of the same name, 9 to 5: The Musical is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era. It is the story of three unlikely friends who conspire to take control of their company and learn there's nothing they can't do -- even in a man's world. Outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic, 9 to 5: The Musical is about teaming up and taking care of business... it's about getting credit and getting even...

Alive & Kicking by Jules Taska
Audition Dates: December 3 & 4, 2012 @ 7 pm
Dates: Feb. 14, 15,16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28 March 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, *17, 2013

When Gloria Nix's last child announces that he and his girlfriend have just gotten married, Gloria panics. She tries to sell the house out from under her easygoing husband because she decides that her life is over and it would be more comfortable to die in a small apartment located near a funeral home. John responds with humor at every turn. "I feel I'm gonna pass on very soon," she says. "Will it be today?" he asks. "I took two steaks out of the freezer. I'll put one back." A humorous play about the serious subject of adjusting to the changes in life.

Don’t Drink the Water By Woody Allen
Audition Dates: February 25 & 26, 2013 @ 7pm
Dates: April 25, 26, 27, 28, May 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, *26, 2013

A cascade of comedy and a solid hit on Broadway, this affair takes place inside an American embassy behind the Iron Curtain. An American tourist, a caterer by trade, and his wife and daughter rush into the embassy two steps ahead of the police who suspect them of spying and picture taking. It's not much of a refuge, for the ambassador is absent and his son, now in charge, has been expelled from a dozen countries and the continent of Africa. Nevertheless, they carefully and frantically plot their escape, and the ambassador's son and the caterer's daughter even have time to fall in love.