HAIRSPRAY, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER & More Set for Cape Rep Theatre's 2016 Season

Cape Rep Theatre is celebrating its 31st season with an exciting line up of plays and musicals, including two Cape Cod premieres, one fresh from Broadway. The Indoor Theater season will open with the Cape Cod premiere of Aaron Posner's My Name is Asher Lev, followed by Tom Stoppard's comedy, Rough Crossing. Next up is the Tony winning musical, Hairspray, followed by the classic ghost story, The Woman in Black. The season will close with the Cape Cod premiere of the Broadway hit, Peter and the Starcatcher, a raucous comedy with music. The Outdoor Theater will host Cape Rep's Summer Children's Series which includes the musical A Year with Frog and Toad, based on the beloved books of Arnold Lobel, and Pitter Patter Puppets, Mary Wilson's delightful interactive puppet shows. In addition, Cape Rep will present several special events including Summer Starlight, a benefit for the theater on Sunday, August 7. Cape Rep's 31st season is made possible through the generous support of Cape Air, our 2016 season sponsor. All shows will be at Cape Rep Theatre, 3299 Main Street, Brewster. For further information or to purchase tickets, contact the box office at 508.896.1888 or online at www.caperep.org.

About Cape Rep Theatre's 31st Season

INDOOR THEATER

MY NAME IS ASHER LEV

By Aaron Posner

Adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok

May 5 - June 5

Wed. & Thurs. at 7 pm

Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm

Sun. at 2 pm

No perf. May 8, 11 & 18

The story of a boy in post-war Brooklyn whose budding genius as a painter threatens to destroy his relationship with his strict orthodox faith and his deeply religious parents. How can you choose between art and faith when your soul cries out for both? -- Adapted from the best selling novel by Chaim Potok (author of The Chosen) and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Off Broadway play

ROUGH CROSSING

By Tom Stoppard

From an original play by Ferenc Molnar

June 23 - July 23

Tues.-Thurs. at 7 pm

Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm

It's the 1930s and celebrated playwrights Turai and Gal are sailing to New York for the Broadway debut of their new musical comedy. But the play is unfinished, beginning, middle and end, and to further complicate matters, the composer tosses his music overboard and threatens to take the leap over the rail too. Rough Crossing is as delightfully delirious as the art form it affectionately lampoons, with original music composed by Andre Previn.

HAIRSPRAY

The Broadway Musical

Book by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan

Music by Marc Shaiman

Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman

Based on the New Line Cinema film written & directed by John Waters

August 3 - September 3*

Tues.-Thurs. at 7 pm

Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm

Sun. Aug. 14, 21 & 28 at 2 pm

*September 3, special benefit performance and Labor Day Cookout

In 1962, Baltimore high school student Tracy Turnblad does not fit the mold and dreams of dancing on the local TV teenage dance program. So do her African American classmates. Friendship and love grow from breaking through the barriers for both in this heartwarming story set to a rousing 1960's dance style rhythm and blues score. -- Winner of eight Tony Awards.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK

By Stephen Mallatratt and Susan Hill

September 15 - October 16

Wed. & Thurs. at 7 pm

Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm

Sun. at 2 pm

No perf. Sept. 18 & 21

Arthur Kipps, a middle-aged solicitor is tortured by an episode from his past when, while settling the estate of an elderly recluse, he is visited by a woman in black, a figure who terrifies the locals. He hires an actor and a theater to help him reenact his experience, and exorcise the specter that haunts his life. -- A classic ghost story and the second longest running play in London's West End.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

A play by Rick Elice

Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Music by Wayne Barker

Originally produced on Broadway by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes and Disney Theatrical Productions

November 3 - December 4

Wed. & Thurs. at 7 pm

Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm

Sun. at 2 pm;

Sat. Nov. 26 at 2 pm

No perf. Nov. 6, 9, 23 & 24

This raucous, creative comedy with music is theatrical storytelling at its best, a prequel to Peter Pan for grown ups (okay, for children too) that explains how an orphan boy becomes Peter Pan and how an egomaniacal pirate fop becomes one of theater's most delightful villains. You don't want to miss this 5-time Tony Winner and Cape Cod premiere, filled with shtick, mermaids, a love story and maybe even a guy in a dress.

OUTDOOR THEATER CHILDREN'S SHOWS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

A Year with Frog and Toad

Book & Lyrics by Willie Reale

Music by Robert Reale

Based on the books by Arnold Lobel

Originally presented on Broadway by Bob Boyett, Adrianne Lobel, Michael Gardner, Lawrence Horowitz and Roy Furman

World Premiere at The Children's Theatre Company Minneapolis, Minnesota

June 28 - August 31

Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 10 am

Tickets: $10 Perfect for all ages

Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding, and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe, all charm, A Year With Frog And Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.

PITTER PATTER PUPPETS

July 7 - August 25

Thursdays at 10 am

Tickets: $8 Perfect for ages 2-6 & great fun for ages 7-100!

Puppeteer Mary Wilson's wildly popular puppet shows are interactive, inventive and extremely funny.

Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. is a 501c3 organization, founded in 1986 as a company dedicated to creativity and professionalism. On seven acres of land in Nickerson State Park in Brewster, Massachusetts, Cape Rep Theatre is the steward of the beautiful land and historic buildings that are home to the company's three theaters, including the only outdoor