OUR BEST IS YET TO COME!!!!

The Morristown Theatre Guild is proud to announce our exciting new season for 2008. This is our 74^th year of bringing quality Theatre to the Lakeway Area and our emphasize this season is on great entertainment for the entire family.

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 The season begins in February with Mary Chase’s classic HARVEY. This Pulitzer prize-winning play has delighted audiences both young and old for years. The story follows eccentric Elwood P. Dowd as he attempts to introduce everyone to his friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit that only Elwood can see. His behavior prompts his family to consider committing Elwood to a sanitorium. As the comedy escalates the audience realizes that Elwood’s strange "delusion" has had an effect on everyone.

The performance dates for Harvey are March 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 & 16. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8pm – Sunday performances are 2pm Matinees. All performances are at the Rose Center.

 In April the Theatre Guild proudly presents JUNIE B. JONES AND A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS. Based on the popular literary series of Barbara Parks, this fun-filled musical follows young Junie B., a precocious kindergartener, as she faces the "horrible worseness" of Mom bringing home a new baby. But then things get even worse: "Mrs", (Junie’s teacher) assigns show & tell and Junie B. can’t help shooting off her big mouth about how hers is going to be the "bestest" in the whole class! With song, dance and comedy we follow Junie and her friends, parents and family thru gentle lessons and love. This is sure to be a great family experience.

  The summer will heat up with the Theatre Guild's next production - GUYS & DOLLS, which is based on "The Idyll Of Miss Sarah Brown", a short story by Damon Runyon, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser. The story line centers on a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives. Nathan Detroit bets his pal, Sky Masterson, that he can’t make the next lady he sees fall in love with him. When the next lady turns out to be the prim and proper neighborhood missionary Sarah Brown, the stage is then set for an evening of high-spirited entertainment. Performace dates are for three weekends in July. Show opens on July 11th. All performances will be at Morristown West High School.

 Later in the season the Theatre Guild will be partnering with Walter State to bring to the Lakeway area the another classic musical CAMELOT. Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics and Frederic Loewe the music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel The Once and Future King.
The classic musical tale of Arthur, his knights and his beautiful queen Guienevere will be brought to light by many talented Morristown actors and performers. This show is sure to feature spectacular costumes and settings and rely on the excellent resources of both the Guild and Walters State. Performance dates are in November.