Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Opening July 19th at 8:00 pm

Music and Lyrics by Jacques Brel
English Translations by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
Presented through arrangement with Dramatists Play Service
Directed by Mary Lou Martin
Music Arranged and Directed by Lisa St. Clair
Starring Cliff LeJeune, Troy Adams, Anna Hurshman and Ann Doyle

The incredible Jacques Brel offers a palette of songs with biting wit, romantic longing and wry reflection on the human condition. In the spirit of his contemporaries Edith Piaf and Maurice Chevalier, Brel's songs animate ideas and sentiment with poetry, humour and gorgeous music. Always passionate, at turns hilarious and often profound this song cycle will delight and inspire.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Opening July 26th at 8:00 pm

Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark M. Gesner
Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Presented through arrangement with Tams Whitmark Music Service
Directed by Mary Lou Martin
Music Arranged and Directed by Lisa St. Clair
Featuring Cliff LeJeune as Charlie Brown

The inimitable and eternally hopeful Charlie Brown reluctantly takes us through a day in the world of Charles Schulz with his pals Snoopy, Schroeder, Lucy, Linus and Sally. The tunes are big, the scenarios iconic and the lessons are magic. From the 'Red Baron' to 'The Doctor Is In' to the painful baseball game, this is a show for everyone and his dog. Seriously.

Stripes: The Mystery Circus

Opening August 23rd at 8:00 pm

Words and Music by Sarah Hayward
Musical Arrangements by Marguerite Witvoet
Directed by Marguerite Witvoet, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg
and James Fagan Tait

Stripes: The Mystery Circus is a radically unique one woman show celebrating the comic circus of life. People pleasing Pollyhymnia will do anything to get into the circus as she launches into eight out-of-this-world circus acts including The Escape Artist, The High Wired Act and The Bittersweet Bearded Lady. In this metaphysical musical Pollyhymnia finds her way through songs, memories and sheer determination.

Chester Summer Theatre School presents
Guys and Dolls Jr.

Opening August 17th at7:00 pm

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Based on the stories of Damon Runyon
Presented through arrangement with Music Theatre International
Featuring the Students of the Chester Playhouse Summer Theatre School

Guys And Dolls is one of the finest, fastest and funniest shows from the golden age of American musicals. It boasts such great tunes as Bushel and a Peck, Luck Be a Lady and Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat. The cast of colourful characters includes Sarah Brown, a do-gooder Salvation Army Mission doll; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love; Miss Adelaide, a nightclub cutie whose chronic flu is brought on by her 14 year engagement and Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiancé. With a host of secondary characters like Harry the Horse, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Big Jule and the Hot Box Girls the play will be sure to please audience members of all ages.