| 2012-2013 Season |
The Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stothart
Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard
Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
November 8 – December 26, 2012
Marian Theatre, Santa Maria |
Fly over the rainbow with Dorothy as she rides a twister into the merry and troubled land of Oz. Follow the yellow brick road with her on a musical escapade to see the mysterious Wizard of Oz, help her new friends, and defeat the Witch of the West. The whole family will enjoy this beloved magical adventure, with spectacular puppetry and PCPA Theaterfest’s hallmark inventiveness. No matter how far our journeys take us – there’s no place like home.
Generously sponsored by
Joan & Harold Jorgensen
Dick & Patti Melsheimer
Eric & Ayleen Melsheimer
Ng & Ng Dental & Eyecare
Dr. Dennis & Franziska Shepard |
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
February 21-March 17
Severson Theatre, Santa Maria |
Shakespeare’s magic spell sweeps us through stormy seas to an island where airy and earthly spirits captivate or free us. When those who conspired against him are suddenly stranded in this brave new world, Prospero, the wrongly banished ruler of Milan, must decide whether to use his mystic arts to revenge or to forgive. Come, be swept ashore in the Severson theater’s intimate confines where you’ll feel the fluttering of every winged word in this lyrical romance.
Generously sponsored by
Dr. Michael & Maryellen Simkins
The Towbes Foundation |
Fiddler on the Roof
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Based on Sholem Aleichem's stories by special permission of Arnold Perl
April 25 – May 12 Clark Center, Arroyo Grande
June 13 – July 6
Solvang Festival Theater |
Travel the roads of Anatevke with Tevye, his dairy cart, his wife and five daughters. As the sun rises and sets on his beloved Russian town, he dreams of a better future for his family. In the face of Czarist incursions, his world is changing. Fast. Each daughter makes her marriage match as Tevye stands poised in the precarious balance between tradition and life’s great unknowns. With melodies descending from the rooftops, we’ll discover that ‘wherever you love is home.’
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Generously sponsored by
Mr. & Mrs. Bert E. Forbes
Brad & Jacquie Hinds
Celina Roell
Joan G. Sargen
Dr. & Mrs. John Reese
Hardy & Judy Hearn
Pacific Western Bank |
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Monty Python’s
Spamalot
Book & Lyrics by Eric Idle
Music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle
July 13 – August 10
Solvang Festival Theater |
This fresh Broadway hit, lovingly ripped off from the classic comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, retells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. This hysterical, irreverent parody of Arthurian Legend will be special fun in the open air of a Solvang evening. Join the quest… Grab your coconut shells, gallop out and find your grail.
Generously sponsored by
Dr. Esteban E. Fuertes & Mr. Alan H. Foster |
Always… Patsy Cline
Created by Ted Swindley
August 8 – 31
Severson Theater, Santa Maria
September 6-15
Solvang Festival Theater |
Sing along with one of the lost legends of American popular music in the juke-box musical based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Chatting about their common concerns over a pot of strong coffee, the two women struck up a surprising personal and pen-pal relationship that was to last until Cline's untimely death. Fans old and new will delight in the humor and sweetness of this story full of unforgettable country hits such as Walkin' After Midnight, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams, and Crazy.
Generously sponsored by
Alice Gilleroo & Susan Jorgensen
Linda Stafford Burrows
Ron & Mary Nanning
Stu & Jan Bartleson
Royce & Ann Foxworthy Lewellen
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Cyrano de Bergerac
By Edmond Rostand
August 17 – September 1
Solvang Festival Theater |
Meet Cyrano, master of all trades, maddeningly uncompromising and brilliantly accomplished - poet, warrior and great romantic. Still, there’s triangular trouble in his love for Roxanne – his adversary DeGuiche, his friend Christian and his own spectacular nose. When you’ve uncovered the courageous heart behind the nose, you’ll fall in love under the stars in the Solvang Festival Theater. Revel in a rhapsody of words as pointed as rapiers in Rostand’s poignant portrait of Panaché.
Generously sponsored by
Christian Science Society
Richard & Catherine Luckett
Linda Stafford Burrows
Earl & Joan Severo |
Clybourne Park
By Bruce Norris
September 12-29
Severson Theatre, Santa Maria |
You’ll laugh from your belly and squirm in your seat as you enter the world of this 2011 searing satirical comedy, set in a north Chicago neighborhood, in the context of the 1959 drama A Raisin in the Sun. Act One takes place in 1959, as community members anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in that same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification. One cast plays both sets of characters, colliding over real estate and race, unearthing delicate personal issues and uncovering perilous social agendas.
Generously sponsored by
Nancy K. Johnson
Franca Bongi Lockard |
Welcome from the Artistic Director
2012-2013 Season Press Release
Season Calendar |
