Season

By Ciara Chantelle
Available online from October 1^st through October 29^th, 2020
Approx. 6 minutes long

Through a partnership with ShowTix4U.com, Old Academy Players At Home has expanded our offerings to include pieces and performances that could not be shared on YouTube. We’re excited to announce that our first selection on this new platform is Ciara Chantelle’s A Combination of Thoughts. This will be available to stream from October 1^st, 2020 through October 29^th, 2020 by renting it from ShowTix4U.com. Once you’ve made a purchase you will be able to view the piece as many times as you like for 48 hours, on one device at a time.

By Richard Maurer
Available online from November 1^st through November 28^th, 2020
Approx. one hour long

By Alice Childress
Directed by Carla Childs
Production postponed until further notice.

Box office: 215–843-1109
Tickets $20.00

Set in Charleston, South Carolina in 1918, Wedding Band is an unsparing tale about the consequences of a decade-long romance between a black seamstress and a white baker. Julia and Herman have loved each other devotedly, enduring harsh disapproval from whites and scorn from blacks. As they confront the impossibility of ever living a normal married life, and as Herman falls ill, Julia gradually reaches out to forge affirming bonds of solidarity with her community.

By John Pielmeier
Directed by Rob Rosiello
Production postponed until further notice.

Box office: 215–843-1109
Tickets $20.00

Summoned to a convent, Dr. Martha Livingstone, a court-appointed psychiatrist, is charged with assessing the sanity of a young nun accused of murdering her newborn. The Mother Superior determinedly keeps young Agnes from the doctor, arousing suspicions. Who killed the infant, and who fathered the tiny victim? Dr. Livingstone’s questions force all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith and the power of love in this play about doubt and the possibility of miracles.

By Rob Rosiello
Directed by Nancy Ridgeway
Production postponed until further notice.

Box office: 215–843-1109
Tickets $20.00

Bloody hand prints, ripped up floorboards, and a missing matriarch. Time keeps the best secrets and eventually buries the truth in an unmarked grave, forever lost to the ages because the truth has a way of always finding its way home. Set in the quiet community of Provincetown, MA, during the annual return of the whales, the Cook family struggles to cope with the guilt of a lifetime of secrets that are percolating to the surface with the return of Charlie Cook, the son who’ll stop at nothing to reveal the truth of the tragedy that happened many years ago.

By Agatha Christie
Directed by Loretta Lucy Miller
Production postponed until further notice.

Box office: 215–843-1109
Tickets $20.00

When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated mansion, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, a smoking gun in her hand. She admits in a dazed and unconvincing manner to having just murdered her husband. The unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story. After the detectives question members of the family and staff, a tangled web of lies, family secrets, and chilling motives are revealed. The greatest mystery of all: who actually committed the crime.

By Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Annie Hnatko
Production postponed until further notice.

Box office: 215–843-1109
Tickets $25.00

The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. The narrator, El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moon­light and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart, and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo’s words that, “without a hurt, the heart is hollow.”

By Joe Simonelli
Directed by Terri Fries Bateman
Production postponed until further notice.

Box office: 215–843-1109
Tickets $20.00

Meet Diane, Vera, Rose and Kathy Ann, best friends whose friendship buoys them through life’s ups and downs. But when retirement and an economic downturn present their own challenges, they scramble to find a creative solution. One hilariously wrong phone call and encouragement from their accountant drives them to a bold new business venture. Mix in a serious-minded daughter and a local cop, and you’ve got a winning recipe for love and laughter in this farcical yarn.

Directed by friends of Old Academy
Production postponed until further notice.

Box office: 215–843-1109
Tickets $20.00

Every summer we feature new comedies, new directors and original scripts from our talented members. Join us for a fast-paced evening of short plays designed to put a smile on your face.