Featuring Kristen L. Farr, Helen Groves, Aaron Hooton, Jerry-Mac Johnston and M. Scott Thomas
Broadway’s long running comic-thriller by the writer of Rosemary’s Baby opens Springfield Contemporary Theatre’s 18th Season. Sidney, an older, washed-up playwright, arranges to meet with younger writer Clifford at Sidney’s rustic Connecticut home to discuss Clifford’s first attempt at authoring a play. Sidney clearly covets the play, which casts doubt as to whether Clifford will leave the premises alive. “Two-thirds a thriller and one-third a devilishly clever comedy.”

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Celebrating not only the writing of our country’s constitution, but also celebrating some of Springfield’s greatest talent, Gretchen Teague directs a new all-female staging of Broadway’s greatest historical musical. With quick-witted dialogue and a playful score, 1776 dramatizes the impassioned debates of Philadelphia’s Second Continental Congress. As George Washington sends updates from the military front, patriots John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson attempt to persuade the 13 colonies to separate from British rule. Motivated by a series of abuses from King George, America’s first politicians forge a new democracy by composing the Declaration of Independence. Based on the letters and memoirs of America’s founding fathers, this classic, Tony Award-winning musical showcases the principles, pride and determination that influenced the birth of our nation.

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In this Tony award-winning comedy, hijinks are in the air! Bernard, an American playboy in swinging ’60s Paris, juggles three flight-attendant fiancées — one American, one German and one Italian. With the help of airline timetables and a phenomenally efficient housekeeper, he convinces each she is his only love. But then — mon dieu! — a fast new Boeing jet puts the flight attendants on a collision course, hurtles his cunning deception toward disaster, and provides the lift-off for laugh after laugh. A Springfield area premiere.