Every year, Act2 puts on 4 shows:
-- A Pre-Season Penny Pincher at the beginning of the school year
-- A Fall Straight Play
-- A Spring Musical
-- The Experimental Theatre Project (ETP): Student written, directed, and performed one-act plays.
-- A Pre-Season Penny Pincher at the beginning of the school year
-- A Fall Straight Play
-- A Spring Musical
-- The Experimental Theatre Project (ETP): Student written, directed, and performed one-act plays.
The 2022-2023 Season
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The Outsiders
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The Addams Family
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The Outsiders
This entirely practical stage adaptation deals with real people, seen through the eyes of young Ponyboy, a Greaser on the wrong side of life, caught up in territorial battles between the have-it-made rich kids—the Socs—and his tough, underprivileged "greaser" family and friends. In the midst of urban warfare, somehow Ponyboy can't forget a short poem that speaks of their fragile young lives:
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. "Robert Frost wrote it," Ponyboy tells Johnny. "I always remembered it because I never quite got what he meant by it." Cherry, a beautiful Soc, comes to share a special sensitivity with Ponyboy as she discovers that he remembers poems and needs to watch sunsets. At the same time, Cherry's attracted to the older, tougher Dallas, and in a sense she's caught in the violent space between the Greasers and the Socs. While the Socs appear to have everything, the only thing a Greaser has is his friends. As these young people try to find themselves and each other, as the sadness of sophistication begins to reach them and their battles and relationships reach a resolution, Ponyboy's dying friend, Johnny, sends him a last message … "I've been thinking about the poem that guy wrote. He meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep it that way. It's a good way to be." This is a play about young people who are not yet hopeless about latent decency in the midst of struggle. |
The Addams Family
In its typical creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky fashion, the ghoulish Addams family is visiting the graveyard for an annual gathering of all family members, living dead, and undecided, to celebrate what it is to be an Addams. However, the family encounters an unforeseen obstacle when Wednesday decides to introduce her new “normal” boyfriend Lucas to the family. In protest, Uncle Fester enlists the help of the Addams’ ancestors to call an end to the young budding romance.
As Wednesday admits that she is falling in love, Morticia, Gomez, and Pugsley worry about her changing ways. As the families of Wednesday and Lucas come together for dinner one fateful evening, chaos ensues and the two families find themselves admitting deep secrets and coming together in ways they never would have imagined. The Addams Family Broadway Musical tells the story of love and friendship through adversity, with a comical and macabre yet poignant spin. |
The 2021-2022 Season
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12 Angry Men
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Clue: The Musical
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12 Angry Men
Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror casts considerable doubt on elements of the evidence. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, AND each other. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate process that will decide one boy's fate.
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Clue: The Musical!
The internationally popular game is now a fun-filled musical that brings the world’s best-known suspects to life and invites the audience to help solve the mystery: who killed Mr. Boddy, in what room, and with what weapon.
The audience receives forms to help them deduce the solution from clues given throughout the fun-filled evening. Three audience members choose from cards representing the potential murderers, weapons, and rooms; there are 216 possible solutions! Only one hard-nosed female detective is qualified to unravel the merry mayhem. Comic antics, witty lyrics, and a beguiling score carry the investigation from room to room. Even after the culprit confesses, a surprise twist delights the audience. |
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The 2020-2021 Season
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She Kills Monsters
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25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
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She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans, a young woman grieving over the loss of her deceased sister. The Evans sisters were never incredibly close, but after Tilly’s death Agnes finds a notebook containing a game scenario created by her sister. She discovers that Tilly was a well-known Dungeons and Dragons player, and that she was passionate about fantasy gaming. In order to unlock more secrets about her mysterious young sibling, Agnes recruits a “dungeon master” named Chuck to help her understand and grieve Tilly's loss. Hijinks ensue as she meets a dominatrix demon queen, an extrordinary elf, and a lazy lord of the underworld as they slaughter their way to the five-headed dragon, Tiamat.
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical based entirely around a spelling bee in a geographically ambiguous Putnam County, USA. 6 kids vie for the title of Spelling Bee Champion, and they all have backstories that make for heartwrenching and hilarious moments throughout the play.
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The 2019-2020 Season
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Penny Pinchers
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Sherlock Holmes
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Catch Me If You Can
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A Night of Must See T.V.
Join Act2 as we kick off our 2019-20 show season by bringing the inhabitants Scranton and Pawnee here to the stage of Pinckney!
An episode each from both of NBC's critically acclaimed, popularly loved, and iconic mockumentaries, delivering hilarious satire on both the average American workplace and the American local government system. Witness the comedic events of Dunder Mifflin and the Parks Department at this one-weekend show, don't miss it! Episodes: The Office Season 2, Episode 4 - The Fire Parks & Recreation Season 3, Episode 10 - Soulmates Dates: September 27th, 2019 at 7:00 pm. All seats $5--CHEAP! |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Written by William Gillette, this iconic adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's unforgettable character draws materials from the classic stories "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Final Problem", and "A Study in Scarlet", as well as adding much original content as well.
Incriminating letters written by a young European prince to the English girl he betrayed are in the hands of the dead girl's sister. She is in the clutches of a nefarious man. All this and Moriarty and Dr. Watson too. Dates: November 15th, 16th, 22nd, & 23rd, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. November 24th, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m. |
Catch Me If You Can
Based on the hit film and the incredible true story, Catch Me If You Can is the high-flying musical comedy about chasing your dreams and not getting caught. Nominated for four Tony awards, including Best Musical, this delightfully entertaining show was created by a Tony Award-winning "dream team," with a book by Terrence McNally (The Full Monty, Ragtime) and a swinging score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray).
Seeking fame and fortune, precocious teenager, Frank Abagnale, Jr., runs away from home to begin an unforgettable adventure. With nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer – living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams. When Frank's lies catch the attention of FBI agent, Carl Hanratty, though, Carl pursues Frank across the country to make him pay for his crimes. Dates: March 13th, 14th, 20th, & 21st, 2020 @ 7:30 March 22nd, 2020 @ 2:00 |
The 2018-19 Season
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Penny Pinchers
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A Few Good Men
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High School Musical
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ETPs
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A Night of Must See T.V.
Join us in October as we bring to life your favorite SciFi anthology show from the 1960s: The Twilight Zone! Two classic episodes live on stage that will leave you guessing until the very end. Come be a part of the kick off of Act 2 Theatre Company's 2018-19 season.
Episodes: Season 1, Episode 30 - A Stop at Willoughby Season 1, Episode 22 - The Monsters are Due on Maple Street |
A Few Good Men
Aaron Sorkin’s groundbreaking debut tells the story of a group of military lawyers assigned to defend two Marines in Guantanamo Bay. During the course of the trial, they uncover a high-level conspiracy designed to eliminate weaker soldiers in the name of patriotism.
This show contains strong language: viewer discretion is advised! |
Disney's High School Musical
Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical comes to life on our stage! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of first love, friends, and family while balancing their classes and extracurricular activities.
It's the first day after winter break at East High. The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes find their cliques, recount their vacations and look forward to the new year. Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the brainy Gabriella, a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. They cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical that is being led by Ms. Darbus. Although many students resent the threat posed to the "status quo," Troy and Gabriella's alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well. Disney's High School Musical is fun for the whole family! |
The Experimental Theatre Project 2019
The Experimental Theatre Project, or "ETP", is a night of student written, student directed, and student performed one act plays. Always an audience favorite!
This year's shows: 9 O' Clock News - Written by Amelia Kramer, Dir. Shelby Sproull How to Talk to People - Written by Stephen Dunlap, Dir. Ava Taube It All Starts and Ends the Same Way - Written by McKenna Haas, Dir. Lexi Howard Roll the Dice - Written by Michael Gonzalez, Dir. Ryan Weinburger They'll Never Learn - Written by Luke Flickema, Dir. Courtney Prynn Bromeo and JUULiet - Co-Written by Aidan Ozias, Co-Written + Dir. Rylie Toy |
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