The Kitchen Witches
by Caroline Smith
directed by Helen & Martin Weeden

September 15 - 19 & 22 - 26, 2009

In a community-channel television studio, place a cooking-show hostess. Add her son the producer, and a long-suffering camera operator. Now add a second cooking-show hostess. Stir in a large cup of rancorous personal animosity and simmer until the plot thickens. The son, Stephen, tries to keep the weekly cooking show on track, but as long as one star’s dressing room is one inch closer to the set than the other star’s, it’s a losing battle – however, the show becomes a hit!

Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her
by William Van Zandt & Jane Milmore
directed by Tania Carriere
November 10 - 14 & 17 - 21, 2009
Paul’s best friend is Danny who is married to Jennifer who is having an affair with Paul who is dating Kathy who is Danny’s mistress and Jennifer’s sister and Mary’s daughter, and they all spend the weekend together! Bill and Mary celebrate their wedding anniversary but Mary yearns for passion while Bill yearns to be left alone. Paul is frustrated with a reluctant Jennifer. Danny and Kathy halt their sultry passion because of jealousy. And then there’s the hungry bear . . .
 
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
by Richard Alfieri
directed by Susan Monaghan
February 2 - 6 & 9 - 13, 2010
Lily, the widow of a southern Baptist minister, now lives in Florida. She thinks she can dance. Michael is middle aged and the veteran of a failed career as a Broadway dancer. He now teaches dancing. Both are lonely, cynical and too sharp tongued for their own good. Together they fling their barbs and share their wounded pasts as they Swing, Tango, Waltz and Foxtrot their way to mutual compassion and understanding. In a finale of contemporary dance they toast their new friendship over ‘lemonade and sunset’.

Postmortem
by Ken Ludwig
directed by Gerry Thompson
March 23 - 27 & March 30 - April 3, 2010
In April 1922, the cast of William Gillette’s revival of “Sherlock Holmes” assembled for a weekend of relaxation at his magnificent medieval castle overlooking the Connecticut River. For entertainment, Gillette, best known for his 30-year portrayal of the famous crime sleuth, arranged a séance. The scene is set for his greatest role: someone is trying to murder him and he suspects it is one of his guests. Intrepid, eccentric and wildly romantic, Gillette plans to solve the case himself à la Sherlock Holmes.

The Underpants
by Steve Martin, adapted from Carl Sternheim
directed by Jim Holmes
May 11 - 15 & May 18 - 22, 2010
How is a poor girl to react when she experiences a very public costume malfunction? That’s the question a beautiful young housewife must face when the momentary loss of her underpants makes her the talk of 1910 Dusseldorf and the target of several men with only one thing on their mind. And what is her husband to make of all this? Steve Martin brings his wild and crazy perspective to this retelling of Sternheim’s hundred year old farce.

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And for the holiday season . . .

The Boxcar Children
by Barbara Field, based on the books by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Directed by Kareen Lively
Performances at 1pm on December 27 - 30, 2009 and at 4pm on December 28 and 29, 2009.
Four newly orphaned siblings take to the open road after overhearing plans to split them up and send them to separate foster homes. Their journey reveals their strengths and their incredible bond as a family. This play, adapted from the popular book series by Gertrude Chandler Warner, is an adventure which will enthral the children and touch the adults in the audience with its sweetness and its innocence.

All tickets $8, discount price $5 if purchased with season’s subscription.

And a special presentation by the Youth of Kanata Theatre:

Dear Edwina Jr., 
Music by Zina Goldrich, Book and Lyrics by Marcy Heisler
directed by Andrew Williams, Musical Director Theresa Williams
Performances at 7pm on June 4, 2010 and at 2pm on June 5, 2010
Edwina Spoonapple dreams of becoming the next sensation at the "Adviceapaloosa Festival" in Kalamazoo. With the help of her friends and an unsuspecting neighbour, she may just make her dreams come true.
Reserved seats: all tickets $3.00

DEAR EDWINA JUNIOR
is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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Note: All plays are subject to the performance rights being available.