Season 62 (2021-2022) at the Evergreen Playhouse
Secure your seat for our 62nd season! Based on the survey we sent out in early 2021, we heard from you that you wanted to finish the Season we had to cancel, so we’re bringing back Next to Normal, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and finishing 2022 with Mamma Mia! Two new shows, Holmes’ Hound of the Baskervilles and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will start our season and we are excited to present those to you this year.
Individual Ticket Pricing:
For Plays - $15/adult, $12/student & senior
For Musicals - $18/adult, $15/student & senior
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
By Tim Kelly
Directed by Jordan Baker
October 15-31, 2021
Holmes’ most spine-chilling mystery is placed in a modern setting in this version – with suspense, humor, and terror. Sir Henry is heir to the vast Baskerville fortune, a legacy that comes with a family curse: death at the fangs of a horror that prowls the moor. Only Holmes can stop the beast. While mysterious lights signal Baskerville Hall and the hound terrifies the countryside, the sleuthing begins and suspicion falls on sinister servants, butterfly collectors, ladies in distress, and escaped convicts. Who wrote the letter that summoned the hound? Is Sir Henry’s romance with the lovely Kathy doomed? Is the supernatural at work?
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
By Barbara Robinson
Directed by Dave & Heather Marsh
December 3-19, 2021
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids--probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!
NEXT TO NORMAL
Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Music by Tom Kitt
Directed by Matthew Michael
February 11-27, 2022
Next to Normal explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart.
Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was also chosen as "one of the year's ten best shows" by critics around the country, including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
By Dale Wasserman
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Directed by Rich Garrett
March 25-April 10, 2022
Randle Patrick McMurphy is a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. The martinet Nurse Ratched runs the psychiatric ward with an iron fist, keeping her patients cowed through abuse, medication, and sessions of electroconvulsive therapy. The battle of wills between the rebellious McMurphy and the inflexible Ratched soon affects all the ward's patients.
Content Notes: Suggested rating PG-13 for language and themes
MAMMA MIA!
Music & Lyrics by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, Book by Catherine Johnson
Directed by Emilie Brown
May 6-22, 2022
ABBA's hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget!
