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Continuing the 2023/2024 Season:
Directed by Kim Warrick
Produced by Christina Tomazinis & Heather Atkinson
Jerry Gorman is a regular guy from Passaic, New Jersey, who
just got promoted to Snack Bar Manager at Wal-Mart. But what
he really wants to do is fly. While the neighbors think he's
nuts, and his mother disapproves, his girlfriend Gracie
believes in him and encourages him to follow his dream. Jerry
soars to 16,000 feet with nothing but a lawnchair and 400
helium balloons. Loosely based on a true story, Flight
of the Lawnchair Man is a musical that inspires hope,
and reminds us that dreams can come true if you believe in
yourself.
The Cast of Flight of the Lawnchair Man
CHARACTER
ACTOR
Jerry Gorman
Aaron Hill
Gracie
Jeannine Parson
Big Jack Preston
Drew Roby
Blaire
Emma Alexander
Mother Gorman
Rhea Smith
Mr. Frankel
Isaac Bement
French Boy/Amelia Earhart
Julia DiPaolo
NASA Official/Leonardo DaVinci
Michael Plaugher
TV Reporter/Charles Lindbergh
Jamie McQuinn
FAA Agent
Jamie Pavlofsky
The promotional trailer for FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN
And following Flight of the Lawnchair Man at the Guild
Directed by Jared Mola
Produced by Debra Kent
Arthur Przybyszewski, a former 1960's radical, owns a rundown
donut shop in Chicago's Uptown. His only employee, an
energetic but troubled young African American assistant,
Franco, wants to update the establishment with lively music
and healthy menu options. The writing is on the wall that
things are going to change ‐‐ maybe even for the
better. Superior Donuts explores the challenges of
embracing the past, and the redemptive power of friendship.
The Cast of SUPERIOR DONUTS (to be announced)
THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE DAYTON THEATRE GUILD 2024/2025 SEASON:
THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE
by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
Production dates: Aug 23 ‐ Sep 8, 2024
Audition dates*: Jul 8 & 9, 2024
Directed by Ray Gambrel
The Enchanted Cottage is a charming and romantic fable,
written in 1921. It ran on Broadway for 65 performances in 1923 and
was made into a film in 1945. It was, in fact, produced here at The
Guild in the 1953/1954 season. Socialite Oliver Bradshaw returns home
from WWI disfigured by war wounds and convinced that no one will
accept him as he is now. He hides from his family and the rest of
the world, taking a secluded cottage overseen by a mysterious
housekeeper. Laura Pennington, a painfully shy young woman from the
village comes to look after Oliver. She tells him that the cottage
in which he is staying is in fact a very old honeymoon cottage. The
two begin developing feelings for each other and ultimately fall in
love and marry. They discover the enchantment of the cottage has the
power to transform. This play is about true beauty lying within, and
about acceptance. Everyone deserves to love.
*** Season Extra ***
CAMPAIGNS, INC.
a new play by native Daytonian Will Allan
Production dates: Oct 11 ‐ 20, 2024
Audition dates*: Aug 26 & 27, 2024
Directed by K.L.Storer
A comedic docudrama based on the actual first American political
consulting firm, formed by Leone Baxter and Clem Whitaker,
Campaigns, Inc. is a behind‐the‐scenes look at
orchestrated political dirty tricks executed through what may be the
original "fake news" strategy. With dark humor, the play
examines Baxter and Whitaker's propaganda machine that sabotages
novelist Upton Sinclair's 1934 bid to become the first Democratic
governor of California.
*Campaigns, Inc. is a season extra and not in the subscription
package.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt, by Susan Hill
Production dates: Nov 29 ‐ Dec 15, 2024
Audition dates*: Oct 14 & 15, 2024
Directed by David Shough
The Woman in Black is a 1987 stage play, adapted by Stephen
Mallatratt. The play is based on the 1983 book of the same name by
English author Susan Hill. Arthur Kipps, an attorney, is sent to
handle the estate of the deceased Mrs. Drablow. He makes the trip
to her funeral in a bleak and lonely part of England, where all of
his enquiries into the details of her estate and her family are met
with silence. At the funeral, Kipps alone observes a strange young,
ghastly‐looking woman dressed in black. The next morning, Kipps
is taken to Mrs. Drablow's eerie Eel Marsh house. The house is reached
by way of a narrow causeway that is passable only during low tide.
As Kipps investigates the house and the surrounding property, he
again sees the woman in black, but is unable to follow her. His
apprehension and fear grow. As he cautiously explores the inside of
the house, he uncovers a large number of documents and information
he must sift through in order to settle Mrs. Drablow's affairs. His
efforts reveal secrets and unexplainable events. Who is this woman
in black? Why are the townspeople so hesitant to answer his questions?
What happens to haunt Kipps years later? As Kipps and an actor he
hires to help tell his story, struggle to tell it all and exorcise
both their demons, we learn the chilling answer to these questions
‐‐ and more.
THE MINUTES
by Tracy Letts
Production dates: Jan 31 ‐ Feb 16, 2025
Audition dates*: Dec 2 & 3, 2024
Directed by Melissa Ertsgaard
The Minutes is a dark comedy. It had its premiere at the
Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago in 2017, and moved to the James Earl
Jones Theatre in New York City in 2020. This play takes a hard look
at the inner workings of a city council meeting and the hypocrisy,
greed and ambition that bubble to the surface when a newcomer to the
small town of Big Cherry starts to ask the wrong questions. Why is
someone on the council mysteriously missing? What happened to all
those bicycles? Is there something going on with the city's finances?
What's the deal with the available parking space? And why are the
minutes from the last meeting being kept secret? Sometimes the
"history" we've been taught isn't the true "history"
at all! Part Parks & Recreation, part Twilight Zone,
this powerful, resonant, and funny portrayal of democracy in action
proves that everything you know can change ‐‐ it's just a
matter of minutes. After all, the smallest towns keep the biggest
secrets.
CHANCERS
by Robert Massey
Production dates: Mar 28 ‐ Apr 13, 2025
Audition dates*: Feb 3 & 4, 2025
Directed by Marjorie Strader
Chancers is a fast and furious comedy, set in Ireland, about
the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall. Aiden
and Dee are on the verge of losing it all. They've had to rent out
their home to a fellow from Dublin (who was previously Dee's boyfriend),
and move with their two young sons into the back of their nearly
bankrupt convenience store. And now Dee is out at a job interview
(which doesn't go well). Aiden never thought their situation would
come to this. But salvation may have arrived in the form of local
battleaxe, Gertie Graham. She literally has their ticket out of the
poorhouse ‐‐ they just need to get their hands on it without
her knowing. Chancers premiered to great acclaim at the Viking Theatre,
Dublin, in 2013, before touring the following year.
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Production dates: May 23 ‐ Jun 8, 2025
Audition dates*: Mar 31 & Apr 1, 2025
Directed by Robert-Wayne Waldron
This play won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2015
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, the 2015
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, the 2015 Outer
Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
and the 2015 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Play.
It closed on Broadway in Feb 2023. Walter "Pops"
Washington is a retired NYC policeman, and he has had enough.
He has been pursuing a discrimination suit against the Police
Department, because he, a black police officer, was accidentally
shot by another (white) police officer. Meanwhile, his landlord
won't leave him alone, his wife recently passed away, and
the liquor store can't keep up with his thirst. Pops' last
living relative, his son Junior, has recently gotten out of
jail and moved back to Pops' house with his girlfriend, Lulu,
and his newly sober buddy, Oswaldo. With his heels dug into
the floor of his rent-controlled Riverside Drive apartment,
Pops holds onto old wounds, both physical and emotional.
Pressure reaches a boiling point when an ultimatum comes from
an unlikely source, pinning Pops squarely "between
Riverside and crazy." This Tony Award-nominated Pulitzer
Prize-winning play, is passionate, contemporary, and bracingly
funny.
*audition dates may be subject to change
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First Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Second & Third Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 3pm
*Children under seven will not be admitted
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TICKETS, INCLUDING SEASON TICKETS, ON SALE SOON:
Season Ticket Package: $75.00
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- or call 937-278-5993
Individual show tickets:
Adult: $20
Senior (60 or older): $18
Student: $13
Special pricing for groups of
10 or more, call the Box Office at 937-278-5993 for pricing
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- or call 937-278-5993
- or at the box office day of the show
* All individual tickets purchased in advance via our on-line
ticket system or by telephone will also include a $1 convenience
fee.