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Andria Theatre
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Community theater presented by the Andria Theatre produces four main stage shows each 2020-2021 SCHEDULE season to entertain audiences in the lakes area.
This year’s schedule is based on the Andria Theatre’s ability to play to 25 percent building capacity, with seating limited to 70-80 per performance. To offset the seating limitations, more performances of each production have been added. Both brand new and seasoned actors have taken the stage before the more than 10,000 audience members that have visited the theater annually. Those shows include a wide variety of entertainment, from classic NUNCRACKERS: THE NUNSENSE CHRISTMAS MUSICAL DEC. 2-6, 9-13 The holiday season always feels a little crazy, but the sisters of the Mount Saint Helen’s School take that craziness to a ALMOST, MAINE JANUARY 20-24, 27-31 A woman carries her heart, broken into nineteen pieces, in a small paper bag. A man shrinks to half his former size, after losing hope in love. A couple keep the love ON GOLDEN POND MARCH 31-APRIL 4, APRIL 7-11 This heartwarming drama centers around an aging couple, cantankerous retiree Norman Thayer and his conciliatory wife Ethel, who spend summers at their vacation to farce and from drama to musical higher level. All your favor- they have given each other home on the shores of idyllic comedy. ite nuns Reverend Mother, in large red bags, or com- Golden Pond. This year, their Both onstage and off, audiences will notice many familiar faces as the Andria Theatre takes advantage of the talents of local artists and community members – a true community theater. GET YOUR TICKETS Tickets are available at the box office, online, over the phone or in person. Box office hours are MonSister Amnesia, Sister Mary Leo, Sister Julia, Child of God, Sister Mary Hubert, and Sister Robert Anne plus Father Virgil, and four of Mount Saint Helen’s most talented students. The show is the annual Christmas program with songs that will pull out all the stops!The press the mass into the size of a diamond. These playful and surreal experiences are commonplace in the world of John Cariani’s Almost, Maine, where on one deeply cold and magical Midwinter Night, the citizens of Almost -- not organized enough for a town, adult daughter, Chelsea, visits with her new fiancé and his teenage son, Billy, on their way to Europe. Billy is not at all excited about the arrangement but slowly warms up to and begins to bond with Norman. When Chelsea returns we learn there has been day-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Box Office show spoofs so many aspects too populated for a wilderness a rift in her relationship with will open one hour prior to showtime. of the holiday season that -- experience the life-altering Norman. She works to repair For more details or assistance, call (320) 762-8300. audience members barely can hold on for the ride. The show power of the human heart. the long-strained relationship with her aging father before To find out more about the theater and performances, visit www.andriais a delightful, charming and entertaining ingredient in the it’s too late. theatre.org. eggnog of the holiday season.
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