Performing Arts

The Government Inspector

US Play

In 1836 Nikolai Gagol published the play, “The Government Inspector,” as a farcical satire of life in the Russian Empire. You may find that, 183 years later, it has lost none of its bite nor any of its relevance.

In our current climate, there are few things the corrupt and powerful fear as much as being laughed at can attest. Those that practice hypocrisy, corruption, arrogance, narcissism, cronyism, threats, bribery, bullying and governance through fear, lose their power when their shallowness is revealed through an actor’s depiction and an audience’s laughter.

And frankly, we could all use more laughter in our lives. It is the cheapest, most immediate and often the best medicine for what ails us on a daily basis.

John Sugden, Director (Excerpts from the play program)

Pops Concert “A little NIGHT MUSIC”

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

MS Play

Through the wardrobe, and off we go! C.S. Lewis gifted us with a fantastic world peopled with talking animals, beasts that are only make-believe in our world, and a wonderful–in every sense of the word–story. How many of us had tried to get to Narnia? Now we are given that chance to make that journey along with Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter.

Stefan Fisher, Guest Director (Excerpts from play program)