Portsmouth Little Theatre Announces Its New Season

   More news! Portsmouth Little Theatre has announced its upcoming season - here's the press release:

   The Portsmouth Little Theatre is proud to announce its 2013-2014 Season. Now in our 65th year, we hope you will join us in celebrating this landmark season 

The 39 Steps
by: Patrick Barlow & John Buchan 
Rated PG

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale!

Director: Jim Hays
Auditions: Aug. 26, 27 at 7 p.m.
Performances: Oct. 25, 26, Nov. 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m. 


The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by: Barbara Robinson
Rated G

In this hilarious Christmas tale, 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!

Director: Melanie Manchester with Aundrea Perkins
Auditions: Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. and Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.
Performances: Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 8 and 15 at 2 p.m.


South Pacific
Music by: Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Book by: Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan
Rated PG

This epic musical romance centers on a group of American sailors and Navy nurses stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. Arkansas native Nellie Forbush befriends and quickly falls for Emile de Becque, a French expatriate and plantation owner, and Lt. Joe Cable finds himself in a passionate affair with Liat, the young daughter of Bloody Mary, the local grass-skirt peddler. As the war against Japan escalates, reality sets in for both Forbush and Cable, who struggle to reconcile their unconventional love affairs with their long-held prejudices and insecurities.

Director: Jason Chaney
Musical Director: Linda Tieman
Auditions: Oct. 28, 29 at 7 p.m.
Performances: Feb. 14, 15, 21, 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 16 and 22 at 2 p.m.


Art
by: Yasmina Reza, Translated by: Christopher Hampton
Rated R (Strong Language)

The funny, serious story of three friends and a canvas covered in white paint which becomes almost as much an object of obsession as Moby Dick. Is it Art? Serge thinks so; he paid gobs of money for it. Marc strongly disagrees. He thinks the painting is bogus and Serge has been taken. Serge claims that opinion tells more about Marc's ignorance than it does about the painting. Ivan is drawn into the fray. The arguments grow personal. The white canvas draws out old slights and failures. At last, Serge offers Marc the chance to prove his beliefs by scribbling on the canvas. Philosophy meets action: often known as putting ones money where ones mouth is.

Director: Michael Stapleton
Auditions: April 7, 8 at 7 p.m.
Performances: June 6, 7, 13, 14 at 7:30 p.m.