Season 50 (2010/2011) @ Theatre Suburbia | Northwest Houston's Longest Running All Volunteer Playhouse

Season 50 (2010/2011)

Tracy Lord, of the Philadelphia Lords, has married C.J. Dexter Haven and divorced him when he, resenting her chilling attitude toward the comforting virtues of domesticity, takes to liquor. A little while later she has taken up with some handsome snob of the mines named Kittredge and is about to marry him.

One of the calendar paper social gossip weeklies sends a reporter and a camera woman to cover the wedding. They are injected into the house by Tracy�s brother, who hopes to divert their attention from...

The Philadelphia Story
by Philip Barry
Sep 17 - Oct 16, 2010

The schedule is as follows:
7:30 Pre-dinner socializing
9:00 Dinner
10:00 Awards presentation/Sketches
11:00 Music, dancing, socializing until whenever

The theatre provides: brisket, ham, turkey, soft drinks, water, coffee

You bring: $8 to help offset cost of above and your favorite side dish or desert

Please note that the theatre provides champagne and punch for pre-dinner socializing. If you dont like champagne or want alcoholic beverages for later in the night, you need to bring it yourself.

Phoney Awards
Dec 11, 2010

Eight stories, eight couples, eight less-than-perfect relationships. From a couple in their
twenties to a couple in their nineties, these short comedies explore love, marriage and
commitment in farcical, funky, wistful, sweet, and murderous variations.

Directed by Darrell Krause, Lee Raymond, Judith Mallernee, Haig Caesar, Rebecca Pipas Seabrook and Elvin Moriarty.

Shards of Love
by Paullette MacDougal
Feb 25 - Mar 26, 2011

In a Howard Johnsons motel room somewhere in the United States, Arlene, a middle-aged femme fatale, and her lover, Mitchell, a smug and smarmy dentist, are planning to do away with Arlenes husband, Paul. Because Paul, a blundering used-car salesman, refuses to divorce Arlene, she aims to gain her freedom by drowning him in the bathtub. The plan goes awry, and months later, in another room at the same Howard Johnsons, it is Mitchell who is about to be offed. It seems that hes been unfaithful to the still-...

Murder at the Ho Jo
by Ron Clark
Jun 3 - Jul 2, 2011

Lous Diner is the friendliest place in the south, but this Christmas Eve, Lou and the girls are steamed. Lous husband, Bill, and his pals Dave and Jimmy have taken off for a day of hunting in the mountains. Dave is married to one of Lous waitresses while Jimmy is trying to avoid marriage to the other. Seems they want to avoid family issues by getting out of town for the day.

With the warm-hearted women hard at work in the diner on Christmas Eve and the men staunchly avoiding the traditional holiday set...

Redneck Country Christmas
by Kristine Bauske
Nov 5 - Dec 4, 2010

Mrs. Stancliffes Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Her Guests (nearly all women) return year after year. Her next door neighbor, the elderly, silver-tongued, Bud "Bud the Stud" Davis believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. The prim and proper Mrs. Stancliffe steadfastly denies this, but really doesnt do anything to prevent it. She reluctantly accepts the fact that "Bud the Stud" is, in fact, good for business.

Her other neigh...

Sex Please, We're Sixty
by Michael Parker
Jan 7 - Feb 5, 2011

The Victorian home of the proper Miss Letitia Blacklock hardly seems a likely setting for a crime. So when a mysterious advertisement in the local paper announces the exact date and time a murder will take place there, the mistress of the house can only imagine it must be a silly prank. Of course, its not. Luckily, the indefatigable Miss Marple is on hand to help the local inspector tackle one of Agatha Christies most fiendishly ingenious and deadly puzzles of mixed motives, long-buried secrets and conce...

A Murder Is Announced
by Leslie Darbon
Apr 15 - May 14, 2011

Expect the usual gang of over the top characters: the beautiful damsel in distress for you to ooh and aah over, the brave hero for you to cheer on. And of course, it wouldnt be the same without the dasterdly villian for you to boo and hiss - and throw popcorn at. This show is guaranteed to be fun for the whole family.

Who Was That Masked Man?
by Joe Middendorf
Jul 22 - Aug 27, 2011

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