...And Then There Was Nun!

September 17th through October 16th

The return of TOTS' Film Noir series! A hilarious parody of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians featuring the Sisters of San Andreas who are a collection of very familiar faces. Sisters Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Katherine Hepburn, Vivian Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, Mae West, Tallulah Bankhead and Sister Alfred (Hitchcock) have all been summoned by Mother Paramount to a retreat in a secluded mansion where one by one they are killed off in hilarious fashion until we ultimately learn whodunit!

The Kitchen Witches

October 22nd through November 13th

Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two "mature" cable access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. Aside from Larry Biddle and a passion for cooking, they share another common secret love. When circumstances put them together on the same show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder and faster than the food!

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel!

November 19th through December 18th

Christmas has never been Mary-er than at The Orient Bar and Grill where the Three Queens are hosting a Yuletide bash of epic comedic proportions celebrating all things gay. Witness Santa's emotional melt-down, Jesus in a make-over by the Queer Eye For The Straight Guy gang and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, the Grinch who stole Christmas and Frosty the Snowman in Holiday Icon Therapy! Festivities are periodically disrupted by the invasion of the Ninja Christians determined to keep Christmas "holy" and not wholly outrageous.

Why Torture Is Wrong...And The People Who Love Them

December 31st through January 22nd

Ring in the New Year at TOTS with a "destined to be classic" farce from the pen of Christopher Durang. Why Torture Is Wrong...And The People Who Love Them tells the story of Felicity, a young woman suddenly in crisis, who learns she has married a total stranger while she was inebriated. Is her new husband Zamir a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father's hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Why does her mother enjoy going to the theatre so much? Does she seek mental escape, or is she insane? Honing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange and red alerts.

A Contemporary American's Guide To A Successful Marriage © 1959

January 28th through February 19th

In time for Valentine's Day, this wildly funny comedy is set against the backdrop of the late 1950s and told in the unbelievably upbeat style of the social guidance films of that era. This play, which focuses on two Iowa couples who get married 'by the book', reminds us that marriage today is no more "for better or worse" than it ever was! In retrospect, the 1950s were a period when much of what seemed right turned out to be wrong, and much of what was considered bad turned out to be wonderful...and funny!

Superior Donuts

February 25th through March 26th

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning author Tracey Letts explores the challenges of embracing ethnicity, the past and the redemptive power of friendship in this soulful masterpiece. Full of humor and humanity and drawn with deep affection, it tells the story of Polish immigrant Arthur Przybyszewski who owns a neglected, run-down donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. His sole employee, Franco Wicks, a street-wise black teenager and would-be writer, is determined to bring the business and Arthur back to life. Ultimately Arthur returns the favor and saves Franco from himself.

The Kids Left. The Dog Died. Now What?

April 1st through April 30th

With book, music and lyrics by Carol Caplan-Lonner, here is a musical comedy that salutes those valiantly struggling with divorce on their hands, gravity on their bodies, grandchildren on their self-images and the dating scene on their egos. The risks and uncertainties that accompany being middle age come alive through song and scene. Aging gracefully is the final frontier!

Assorted Fruits And Vegetables

May 6th through May 28th

After America's Next Top Bottom and Bitch Session, author and TOTS' Artistic Director Ron Spencer tackles a spit-fire comedy about life in the first all-gay nursing home in Indiana. When finances and not infirmities land Edgar Eldon Christian in assisted living he manages to take a page from Dylan Thomas and wreaks havoc on the notion that anyone should "go gentle into that good night." Especially if your sex drive remains turbo charged, fueled by a handsome young Latino caregiver and Viagra

Jerry Springer: The Opera

June 3rd through July 9th

*Jerry Springer: The Opera features music by Richard Thomas, with book and lyrics by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas. Theatre on the Square becomes an unlikely opera house where triumph, tragedy and trailer trash as high culture meets low culture. Jerry Springer the Opera is based on America's most lurid talk show, minus the censor's beeps, and features transgendered lovers, a house wife would-be pole dancer, the tap dancing Ku Klux Klan, Jesus and Satan. Winner of The Olivier Award, Critics Circle Award, Evening Standard Award and What's On-Stage Award for Best Musical, it was hailed as the most innovative musical to grace the London stage in 25 years!

Red, White And Tuna

July 1st through July 30th

Get patriotic in July with the much anticipated third installment of the Tuna trilogy which takes the audience through another satirical ride into the hearts and minds of the polyester-clad citizens of Texas' third smallest town. Along with Tuna's perennial favorites, some new Tuna denizens burst into the 4th of July Tuna High School Class Reunion. This sets the stage for a show full of fireworks and fun from the land where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. Red, White and Tuna by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams and Ed Howard features two actors playing all of the roles. Men, women and children!

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