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Island ETC (East-End Theatre Company) Platinum Season Celebrates 20th Year

Season subscription prices remain the same from last season: $175 for adults and $150 for senior/students.

Island ETC (East-End Theatre Company) Platinum Season Celebrates 20th Year

Season tickets are now on sale for Island ETC's 20th! You may now purchase your Season 20 subscriptions online before single tickets go on sale! Season ticket holders receive 6 shows for the price of 5. Flex or Fixed ticket options are available. Flex season tickets may be redeemed at any time for any performance, and not used one at a time. Fixed tickets are for set days for each performance. Season subscription prices remain the same from last season, $175 for adults and $150 for senior/students. Season 20 shows include:

THE FULL MONTY

Book by Terrence McNally
Music by David Yazbek
July 15 - August 13
(2 Sunday matinees on July 24 &31)

THE FULL MONTY is the Americanized musical stage version of the 1997 British film. THE FULL MONTY follows six down-on-their-luck unemployed steel workers in Buffalo, New York. Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their Girls' Night Out, they come up with a bold way to make some quick cash. In the process renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have fun. *ETC does not recommend this production for children.

FOUR OLD BROADS

By Leslie Kimball
September 16 - October 8
(Sunday matinee on Sept. 18)

Retired showgirl Beatrice is in desperate need of a vacation, and she's convinced that a Sassy Seniors Cruise in the Caribbean is just the escape she needs from Magnolia Place Assisted Living. As she takes the warpath to convince her best friend Eaddy to stop praying just long enough to go with her, the old broads of Magnolia Place are soon caught up in a mystery. Due to several mix-ups, a disturbing number of residents being moved to the nursing home 'dark side.' Will the ladies be able to solve the mystery and still make it to the cruise ship?

A TWISTED CHRISTMAS CAROL

By Phil Olsen
November 18 -December 10
(Sunday matinees on November 20 & 27 - No performance on Thanksgiving)

It's Christmas Eve in a small west Texas town. Grouchy barbeque joint owner Buford Johnson gets in an argument with his wife, Darla. He tells her he is skipping Christmas and storms out of the restaurant, goes four wheeling in his pickup, gets hits by a twister, rolls his truck, and goes into a coma. He comes back in his dream where he is visited by his ex-business partner, Hank. Hank plays all three of the traditional ghosts and takes Buford on a journey like that is like that in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, only Texas style.


LONE STAR

By James McClure
January 20 - January 28
(Sunday matinees on January 22)

LONE STAR is considered a 'Texas classic.' LONE STAR tells the story of Roy, a brawny macho type who is back in town after a stint in Vietnam. Suffering from PTSD, his life is largely devoted to getting drunk. Along with his devoted brother Ray, Roy sets about consuming a case of Lone Star beer and regales his brother with tales of his military and sexual exploits. But with the arrival of Cletis, a nerdy newlywed, the cornerstones of Roy's world gradually begin to collapse.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLIES

Book by Harvey Fierstein
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Based on the play by Jean Poiret
March 10 - April 8
(Sunday matinees on March 19 &26)

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES is a celebration of life, love, and beating your own drum. Georges, the manager of a drag night club, and Albin, his romantic partner and star attraction, fall into a farcical adventure when Georges son, Jean-Michel, brings home his fiance's ultra-conservative parents to meet them. Georges reluctantly agrees to masquerade as 'normal' when he meets the family of the bride-to-be. But Albin has other plans. The results are a hilarious, heartwarming tale about the real meaning of family, and the power of love and understanding to dissolve the walls between 'us' and 'them.'

LEADING LADIES

By Ken Ludwig
May 12 - May 27
(Sunday matinees on May 14 & May 21)

Two Shakespearian actors find themselves so down on their luck that they are touring the Moose Lodge circuit with a condensed two-person mashup of Shakespeare's plays. When they see an ad in a local paper seeking the long-lost relatives of ailing heiress. The two plan to pose as her nephews—Max and Steve—to have a shot at being on the receiving end of the inheritance. The plot twists when it is revealed that the names in the paper were shortened version of Maxine and Stephanie, the heiress' nieces. The fun really begins when they decide to become nieces rather than nephews.

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