Blackfriars 2021-2022 Season
FALL PLAY
The first show of the 2021-2022 season is VROOOMMM! by Janet Allard. Opening on Wednesday, November 10, the show will run over two weeks closing on Friday, November 19. All performances will be held in the McGonigle Theatre.
THE STORY: In this breezy "NASComedy" the fast lane is stalled to a screeching halt by the arrival of a woman driver on the NASCAR scene, and egos get bruised as Holly "Legs" Nelson starts stealing the show, driving so fast some think she's cheating. Her rival, Hotshot, wants to sabotage her success, which results in a fast-paced story of NASCAR drivers and their kooky fans, all in pursuit of high-octane glory. And for the sexism of these chauvinist drivers? Well, they're all played by women!
SPRING MUSICAL
The Blackfriars Spring Musical 2022 will be GREASE, opening Friday, February 25 and running for two weekends through Sunday, March 6 in the McGonigle Theatre.
THE STORY:
It’s 1959, and Rydell High School’s senior class is in rare form. The too-cool-for-school “T-Birds” are stealing hub-caps and acting tough and their gum-snapping, “Pink Ladies” are looking hot in bobby sox and pedal pushers. The 1950s high school dream is about to explode in this rollicking musical that is both an homage to the idealism of the fifties and a satire of high schoolers’ age-old desire to be provocative and rebellious. At the heart of the story is the romance between hot-rodding gangster Danny Zuko and the sweet new girl in town, Sandy Dumbrowski. They had a secret romance in summer, but now back in the context of school, peer-pressure and cliques make their love a bit more complicated. Can Danny maintain his cool dude status and still make demure Sandy his girl? The whole gang sings and dances around Danny and Sandy’s romance, through such hit songs as "Greased Lightnin'", "We Go Together”, and “Mooning”, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. Starting off with an eight-year Broadway run, Grease is among the world’s most popular musicals and has a cult-like following, especially among teens!
SPRING PLAY
The final show of the 2021-2022 season is THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO TRENTON AND CAMDEN by Thornton Wilder. Opening on Thursday, April 21, the show will run over two weeks closing on Friday, April 30. All performances will be held in the Blackbox Theatre.
THE STORY: A father, mother and two of their three surviving children drive from Newark, New Jersey to Camden to visit their married daughter, who has recently lost her baby in childbirth. Their journey is punctuated by talk, laughter, memories (some mundane, some happy, some painful), and appreciation of the Now - ham and eggs, flowers, family, sunsets and the joy of being alive. IN this family drama, nothing much happens - and yet everything important happens.