RTC Season 2020

Richardson Theatre Centre, 518 W. Arapaho Road., Suite 113, Richardson, TX 75080
info@richardsontheatrecentre.net

For tickets to these shows please contact Richardson Theatre Centre for Tickets. (972) 699-1130

2020 Shows

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Due to the utmost concern for the health and safety of our Patrons, we are postponing the opening of Funny Money until further guidelines are specified by the CDC. We wish you all good health and look forward to reuniting once again. Thank you so much for your support! Richardson Theatre Centre Board of Directors.
Funny Money
Comedy By Ray Cooney
April 3-19 (No performance on Easter)
Auditions: Sunday February 9, 6-8pm and Monday February 10, 7-8:30 pm, Callbacks Monday February 10, at 8:30

What would you do if you picked up the wrong briefcase on your way home from the office? Take it the police, of course. But what if the briefcase contained nearly a million pounds in used banknotes? Well, what Henry Perkins did - ! Suffice to say that Henry’s wife ends up with a nervous breakdown, Henry ends up with his best friend’s wife, and a drug dealer ends up with Henry’s briefcase. There are also two policemen and a taxi driver whose lives will never be the same again.

Stage Manager: Sara Jones
Cast: Penny Elaine, Kenneth Fulenwider, Brian Hoffman, Laura Jennings, Anthony Magee, Chuck Moore, Russell Sims, Dakoda Taylor

Drop Dead
Murder Mystery Comedy By Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore
May 29-June 14
Auditions: Sunday February 23, 7-9 pm and Monday February 24, 7-8:30 pm, Callbacks Monday February 24 at 8:30

A cast of has-been actors plan to revive their careers in "Drop Dead!," a potboiler murder mystery directed by "Wonder Child of the Broadway Stage" Victor Le Pewe (a psychotic eye twitching megalomaniac). But when the murders and mysteries exceed those in the script - these thespians must save the show and their careers as well as their lives!

Present Laughter
Comedy By Noël Coward
July 17-August 2
Directed by Janette Oswald
Auditions for Present Laughter have been postponed to a later date to be determined. Please check back again later for revised audition date.

At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. His line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated but playing closer to home is not. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa the full extent of his misdemeanors is discovered. And all hell breaks loose. Noel Coward's Present Laughter premiered in the early years of the Second World War just as such privileged lives were threatened with fundamental social change.

The Curious Savage
Comedy By John Patrick
September 4-20

Mrs. Savage is an elderly woman whose late husband has left her $10 million dollars. She intends to give the entire fortune away to people who wish to pursue their “foolish dreams,” but her stepchildren strongly object. To prevent her from doing away with the family’s wealth and ruining their legacy, they have her committed to a sanatorium called The Cloisters, and it is among the gentle residents there that she finds her true family.

Blithe Spirit
Comedy By Noël Coward
October 23-November 8

Filled with the sparkling wit and the undeniable charm of Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit is a clever comedy gem from well beyond the grave! As inspiration for his new novel, Charles Condomine invites the wonderfully eccentric medium Madame Arcati to perform a séance in his house. When things go terribly awry, Charles suddenly finds himself caught in an improbable love triangle between his naive living wife and his decidedly "spirited" former wife.

Inspecting Carol
Comedy By Daniel Sullivan and The Seattle Repertory Theatre
December 4-20

Inspecting Carol deals with a regional theatre company that is rehearsing its annual production of A Christmas Carol, when it gets news of the impending arrival of an inspector from the National Endowment for the Arts to review their work. When they assume that the man who asks to audition is really an informer for the NEA, everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor and he is given a role. What will happen when the actual inspector shows up? Come see this laugh-a-minute romp!

WRTC Retro Radio Presents
The Great (Re)Broadcast of (1949) 2020
January 17, 18, 19 $25 Please call 972-699-1130 for tickets.

Join us for an evening of nostalgic, old-time radio; featuring music, songs, and entertaining broadcasts from days gone by! Laugh at the screwball comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly. Thrill to the exciting detective mystery, Sam Spade, Private Eye. Shiver and shake at the chilling thriller, Lights Out; along with many other classic shows that entertained millions long before the dawn of TV. Listen to modern renditions of beloved standards, experience the excitement of a live studio broadcast, and see what it was like to be part of an era with no television, no Internet, and no cell phones – only a mystical, magical medium called RADIO…

Barefoot In The Park
Romantic Comedy By Neil Simon
February 7-23

Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He’s a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she’s a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find – too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie’s loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic, Velasco, where everything that can go wrong, does. Paul just doesn’t understand Corie, as she sees it. He’s too staid, too boring, and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous. Running “barefoot in the park” would be a start…

Cast: Danny Gallagher, Madyson Greenwood, Rachael Lindley, Robert San Juan, Jake Shanahan, Richard Stephens Sr.
Review By Rusty Harding, author, actor, playwright and engineer