Stage One Theatre Company announces 2016/2017 season!

Stage One, Inc. will produce four shows during the 2016/2017 season at the Janesville Performing Arts Center, 408 S Main St • Janesville, WI • 608-758-0297 • www.janesvillepac.org

Glengarry Glen Ross
October 14, 15, 21, & 22 at 7:30 PM • 23 at 2 PM
Adults: $16 • Students: $10
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet is the 1984 Pulitzer Prize winning play about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. Revived on Broadway in 2005 and 2012, this masterpiece of American drama also became a celebrated film, which starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Alan Arkin. *This play contains strong language.

The SantaLand Diaries
December 2 & 3 at 8 PM • 4 at 2 PM
Tickets: $16
The SantaLand Diaries is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker’s Christmas must feel like. Out of work, our slacker decides to become a Macy’s elf during the holiday crunch. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once the thousands of visitors start pouring through Santa’s workshop, he becomes battle-weary and bitter. Finding consolation in the fact that some of the other elves were television extras on One Life to Live, he grins and bears it, occasionally taking out his frustrations on the children and parents alike. The piece ends with yet another Santa being ushered into the workshop, but this one is different from the lecherous or drunken ones with whom he has had to work. This Santa actually seems to care about and love the children who come to see him, startling our hero into an uncharacteristic moment of goodwill, just before his employment runs out.

Miracle on 34th Street
December 8, 9, 10, 16, & 17 at 7:30 PM • 11 & 18 at 2 PM
Adults: $16 • Students: $10
By chance, Kris Kringle, an old man in a retirement home, gets a job working as Santa for Macy’s. Kris unleashes waves of good will with Macy’s customers and the commercial world of New York City by referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for. Seen as deluded and dangerous by Macy’s vocational counselor, who plots to have Kris sent to Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, Kris ends up in a court competency hearing. Especially at stake is one little girl’s belief in Santa. In a dramatic decision, the court confirms Kris as the true Santa, allowing Susan and countless other children to experience the joy of childhood fantasy.

Never Too Old
March 18 & 25 at 7:30 PM • 19 & 26 at 2 PM
Adults: $16 • Students: $10
Never Too Old, how Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Turned Into Vitamins, Viagra, and the Church Choir, an original play by Janesville’s Dan Fredricks will premiere on the main stage at the Janesville Performing Arts Center in March of 2017! This is an uplifting new play featuring original rock music performed by the cast! A popular ’60s garage band on the verge of success, recording a studio single and fielding record contracts breaks up and falls into obscurity. What happened to the hottest party band of the ’60s, and where are they now? Kim Hess, a young news reporter aims to find out as she learns about the lives of 5 guys who rediscover their love of music, each other, and the realization that you’re never too old to rock ‘n’ roll!