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Cornerstone Theatre

Coming Uptown

Comin’ Uptown Synopsis: All those Dickensian characters dancing, jiving and swinging to a Harlem beat? Right on! Scrooge is a Harlem slumlord about to foreclose an apartment house, a recreation center and a church when his late partner and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future take him on their rounds. He comes upon…
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Moon Over Buffalo

Moon Over Buffalo A comedy by Ken Ludwig Synopsis: An acting couple—not exactly the Lunts—are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac and Noël Coward’s Private Lives . Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring roles in The Scarlet Pimpernel epic and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo…
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What the Dickens!

What the Dickens! December 2,3,10, 2005 Synopsis: It is late October, 1843. Charles Dickens, a man of 31 years of age, has achieved some little notoriety with the publication of “Pickwick Papers”, “Oliver Twist”, “Nicholas Nickleby”, and “the Old Curiosity Shop” among others.  He has gone for a walk, leaving his wife Catherine and his…
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Don’t Dress For Dinner

Don’t Dress for Dinner When Jacqueline decides to visit her mother for a few days, her husband, Bernard sees the opportunity of a cosy weekend with his new girlfriend. His bachelor pal, Robert rings up to announce his return from Hong Kong, so Bernard invites him along as his alibi, also hiring a Cordon Bleu…
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The Christmas Carol Project(2004)

The Christmas Carol Project by special arrangement with Brass Monkey Productions, Edmonton, Alberta Adapted by Cornerstone Theatre Directed by Doug Waldner The Musicans  Terry Fraser Anthony Bzdell Michelle Amy Lane Easton Claude Poirier Paul Twietmeyer The Cast Charles Dickens Fred Perry Scrooge David Slykhuis Tom Crachit John Bullas Stately Lady #1 Linda Coffey Stately Lady…
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Let’s Murder Marsha

Let’s Murder Marsha Monk Ferris Synopsis: A happy housewife happens to be obsessed with murder mysteries. The laughs begin when Marsha  overhears a conversation that has her convinced that she is about to be murdered.When she tries to turn the tables on her would be murderers, all hell breaks loose in the household. Cast Marsha…
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Scrooge

Scrooge! A Musical Comedy by James Leisy The Story(in case you have been living in a cave) “Bah, Humbug” says Scrooge(that same miserly character depicted in Dicken’s “Christmas Carol”) to ail those joyous, happy moments and thoughts and people that he comes across in his daily life. He really can’t abide anyone enjoying themselves, or…
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Nunsense

Nunsense by Dan Goggin Synopsis: The Little Sisters of Hoboken are in a deadly bind. Sister Julia, Child of God, the chef, accidentally killed 52 nuns  with her tainted vichyssoise soup. Luckily, 17 nuns were out playing bingo and were spared from the poisoned broth. Unfortunately,the surviving sisters only had funds to bury 48 of…
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See How They Run

See How They Run written by Philip King The Rev. Lionel Toop and his bride, Penelope, live in the vicarage in a small English village in 1945. Penelope, an ex-actress, is expecting her uncle the Bishop to visit.Meanwhile an old actor friend, Clive, unexpectedly drops in to catch up with her. And who should spy…
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Ballad of Carlyle: A Town on the Move

The Ballad of Carlyle: A Town on the Move Written by Dianne Twietmeyer Synopsis: Written and directed by Dianne Twietmeyer, the play was a semi-fictitious representation of Carlyle’s beginning, before the railway was laid.  DECEMBER 7 & 8, 2002  Cast: Jack Turriff Lane Easton Mr. Wabimasquah Fred Perry Mr. Jerry Coffey Sean Perry Mr. James…
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