Chess is a metaphor for romantic and political rivalries during the Cold War. At the center is a love triangle: the ill-mannered American Grandmaster, the intense Russian champion who plans to defect, and the Hungarian-American female chess second who finds her loyalties and her love tested from both sides. From Bangkok to Budapest, the players, lovers, politicians, and spies all struggle to get the upper-hand.

Beane is an exile from life—an oddball. His well-meaning sister, Joan, and brother-in-law, Harry, try and make time for him in their busy lives, but20no one can get through. Following a burglary on Beane's apartment, Joan is baffled to find her brother blissfully happy and tries to unravel the story behind his mysterious new love, Molly. Funny, enchanting and wonderfully touching, John Kolvenbach's offbeat comedy is a rhapsody to the power of love in all its forms.

The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Immortalized in the classic 1989 films starring Sally Fields and Julia Roberts.

Join us for a set of funny, poignant, and timely short plays in an enhanced Readers Theatre format.

Mark Flagg and Char Manny will, once again, perform "Love Letters" at Sheridan's in Cudahy. See the cafe website for details at www.sheridanhouseandcafe.com

All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest-running comedy - 10 years at the Criterion Theatre. Praised by the Los Angeles Times as "wildly funny" and by the Montreal Gazette as "the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime". Non stop hilarity from beginning to end!

Join the Soulstice Family for a celebration of the Holiday Season and the meaning of Soulstice Theatre. Celebrate the beginning of the holiday season the Saturday after Thanksgiving with music, dance, food and drink, and the wonderful feeling of togetherness that Soulstice Theatre is all about. A silent auction to benefit Soulstice and STArS will also be held.

Tuesdays With Morrie is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, When Mitch learns that Morrie is dying, he makes a trip to reconnect. What starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.

Thursday, September 24 - Pay What You Can Preview

Fridays &Saturdays - Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 2, 3, 9,10

All Shows at 7:30 PM

Academy Studio Theatre - 4th Floor

This spectacular musical entertains on a variety of levels. Join our summer cast and the children of STArS for an evening of pure joy!

Thursday, July 30 - Pay What You Can Preview

Friday/Saturday - July 31, August 1, 7,8,14,15

All Shows at 7:30 PM.

All Shows in the Gymnasium of the Marian Center.

This deeply moving, beautifully written play details the romance and marriage of a sensitive but spirited deaf woman and a devoted hearing teacher whom she meets at a school for the deaf.

Thursday, May 7 - Pay What You Can Preview

Friday/Saturday, May 8,9,15.16

Thursday, May 14

All shows at 7:30 PM.

All shows in the Keith Tamsett Studio Theatre