CTC was just seventeen

You know what we mean! CTC is now almost old enough to vote. They grow up so quickly, don’t they? Seems like only yesterday those crazy kids Tom, Michael, and Jon decided to throw caution to the winds and start up Delaware’s Off-Broadway. Hey, it was the ’90s! Now it’s time for the 2010-2011 season, and in its 17th year CTC continues to impress the region with an electric mix of new work and reimagined classics. Which brings us to the moment you’ve all been waiting for….the partial season announcement.

CTC plans a lot of exciting stuff this year, but some of it is still top-secret and if we told you we’d have to, well, you know, and though at our age we would be tried as a minor and all–something like that going down on our permanent record would just kind of suck. Not like we can afford a good lawyer. So we are going to keep some mystery (our plan to keep you coming back for more) and just give you a little taste of what’s to come.

In December we present typical Christmas fare–the deliciously dark comedy RECKLESS by Craig Lucas. After Rachel is told to leave her home on Christmas Eve by her husband, who has taken out a contract on her life and now has second thoughts, she goes on a road trip of epic proportion. Wonderfully demented in true CTC style.

In May we travel to Italy for NINE. With a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, this Tony Award-winning musical is based on Fellini’s seminal film 8-1/2. Film director Guido Contini undergoes a creative and romantic midlife crisis, haunted by the women who have made him a success.

Stay tuned for further information about CTC’s 2010-2011 projects, including the popular Community Series, as well as audition dates and jokes about bananas. Seriously.

Ciao for now!